Turning Our Residents into Minions
As doctors, we can all remember the attending doctors who struck fear in our hearts or the senior...
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Month: January 2016
Non-Cardiac Surgery Risks After Stenting
Studies have shown that patients who have recently received a coronary stent and later undergo...
Read MoreIs Burnout Talk Causing More Burnout?
Almost every day for the last few years, someone is writing about physician burnout or depression. The problems begin in medical school. A recent paper featured drawings that medical students had done depicting faculty as...
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Wanted: Older Adults in Cancer Trials
Studies have shown that older adults account for most of the cancer diagnoses and deaths that...
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Updated Guidance for STDs
The CDC recently published an update to its 2010 sexually transmitted disease (STD) treatment...
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Do Video Recordings Help or Hurt Doctors?
A recent event at the trauma center where I work raised some serious questions regarding the use...
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Surgeon Convicted of Manslaughter Wins Right to Appeal
Last month, a three-judge panel granted English surgeon David Sellu the right to appeal his...
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Examining Information Sharing Preferences
Research has shown that older patients often share control over decision-making and personal...
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Opioid Misuse, Abuse, & Addiction
In recent years, clinicians have changed their attitudes regarding the use of opioids in light of...
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