I recently opined about a decision by Anthem to deny paying for emergency room (ER) care that it deemed to be non-emergent. My point was…
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How do you fit your “mommy time” in? I love residency. I love what I do, love my work colleagues, and am…
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A survey of 1,000 volunteer adults found 71% regularly watched medical television dramas, but only 12% said the shows “were a reliable…
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She is 61, and she can’t help but smack her lips together repetitively. She has no teeth, and the curvature of her…
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She came up to me and said, “You saved my life.” I remember meeting this woman while I was walking my dog…
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When your first food allergy reaction takes place in the air
by Lianne Mandelbaum March 16, 2018Can you imagine flying home from a family vacation and having a first-time anaphylactic reaction in the air? Did you know that airlines…
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It’s early March. I walk quickly past the ambulance bay, shivering as the doors open. Paramedics push a stretcher into the hall…
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I was doing a procedure on a child last night, and the mother said to her son: “I want you to be…