I recently completed my internal medicine residency training. Three years, thousands of hours, thousands of patients, thousands of decisions. I certainly learned…
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A New Mexico woman, suffering from Dercum’s disease (adiposis dolorosa) which causes painful fatty tumors, is suing a Santa Fe hospital and…
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A medical student after an OB/GYN rotation: Here’s what he learned
by Nathaniel Fleming December 23, 2018On one of my first days on the labor and delivery ward, one of the attending obstetricians asked me what area of…
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Electronic health records: Separating the signal from the noise
by Fred N. Pelzman MD December 23, 20185,177. That’s the current number of “cc’ed charts” as of this morning in my electronic health record in-basket. While it might sound…
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Listening to Episode #14 of Core IM, I imagined discussing this case at VA morning report. For the past 20+ years, each…
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Researchers Show Parachutes Don’t Work, But There’s A Catch
by Richard Harris December 22, 2018Enlarge this image A study found that parachutes were no more effective than empty backpacks at protecting jumpers from aircraft. There was…
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Stefania was a 17-year-old Russian girl who presented herself to a port of entry in the United States seeking asylum. Stefania’s journey…
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September 2015, a few weeks into my first year of medical school. Mr. Smith (John) (identifying information and event details altered to…