When You Talk to Patients, Do You Look at Them or at a Computer? Milton Packer wonders whether some physicians are healers or replicants Apr 25, 2018
Drug Could Make Progeria Manageable, Not Fatal A potential breakthrough for this genetic rapid-aging disease in children Apr 24, 2018
It's Official! Curing Patients Is Bad for Business Milton Packer describes the end result of profit-dominated drug development Apr 18, 2018
Slow Medicine: More on Prostate Cancer Screening; Simple Treatments for Nausea Also, a study quantifies waste in clinical practice Apr 13, 2018
Capitalism vs Communism: Is It Really in the Genes? Perry Wilson, MD, examines ambitious claim for genomics research Apr 09, 2018
Drug Doesn't Work? Get Your Money Back! Think outcomes-based pricing is a great deal? Dr. Perry Wilson says think again Apr 02, 2018
Does Anyone Read Medical Journals Anymore? Milton Packer wonders whether authors are wasting their time Mar 28, 2018
Tired of EMR Crashes? Push Back Michael Kirsch, MD, looks at what digitization has done to medicine Feb 27, 2018
Do You Really Need My Signature on That? All this unnecessary paperwork is interfering with patient care Feb 15, 2018
'She Trusted Me, and I'd Turned Her Away' Physician wracked with guilt after losing patient to overdose Feb 14, 2018
Is Ultrasound During Pregnancy Linked to Autism? Study actually reveals ultrasound to be safe, says F. Perry Wilson, MD Feb 12, 2018
Slow Medicine: Omega-3s, Zoster Vaccination, and Bariatric Surgery Thoughtful review of hot-button topics in the news Feb 09, 2018
ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Launches New Career Center Leading healthcare jobs board now integrated with ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ Feb 08, 2018
Making Referrals Has Become a Nightmare And too often it's to serve insurers, not patients Jan 25, 2018
OK, You Made a Mistake. Get Over It Edwin Leap, MD, wants you to remember that you're only human Jan 09, 2018
Common Food Additive Promoting C. diff? F. Perry Wilson, MD, examines new study pointing a finger at trehalose Jan 08, 2018
Do the Russians Always Cheat? Milton Packer provides a perspective on the meaning of truth in medicine and in life. Dec 13, 2017
Can Industry-Funded Research Be Trusted? Milton Packer wonders who is really trustworthy Dec 06, 2017
Pros and Cons of Locum Tenens Bill Heller shares what you need to know before you pack up and go Dec 05, 2017
Should Patients Be Allowed to Record Doctors? Communications expert Ron Harman King examines the legal and practical questions Nov 29, 2017
Who Actually Is Reviewing All Those Preauthorization Requests? Milton Packer thinks you should know how the system works Nov 08, 2017
Slow Medicine: One More Thing About Alternative Medicine Refining the differences between Slow and Complementary medicine Nov 02, 2017
When and How to Say Sorry to Patients Apologizing doesn't guarantee losing a malpractice suit -- but it might prevent one Oct 25, 2017
Does 'Gun Show Loophole' Increase Firearm Injuries? New study ties loose regulation of private sales to violence, but causality less clear Oct 23, 2017
Seeing the Patients Behind the Numbers Data can be useful, but the patient needs to be our priority Oct 19, 2017
Men's Risk for HPV-Related Oral Cancer Soars But caution needed in interpreting cross-sectional study, says Perry Wilson, MD Oct 16, 2017
What's Behind the Link Between Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease? Real culprit may not lie in our genes, but in our environment Oct 10, 2017
Slow Medicine: Clashing with Andrew Weil Principles of slow, alternative medicine overlap, but there's a clear line Oct 05, 2017
Why Do We Have Honorary Degrees in Medicine? In this Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer explains how nearly everyone can call themselves a "fellow of a society." Sep 06, 2017
Two-Doc Couples: How Does Having Kids Affect Work Hours? Things haven't changed much (but why not?) wonders Perry Wilson, MD Aug 21, 2017
Statins in the Drinking Water? Not so fast. In Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer reveals a glaring inconsistency in the most recent battle in the ongoing statin wars Aug 16, 2017
Did the Nazis Invent Cardiac Catheterization? In this Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer relates the story of a Nazi who won the Nobel Prize Aug 09, 2017
What Happened When a Doctor Cried on Social Media Trust-building important in healthcare Aug 02, 2017
Does a New Hepatitis Vaccine Cause Heart Attacks? In this Revolution and Revelation, Milton Packer asks how you would answer this question Aug 02, 2017
Patient in Danger and Can't Be Found. Now What? Frightening lab results at 2 a.m.; patient's contact numbers don't work Jul 27, 2017
