I've given two talks this year: one in November and one just a few weeks ago. Both were "Joint Conferences" with mixed audienc...

Rabies is no laughing matter, but I did chuckle a bit upon reading today's NYC DOH alert. The email subject was: Rabid Kitten Confirmed...

I'm working on a project for my residency's journal club -- a website to archive the papers we discuss, along with our analyses (if ...

Last week I saw yellow tape go up along my street. Cops were shouting at passersby to turn around. Anyone who emerged from their apartments ...

On the topic of my dear old buddy, who visited this weekend for an MSF meeting, and, as is his habit, made some mischief and provocative co...

Via Kevin, MD comes news of MedGenMed's latest video (registration required), featuring Dr. Michael Dansinger, excerpted below: Is tha...

It's been quiet here recently, but that's not to say I haven't been writing. Aside from the usual medical device love-fest over ...

It was a warm weekend evening, and the new interns were completing some of their first shifts in the ED. We were drained, but exhilarated, a...

So, I went out this morning at the crack of dawn for my brioche and coffee , and I saw a rocket ship on the curb, by the trash. The model l...

I misinterpreted the title of a Polite Dissent post -- Doctor or Auto Mechanic? -- which immediately conjured a version of this classic gam...

Here's something I realized recently: a good fraction of the books I've read over the past year -- maybe half -- have been with writ...

For as long as I can remember, I've been reading reports in the lay press (and, in recent years, medical journals) about the growing pro...

My medical school prepared me very well for my floor medicine months, in terms of how to function as an intern, what to know as a physician,...

The bird on the fire escape has been with me for over a week. She's chosen some of my scraggly philodendron vines as the basis of her ne...

This month's Atlantic has the best writing I've seen on competitive eating (and naturally, that includes my musings on the topic)...

There's so many things to do overnight on medicine call. I've got to see the new admissions, write up the H+P's, order labs and ...

Envision Solutions, a marketing firm, has put together a 110-page guide to healthcare blogging . It's available for $36.95, but will bec...