I used to wonder why Gizmodo et al are always taking jabs at Verizon. To me, they've always been friendly, with good plans and coverage....

I just concluded the best, hardest month of my residency thus far. I've taken call many, many times before this, but never with the same...

If you want to simulate the development of visual cognition in newborns, take a course in ultrasonography. I remember when I was a med stude...

I've received some great feedback from my post the other day , on acronyms in medical research. I soured on the whole field of "res...

It's always nice when a topic can be both funny and worthy of serious thought. Such is the case with the use of acronyms in medical rese...

It's the intern's first day. We're walking down the hallway from the ED, so I can show him the lounge. "Are you ready? You ...

This month's Annals of Emergency Medicine has a series of articles on ED usage, plus an editorial entitled, "Frequent ED Visitors:...

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...