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New post. “Master herbalist” convicted of practicing medicine without a license in death of 13-year-old
Here is my latest post on Physician's Weekly. It's the sad story of a “master herbalist” who convinced a mother to treat her newly diagnosed diabetic son with herbs instead of insulin. He was convicted of practicing medicine without a license, a misdemeanor and was sentenced to only 4 months in jail.
Should residents appear on medical reality TV shows? I say "No."
Here is my latest post on Physician's Weekly.Should residents appear on medical reality TV shows? I say "No."
Doctors share amusing comments seen in patient charts
"Doctors share amusing comments seen in patient charts" is a new post of mine on Physician's Weekly. Here is the link.
An unusual end-of-life case
I just posted a new article on Physician's Weekly.An end-of-life case with a different twist. It's very easy for things to go wrong. Here's the link.
A letter to my loyal readers
Dear readers, You may have noticed my blog posts have decreased in number over the last year or two. A couple of factors have brought about this change. After blogging for more than eight years, I am running out of ideas. When I started, I had accumulated a number of things I wanted to say […]
Should residency program directors look at applicants’ social media activity?
Please take a look at my new post on Physician's Weekly: My thoughts on whether residency program directors should review applicants' social media activity.
For longevity, is it better to be short or tall?
Being short is associated with worse outcomes for critically ill adults. A large retrospective study of 233,000 men and 184,000 women consecutively admitted to 210 ICUs in the UK over a six-year period found hospital and ICU mortality decreased with increasing height after adjusting for available potential confounders. The difference was statistically significant. The definition […]
A fatal medication error
A 75-year-old woman died at Vanderbilt University Medical Center after receiving intravenous vecuronium, a drug that causes muscle paralysis, instead of Versed, a sedative. Here’s what happened. She had been recovering well from an intraparenchymal brain hematoma after a fall. While awaiting a full body positron emission tomography (PET) scan in the radiology department, the […]
Can you be held liable for resuscitating a patient who has a DNR order?
A New Mexico woman, suffering from Dercum’s disease (adiposis dolorosa) which causes painful fatty tumors, is suing a Santa Fe hospital and an emergency physician claiming she was the victim of two negligent acts in 2016. One, according to the Albuquerque Journal, she told hospital personnel she was allergic to Dilaudid but went into cardiac […]
Appendectomy outcomes in the modern era
Finally we have some data on the current rate of complications of appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis. But that’s not all. This new paper, published online in the journal Surgery, reveals much about the diagnosis, technique, and outcomes of appendectomy in the United States. Using data from 115 hospitals participating in the National Surgical Quality Improvement […]

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