“Guys, are you alright in there?” I ask casually while taking the first bite of my dinner on a 24-hour PICU shift.…
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After Luke Perry: a greater awareness of stroke symptoms
by Michael Brant-Zawadzki MD March 6, 2019When your grandmother suffers a devastating stroke, it is a family tragedy, but it does not necessarily make the headlines. When Luke…
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Finishing my ER shift for the day, I waited for the shuttle at a busy intersection. Within a minute of drowning myself…
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I have had a complex relationship with music. As a child, I had several instances of feedback that I was “bad at…
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My dad flew to California in the spring to meet his grandson, who was about five months old at the time. He…
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The Apple Watch’s ECG feature could save many lives. But only if it has something else.
by Nirav Shah MD and Tanzid Shams MD January 2, 2019Recently the Apple Watch’s latest feature went live – an electrocardiogram (ECG) app that monitors irregular heart rhythms. The internet is overflowing…
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Too many moving parts: Physicians can’t own it all anymore
by Rosalind Kaplan MD January 1, 2019A few days ago, I made a call to my neurologist’s office. The fourth call about the same issue. I needed my…
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An opinion piece published in JAMA suggests the latter: “Protecting the Value of Medical Science in the Age of Social Media and…