Another year is slipping by, and I haven't read nearly as much (non-medical) literature as I would have liked. Still, a number of notewo...

Although it's by no means a great film, there's no recent movie imagery that has lingered with me as much as Mike Judge's Idiocr...

The latest edition in Medscape's Roundtable series features Drs. Robert Donnell, Roy Poses and me, talking about Integrative Medicine a...

I receive several academic journals in the mail, and after browsing the articles of interest, I enjoy flipping through the 'letters to t...

I'll be appearing on the Dr. Anonymous internet radio talk show this Thursday night, live at 10 PM EDT. Listeners can phone in question...

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 ...