Hitting a Nerve

Hitting a Nerve

A Healthy Dose of Superstition

It’s one thing to say a superstition is silly. It’s another to actually convince your primeval self of it.

Hitting a Nerve

Zoom: Convenient and Imperfect

What conference calling doesn’t convey is as important as what it does, and virtual is never a perfect...

Hitting a Nerve

Taking Stock, With Gratitude

Regardless of what you celebrate, it’s a good time to take stock of your blessings.

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MediFinders Keepers ... Unfortunately

Like the “once in, never out” issue with a wrong diagnosis in the EMR, erroneous professional information on the Internet probably isn’t going to...

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EMRs: gumming up the works

EMRs, while well-intentioned, have taken the benefits of computer data storage and retrieval and twisted them...

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In general, I’m happy

Subspecialists are important to maintain medical excellence, but we still need people willing to do general...

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Staying in my lane

Part of life is accepting what you can and can’t do.

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Marketing the meds

Perhaps a portion of the significant amount of money spent on pharmaceutical marketing, branding, and...

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The placebo effect

Accumulating evidence suggests that some ingredients in over-the-counter cold and cough remedies are ineffective...

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Thinking about masks

While nothing is 100% successful, masks put a respiratory filter of sorts between us and the world (and vice versa).

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