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Thought-provoking perspectives from leading health and medical experts

Emanuel: Did I Say Die at 75?

Death at age 75 was a "slightly random number," but Ezekiel Emanuel will just say No to statins, antihypertensives, and antibiotics after age 75.

Taming the In-Basket

We need to help our programmers send us only the messages we really need to see.

Wait, What? Medium Was Accurate, Says Peer-Reviewed Study

Sometimes, blog posts write themselves. Others are written by dead doctors with the help of a medium.

CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician

In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money.

Are Your Patients Using Fake Names?

A case study in the American Journal of Medicine poses a vexing question many healthcare professionals have faced: What should you do when your patients use fraudulent names?

App Claims to Use iPhone Camera, Mic to Monitor BP

Learning How to Deal With Egos

Managing physicians need to take egos -- including their own -- into account when resolving conflicts among staff, says consultant Rosemarie Nelson.

'This Page Left Intentionally Blank'

Blank pages in correspondence from insurance companies are just an emblem of the endless waste and inefficiencies built into our healthcare system, says internist Fred Pelzman.

The Day My Brother Became a Statistic

My brother would have turned 37 today. Instead, he became a statistic in 1995.

What's Your Favorite Doctor Joke?

When some patients groan, it's in laughter, not pain.

Which Bullets Are Safe in an MRI?

Don't go ballistic -- only steel bullets will cause problems in MRI, says a study of 39 kinds of the projectiles.

CardioBuzz: More Money Needed for Heart Research?

The NIH dedicates a lot of money for research into heart disease and stroke, but it still might not be enough, a new study suggested.

10 Questions: E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH

What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? That's just the first of the 10 Questions the 番茄社区 staff is asking leading clinicians and researchers to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses. Here, answers from pulmonary and critical care expert E. Wesley Ely, MD, MPH.

What Makes a Patient High Risk?

We all know a high-risk patient when we see one, says internist Fred Pelzman, but defining what makes a patient high risk is tricky business -- and may become necessary in these days of registries and data-driven medicine.

Paging Dr. Colbert: How Not To Drive Traffic to Your Website

A doctor tries paying bloggers to endorse his supplement-hawking website.

Top 5 Emergency Medicine Ultrasound Apps

10 Questions: John P. Erwin, MD

What's the biggest barrier to practicing medicine today? That's just the first of 10 questions the 番茄社区 staff is asking leading clinicians and researchers to get their personal views on their chosen profession. In this series we share their uncensored responses. Here, answers from John P. Erwin, MD, of Scott & White Healthcare in Temple, Texas.

Health News Coverage That Doesn't Link to the Past is Condemned to Repeat It

How to use the UpToDate app for free using your hospital's subscription

Face Up to Front Office Challenges

Your front office staff are the face of your practice -- an expression of your practice's philosophy, attitude, and values. Here practice management consultant Rosemarie Nelson shares tips for helping them put the best face forward.

RxISK.org: A Megaphone For Patients and Their Doctors

Why the iPad Mini is the Perfect Prescription for Doctors

Upcoding is in the Eye of the Beholder

Three Reasons Why Epocrates is Becoming Irrelevant to Medical Professionals

Conservative Fluids for ARDS Tied to Cognitive Dysfunction

Comparing Health Care Costs in the U.S. and 8 Other Countries

Who Does Not Like Autopsies and Why

Editor-at-Large George Lundberg, MD, presents a case for why we need more autopsies.

Reflections on Andy Rooney's Death from Surgical Complications

Critical analysis of "The Last Heart Attack"

Spot the Lesion

How to Make a Good Office Meeting

Office meetings don't have to be unproductive or a waste of time -- you just have to plan them.

Why Do So Many Physicians Hate the AMA?

It could just be because the AMA is the best available whipping boy, suggests Editor-at-Large George Lundberg, MD.

Ethics of refusing informed consent

Stop Pushing Mammograms Now

One by one, the big-time screening tests for dread diseases, begun with good intentions, the best science known at the time, and a mass public health campaign, bite the dust, says Editor-at-Large George Lundberg, MD.

The Lab Test Brain to Brain Loop

Lab tests are way more than numbers, says Editor-at-Large Dr. George Lundberg.

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