Skeptical Scalpel

An anonymous physician wrote the following. With his permission I have edited it for length and clarity: If you are a current or future patient or a healthcare worker, you should understand the concept of “population...

On Gary Schwitzer’s website healthnewsreview.org, a debate about the role of physicians who work as journalists took place. It was sparked by an NBC News report on the changing of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome to its new...

In case you haven’t noticed, a hot new topic in education is “grit.” In order to reduce the long-standing 20% attrition rate of surgical residents, some say we should select applicants who have more...