The Scene: An ICU, on an early July morning. A well-dressed man is standing at the nurses' station, scribbling notes. Our main character...

After more than a few years of schooling and training, the day is approaching when my erudition and skills may be of some value. So, I recen...

I used to read Andrew Sullivan's blog a lot in grad school. He's bounced around several times over the years -- both on the web and...

As I was always fond of his writing in high school English class, I was happy to see H. L. Mencken's name come up in this NYTimes piece ...

Ok, so, remember when those outrageous subway ads asking passengers to "demand a CAT scan" appeared, and prompted me to suspect, ...

Last month, when I (and others ) noted the ominous ads appearing in NYC subways, urging riders to "demand a CAT scan" -- I looke...

I recently heard US Army Major (and emergency medicine physician) report on his research, conducted in a major trauma center in Iraq. To giv...

If, for some reason, you haven't read enough about me in the past few months, you can read my profile ( html , pdf ), by Dr. Tiago Villa...

Christine Miserandino (of butyoudontlooksick.com ) recently asked me some questions about Grand Rounds, and my thoughts on use of the emerge...

I hardly ever use my record player. Nevertheless, I would like to own this record , featured recently on the website of New York's WFMU:...

I was taken aback by a new subway advertising campaign, imploring the public to demand a CAT scan . With lines like "5 out of 5 lung ca...

Remember that recent study about doctors talking about themselves during patient encounters? It received a lot of attention from the media ...

I'm thoroughly enjoying this month's edition of Annals of EM -- partly because of some challenges to current practice, with some res...

Getting emergency department signout on a Monday evening is as close as I've come to drinking from a firehose. Whatever late afternoon a...

Seeing this funny video reminded me of the time the Google StreetView van stopped outside my apartment. I asked the driver what was wrong, b...

I'll be calling in tonight to the Dr. Anonymous Show on BlogTalkRadio. We'll be talking about medical blogs, and blog awards , and ...

This long, rambling dialog took shape while I walked home from the ED just now, to yet another night of surprising election results. To foll...