Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance? Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire Jan 08, 2016
Five CDC Cartoons, Out of Context Agency likes to keep it simple in illustrating infectious disease Dec 18, 2015
Continuous Tx May be Problematic in Status Epilepticus Longer PICU stay, more vasopressor use with continuous versus bolus therapy Dec 10, 2015
Stroke Rounds: Passing Out from Brain Bleed Is a Bad Sign Losing consciousness in subarachnoid hemorrhage predicts poor outcome Nov 11, 2015
Evidence Lacking for Some Fluoroquinolone Use FDA panel says risk-benefit data don't support current labeling Nov 06, 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
One Patient's Seizure Cure: Stop Solving Sudoku Puzzles Hypoxia suffered after an avalanche leads to puzzle-solving problem Oct 19, 2015
ACP: Retail Clinics Need Scope of Practice Limits Retail clinics meet a need but shouldn't replace conventional primary care Oct 15, 2015
How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving Experimenting with new services to help them stand out from the crowd Oct 11, 2015
'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD Oct 05, 2015
Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom Oct 01, 2015
Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis' And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea Sep 29, 2015
Excerpt: Black Man in a White Coat A new book by Damon Tweedy, MD, explores the role of race in medicine Sep 22, 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
Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay The case of the $1,700 mammogram Aug 26, 2015
Gross Anatomy: Stabbed by a Stick Man drives to hospital with a branch stuck in his neck. Jul 24, 2015
So You Actually Drank the Water During Your Vacation? Should you carry Cipro in your suitcase when traveling? It depends Jun 20, 2015
App Claims to Measure Oxygen Saturation With Only a Smartphone There are apps making unjustifiable claims, exposing patients to unnecessary risk Jun 18, 2015
Persistent Sleep Trouble Common in Kids With Brain Injuries TBI leaves children struggling for months with daytime sleepiness and problems sleeping at night Jun 12, 2015
Abandoned Painkiller Makes a Comeback Here's how the FDA let a widely abused opioid back on the market. May 10, 2015
Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears 'Cured' in October, back in hospital in December May 08, 2015
ACOG's Guide to Managing Miscarriage: Follow Patient Preference Updated clinical management of early pregnancy loss focuses on patient choice. Apr 22, 2015
Guideline: Managing Unprovoked First Seizures in Adults Anti-epileptic drugs may reduce risk of recurrence, joint AAN-AES guideline says. Apr 20, 2015
Duck Hunting for CME Wilderness medicine physician's CME company offers credit while hiking, hunting, climbing. Apr 20, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors' ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture." Mar 26, 2015
All About Adenosine This biochemical will stop your heart -- just long enough to be useful. Mar 08, 2015
Bronchiolitis Guidelines: Throwing the Baby Out With the Bathwater? AAP's new guidelines favor complexity over familiar treatment options. Feb 11, 2015
Frostbite: How to Classify and Treat It In the ED, this is most often seen in the homeless. Feb 09, 2015
Friday Feedback: When Grief Turns Violent How should clinicians know and react when family members blame them for adverse outcomes? Jan 23, 2015
Ebola Diary: On the Ground in Sierra Leone, Part 5 Last installment in a CDC fellow's account of her experiences tracking the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa. Jan 08, 2015
Diclegis: Drug Makes 30-Year Comeback Class A morning sickness medication gains FDA approval after decades of being misunderstood. Jan 04, 2015
Is an Expensive New Antibiotic Worth the Cost? Once-weekly dalbavancin might reduce admissions, but it introduces new concerns. Dec 12, 2014
Opioid Linked to Low Blood Sugar Tramadol was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia. Dec 09, 2014
These Men Had Their Penises Broken, Cut, and Shot Industrial accidents, self-inflicted genital mutilation, and gunshots: It's dangerous out there for the male member. Nov 17, 2014
