If you’re a parent who is still on the fence, trying to decide whether or not to vaccinate your children, I’m going…
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American anti-intellectualism and its impact on physicians
by Karen S. Sibert MD November 30, 2018For several years now, I’ve been the social media curmudgeon in medicine. In a 2011 New York Times op-ed titled “Don’t Quit…
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Gun control is our lane: Physician opinions on guns matter
by Karen S. Sibert MD November 19, 2018We’re very fortunate in anesthesiology. We’re seldom the physicians who have to face families with the terrible news that a patient has…
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Why it’s important to determine who’s truly penicillin-allergic
by Karen S. Sibert MD November 6, 2018A true allergic reaction is one of the most terrifying events in medicine. A child or adult who is highly allergic to…
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We’re all human beings, but we’re not all alike. Each person experiences pain differently, from an emotional perspective as well as a…
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Let me say first that any woman who has ever been harassed or assaulted should never be made to feel that it…
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Safe pediatric dental anesthesia is the right of every child
by Karen S. Sibert MD December 29, 2017When you tell anyone in health care that “sedation” to the point of coma is given in dentists’ and oral surgeons’ offices…