The Dean's Letter goes out to residency programs tomorrow, November 1st. Our applications are complete at that time, and there's not...

I slept for a long time last night, catching up on a deficit spent on the ALCS, the World Series, Halloween parties, and pediatrics call. Th...

There's so much love in New England right now. Last night, for instance, I saw strangers share many a weepy embrace. Families strolled t...

Did I mention how great my readers are? Erin writes: I'm desperately seeking a photo of the FrankenSchilling sutures, due to a barga...

Geena's the first nurse to host Grand Rounds, over at CodeBlog. * Go check out the latest and greatest in the medical blogosphere. *...

Bravo to CodeBlueBlog for asking a question that's somehow slipped everyone's mind: How, exactly, did Victoria Snelgrove die? ...

Malcolm Gladwell writes with an outsider's clarity and wit, which has served him well in such books as the Tipping Point , an excellent ...

Kevin highlights a BMJ article about a male nursing home resident with a pressing need: It seemed that Mr Cooper had persistently been ...

So, um, the Sox beat the Yankees. Here's a simple guide to peroneal tendon dislocations , like the kind that used to bother Sox ace ...

I'm going to continue these late-night ramblings because, as has been the case all week, the Red Sox Are Facing Elimination and in 24 ho...

I'm writing this Red Sox story now, because I can't predict my emotional state this time tomorrow. After the Sox momentum these past...

The best and brightest in research, engineering, and medicine have been working nonstop to solve one of the most pressing problems facing th...

The flu vaccine shortage of 2004 has indirectly caused its first death: LAFAYETTE, Calif. (AP) -- A 79-year-old woman who stood in line...

Symtym's back with a spiffy new look. The custom skinning was implemented by Moxie. And that logo! A neat use of the icons behind medic...

Galen's got some commentary on my post about influence and bias in journalism and medicine . And although he graciously identifies his ...

Over at Kill As Few Patients as Possible , Dr. Bradley and I have been going back and forth about embryonic stem cells, the public's pe...

Back in July I asked, "Where are the Med Students?" -- specifically, why are there so few medical student bloggers compared to la...