Commentary
Commentary
Why doctors are losing trust in patients; what should be done?
There’s a large amount of literature about what makes patients trust their doctor.
Commentary
No, you can’t see a different doctor: We need zero tolerance of patient bias
While speech may not constitute violence in the strictest sense of the word, there is growing evidence that it can be physically harmful.
Commentary
Nurses questions answered: Could you face repercussions for your actions?
Why were three nurses escorted off the premises of a hospital emergency room when they began an understaffed shift?
Commentary
A plane crash interrupts a doctor’s vacation
‘My oldest brother-in-law jumped into his ski boat and we sped out to the scene.’
Commentary
Ivermectin for COVID-19: Final nail in the coffin
Is this nice U.S. randomized trial enough to convince people that results from a petri dish don’t always transfer to humans, regardless of the...
Commentary
Loan forgiveness and med school debt: What about me?
"Many people don't have sympathy out in the public. They say doctors make a large amount of money."
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
Commentary
Why people lie about COVID
Of those surveyed, 41.6% admitted that they lied about COVID or didn’t adhere to COVID guidelines – a conservative estimate, if you ask me.
Commentary
The winding road that leads to optimal temperature management after cardiac arrest
Today’s life-saving intervention proves harmful tomorrow, but withholding it may constitute malpractice a few months down the road.
Commentary
Could a vaccine (and more) fix the fentanyl crisis?
The first human trial is underway right now for a vaccine against oxycodone. Not only that, but there are other vaccines that are in animal trials...
Feature
How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...