Sermo's founder and CEO, Dr. Daniel Palestrant, sent me an invitation to dinner last week. At first I thought it was because of the Medg...

A few years ago, when blogs were new, James Lileks wrote about an experience after his domain's registration expired. He learned about ...

When I was a fourth-year med student, one of my favorite things was to wake up on an noncall Sunday, read the newspaper(s) and blogs, and fi...

The latest Medscape Roundtable, featuring Robert Centor, Graham Walker, Theresa Polick and me writing about the 'VIP' treatment, has...

In May, when the new ASA stroke guidelines came out, this table's title caught my eye. Now I'm copyediting a piece on stroke manag...

Lifehacker.com recently linked to a WikiHow post , about maximizing the efficiency of a patient's time with his or her doctor. The arti...

Yet another boost to New Yorkers' sense of superiority: Americans have gained an extraordinary 33 years in average life span over the p...

A fellow resident physician in the NYC area was updating me about his jury duty stint. I mentioned that John Hodgman (who is an author , wri...

It's almost July 1 -- a natural point for medical folk to take stock of things. The senior residents are working their final shifts with...

Michael Moore's new documentary on the shortcomings of American healthcare, Sicko , has been pirated and is available on various P2P tor...

I was ready to come back from a conference in Chicago and write about the rosy state of medical blogging. I'd describe how my presentati...

Recent events, a new Gap commercial, plus the discovery of a British pop band -- it's got me thinking. Just like Seinfeld had an entire ...

There was a Daily Show episode last month, where Jon Stewart interviewed Dr. Sharon Moalem about his new book, "Survival of the Sickes...

Pushing tPA feels a lot like coordinating a space shuttle launch. There's such a long checklist to work through before this powerful clo...

In the past few months I've eaten at some unique places: a restaurant that only serves macaroni and cheese ( S'Mac ) a yogurt bar ( ...

Have you ever really invested in writing a comment on someone's blog, then decided to double-dip and convert your text into a post on yo...

Emergency Medicine programs have the most "off-service" rotations of any specialty, and emergency departments feature the most rot...