Why do hospitals, unlike, say, airlines, slow down so much on the weekends?
11May11
1st Gear Weekends
13Mar11
Normalization
Does your gas merit medical attention?
16Nov10
Latke vs. Hamantash [UPDATED]
An eternal question. One week DAY until the 64th edition of the ongoing debate. Which do you prefer? Why? You can use the <Contact> page to send an answer, or just answer in the Comments below; answers that are three sentences or less will count disproportionally more. Showbill here. Informative article about the history [...]
24Oct10
It’s China(town), Jake
One of the more bizarre experiences I’ve had in medicine occurred on a recent trip to China. I’d been invited to meet with a doctor for a discussion and tour of Renmin (“People’s”) Hospital in Hubei Province. Before I went, she asked me to “give a talk.” Reasonably, she asked what I was planning to [...]
3Oct10
Making Nice
Over the summer, a couple of news stories stood out to me as examples of lemons and lemonade: First, the prix du citron: Tony Hayward of BP, after his company’s oil rig ‘malfunctioned’ and poured millions of barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico. He had a few choice doozies. You probably remember: The Gulf of [...]