Why We Need Price Transparency from Pharma
People in the US watched in outrage when Turing Pharmaceuticals increased the price of Daraprim...
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Author: Linda Girgis
Concussion Season: Why We Need to Do Better
The NFL season kicked off this month but with it, we return back to concussion season. Most people...
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The Art of Giving Bad News
As a brand new intern, I had this art form thrust on me. It was during my third month of my intern...
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How Online Medical Crowdsourcing Helped Save a Life
There is nothing more horrifying in the world than a parent watching their child get sick and die....
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The crush to achieve big data goals drives the American healthcare system. Many experts, I among them, feel that the system lost its way and forgot about the people we treat. The company and government heads clamor to devise the...
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Calif. Vaccine Bill Bans Personal, Religious Exemptions
In the US, we eradicated measles. The 20th century brought one of the greatest weapons ever to...
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Is Marcus Welby Medicine Dead?
The patient was an elderly priest who had been awake all night vomiting. He was too sick to come...
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Is the AMA Really the Voice of Physicians in the US?
The American Medical Association is all over the media as representing the voice of doctors. Even...
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The War on Doctors & Destruction of Healthcare
Walking the hospital corridors, many of the comments I overhear patients and others speaking about...
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The Cult of Dr. Oz Crumbles
We all saw Dr. Oz respond to his “critics”, the 10 doctors who petitioned Columbia Medical School...
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Doctors Cry Too
Since entering medical school, I wished to be a pediatrician. There was nothing more noble in my...
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My War with the Anti-Vaxxers
In the 19th and first half of the 20th century, infectious diseases killed many. In fact, in the...
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Why Silicon Valley Should Embrace Doctors
Innovation in healthcare blazes past technological advances in many other sectors. Spending in...
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The Paucity of Doctor Leaders in Medicine
Changes are happening in the healthcare system whether we like it or not, from the ACA to the...
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