Orthopedic Surgeons Should Advocate More, Come Together Says incoming president William Maloney, MD Mar 17, 2017
Excuse Me: The Art of Interrupting Patients (JAMA) Sometimes the physician needs to pause and redirect the conversation Mar 14, 2017
Doctors Mixed on Housecall Apps Easy as saying 'Heal' to page an on-call doc, but skeptics abound Mar 12, 2017
MSK Cancer Alliance: Mainly About Medicine Bi-directional relationship strengthens regional cancer care Mar 11, 2017
Time for Interventional Radiologists, Surgeons to End Turf War? A look at two areas of contention: stenting, IVC filter implants Mar 10, 2017
No Heart Surgeon Match Day for Major Medical Center Columbia University missed deadline to submit residents' ranking list Mar 06, 2017
OpenNotes Project Gains Popularity 12 million patients now have access to their doctors' notes Feb 26, 2017
By the Numbers: That Dang Recordkeeping Physicians spend a fourth of their time on administrative tasks, study finds Feb 03, 2017
Las Vegas High School Kids Get an Education at SMFM Meeting Effort part of society's community outreach Jan 26, 2017
Cancer Collaboration Founded by 'Bush 41' Closes Its Doors All agree C-Change fulfilled its mission Jan 25, 2017
AAP: Abortion Parental Consent Laws Do More Harm than Good Patient's right to confidential care should come first Jan 23, 2017
Morning Break: World's Largest Penis; Sex Bias in Breast Milk; Cervical Ca Deaths Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff Jan 23, 2017
Lies, Damned Lies, and P Values F. Perry Wilson, MD, delves into the oft-misunderstood statistic Dec 29, 2016 video
Eteplirsen Approval Seen as Marking New Direction at FDA Decision on rare-disease drug sparked major controversy Dec 28, 2016
Op-Ed: Changes Needed to ACGME's Duty Hours Plan ACP agrees in principle but wants more limits on residents' hours Dec 19, 2016
The Difficult Patient: Harder to Diagnose? Physicians' emotional reactions grab 'scarce mental resources' Dec 16, 2016
At SABCS, Patient Advocates Take the Stage Advocates play increasingly important role in breast cancer research Dec 08, 2016
Nursing Student Diary: 12-Hour Shifts Begin Learning medical jargon, and when not to use it Nov 27, 2016
'Dreamland' Author Takes an Opioid Epidemic Trip Investigative journalist Sam Quinones talks about the crisis Nov 26, 2016
New Hospital Care Model Cut Readmissions, Boosted Satisfaction Specialists urged to reconnect with generalist roots Nov 18, 2016
Nephrologists at Kidney Week Blast Recertification Process Consensus: stop making it a high-stakes exam Nov 18, 2016
'Stand Your Ground' Laws and Homicide Rates Should physicians be concerned enough to speak up? Nov 16, 2016 video
Rheumatology Faces Serious Manpower Shortage Supply of full-time docs will drop over the next 15 years Nov 15, 2016
Fewer 'Nails in the Coffin' as Smoking Rate Declines But "smoke-free" remains aspiration, not fact Nov 11, 2016
Billion Dollar Lab Scam: The Beat Goes On Yet more fallout from the catastrophic bankruptcy of HDL Lab Sep 22, 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
AAFP: MOC Debate Roils Delegates Ditching 'high stakes exam' could reduce fear factor, but ... Sep 20, 2016
AAFP Urged to Take Action to Prevent Burnout Delegates demand more than seminars, articles, and phone numbers Sep 19, 2016
MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families Sep 09, 2016
For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work Time-and-motion study of 57 doctors in ambulatory settings Sep 06, 2016
By the Numbers: Who Are the ED 'Frequent Flyers'? Surprising demographics for patients with many emergency room visits Sep 02, 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 video
ESC: Pope Backs Medical Research in Historic Speech Addresses cardiology meeting in Rome Aug 31, 2016
Morning Break: Docs Who Fondle; 'Zombie Anthrax'; PCBs and Autism Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff Aug 25, 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