The Cost of Diagnosis: The Sometimes Fatal “Incidentaloma”
I can remember making rounds with a seasoned surgical attending in…
State Medical Boards Address Inappropriate Online Physician Behaviors
A new report in the Annals of Internal Medicine, “Online Professionalism Investigations…
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising Still Influences Prescribing
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Suppressed Patient Information at Core of MN Hospital Privacy Case
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New Healthcare Models Stand “Standard of Care” on Its Head
As I watch the power in healthcare shift away from physicians/providers toward…
Should People Who Cause Their Own Illnesses Pay for Their Own Health Care?
David Friedmanweighs in: David Friedmanweighs in:I recently came across a news story…
Save a Fetus, Kill a Woman?
So, the (mainly white male) anti-abortion activists in Mississippi are probably…
Does Doctor to Doctor Communication Protect Patients?
One of the gripes that patients have about the medical profession is…
Industry Funded Medical Research and The Integrity of the Scientific Method: Have We Lost Our Way?
Recently, my middle school daughter has been learning about the use of…
Science for Sale: The Very Sad Case of Medtronic’s “Infuse”
Recently, I met with an Israeli naturopath who wanted to crowdfund his…
