A Case Study in Sacral Chordoma A neurosurgeon explores the management of a patient with a sacro-coccygeal mass Dec 21, 2016
Nursing Student Diary: 12-Hour Shifts Begin Learning medical jargon, and when not to use it Nov 27, 2016
Round Health App Useful for Keeping Meds on Schedule But the app could use a little cleaning up Nov 23, 2016
'Stand Your Ground' Laws and Homicide Rates Should physicians be concerned enough to speak up? Nov 16, 2016
Infectious Disease App a Worthy Alternative to Sanford, Hopkins Humorous writing is combined with an easy-to-use interface Oct 05, 2016
Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated? No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events Sep 22, 2016
Nursing Student Diary: First Days 'Proud, excited, nervous, confident, all at the same time' Sep 12, 2016
Why a Missed Primary Endpoint Isn't the End of the Road Many 'negative' studies would be better described as uninformative Sep 01, 2016
Fraud Rounds: Grant Fakery Earns Practice Ban Cancer researcher struck from U.K. medical register after fabricating data in grant applications Aug 12, 2016
Scrubs Outside the Hospital: Good or Bad? It's probably harmless but "sends the wrong message," says Skeptical Scalpel, MD Aug 09, 2016
Fraud Rounds: Four Retractions Tallied for PD Researcher Spared Jail Faking co-author signatures, consent forms, and duplication adds up Aug 03, 2016
Why We Cover Politics All politics may be local, but all medicine now has a political side Jul 21, 2016
About Herbs: An App You Need to Download Includes searchable database of herbal products Jun 27, 2016
The Expanding Popularity of the Doctor's Note The list of reasons for getting one keeps lengthening, says Yul Ejnes, MD Apr 28, 2016
Podcast: 10th Anniversary for HealthNewsReview.org Gary Schwitzer reflects on high points, low points, lessons learned Apr 14, 2016
Lady Doc: Sex, Menopause, and Addyi Another tool in the treatment arsenal, ob/gyn Diana Bitner, MD, says Apr 14, 2016
10 Questions: Ilona J. Frieden, MD 'The structure of the system itself is the biggest barrier' Apr 09, 2016
Here's Why You Can't Compare Healthcare to the Airline Industry There are big differences between the two, says Suneel Dhand, MD Apr 07, 2016
Pelzman's Picks: Data Manipulation In Healthcare Relying too much on labs, "provider" misnomer, and more Apr 05, 2016
A Scheduling Mystery With a 30% no-show rate, why can't patients get same-day appointments? Mar 24, 2016
Why Canβt Hospitals Learn To 'Fly'? Hospitals need to learn from the aviation industry, says David Nash, MD, MBA Mar 23, 2016
When "Unremarkable" Is Not Clear Enough Radiology reports need to be held to higher standards, argues Saurabh Jha, MD Mar 10, 2016
Calling a Doctor by His or Her First Name It's different without a longstanding relationship, says James C. Salwitz, MD Feb 23, 2016
Gross Anatomy: Breast Implant Makes a Break for It Interthoracic migration not unheard of Jan 28, 2016
The Methods Man: What's 'Normal' for a Lab Value? Hint: it's not necessarily what your EHR system says Jan 14, 2016
10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says Dec 28, 2015
Healthcare System Makes Physicians Hypocrites by Enabling Addiction Why are doctors avoiding treatment of alcoholics? Nov 27, 2015
A Bad Combo: Predatory Journals and Homeopathy Studies A study of a homeopathic treatment for colds proves nothing, says Roy Benaroch, MD Nov 10, 2015
After Visit Summary? We Don't Need Any Lousy AVS ... Or Do We? AVS turned out to be a not so meaningful use Oct 29, 2015
A Surgeon's View of the New TV Show 'Code Black' Skeptical Scalpel has a few bones to pick with the series Oct 20, 2015
10 Questions: Joel Gallant, MD Insurance companies are the biggest barrier for physicians treating HIV, said Joel Gallant, MD, of the Southwest CARE Center in Santa Fe, NM Oct 15, 2015
The Clindamycin Fact Sheet Getting clever with clindamycin -- an effective antibiotic in your toolbox Sep 20, 2015
Antibiotics for Appendicitis Has Its Downsides Antibiotics rather than surgery for appendicitis sounds good, but there are drawbacks Sep 09, 2015
10 Times HIPAA May Not Apply Recognizing that HIPAA is not intended to interfere with a patients medical care Sep 08, 2015
No Joke: 'Extraction of Phallic Objects Requires Ingenuity' How do you remove a sex toy stuck in a man's rectum? Sep 04, 2015
Confessions of a Religious Doctor Reconciling faith with the practice of medicine can be challenging Aug 10, 2015
