After 9 years and $18.7 billion, England is jettisoning plans to have one unified, national electronic medical system. Following the recommendations of a multi-party parliamentary committe, the new plan will allow local authorities more leeway …

“I didn’t like the way I was told I had cancer,” she said. “Your group should discuss how this is handled in the future.”
She was referring to her late Friday afternoon telephone conversation with a …

We are transitioning to electronic medical records. I can really see and appreciate the value of having a portable, integrated system that makes it easier to provide seamless patient care and makes it easier to …

I usually include the TSH in my panel of lab tests  - especially in the middle aged – although it’s an important hormone to check if symptoms warrant, such as palpatations, hair loss or fatigue …

I was loathe to call in sick to work this past Tuesday despite a pretty miserable night of body aches and nausea and besides, I thought that seeing patients would distract me from the nausea, …

A young man came to see me today for depression, brought in by his mother. She did most of the talking for him until I gently but firmly asked that she not speak for him. …

I’ve been trying to estimate the number of people I’ve known through my work who have died and quite honestly, I can’t remember. Twenty? Thirty?  I was trying to figure it out after I read …

Bella, our 6 month old miniature schnauzer was spayed one week ago. She stayed overnight at the vet’s and I picked her up after work the following day. She fretted in discomfort that evening and …

She relayed the events with no emotions: “I was feeling depressed because I wasn’t with my family for the holidays, so I took the kids into our room and made myself go to sleep. When …

If you spend a lot of time figuring out what kind of running shoe is best suited to your foot, you are probably wasting your efforts according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine.  Analyzing …