Seeking Meaning in Ca Survival Risk Estimates Most estimates from unselected adults not in the 'ballpark' May 08, 2016
ABIM Announces New Certification Exam Option More frequent, shorter exams available in 2018 May 06, 2016
Opioid Crisis: Scrap Pain as 5th Vital Sign? Groups call on JC and CMS to re-evaluate policies that could lead to opioid overprescribing Apr 13, 2016
Deep Roots for Lack of Minorities in American Medical Schools Problem starts in 3rd grade Mar 15, 2016
Medicare Pay Equity: How GPCI Kings and Queens Snared a Win Rural pay rates don't go far in the not-so-big city Mar 08, 2016
How Abbott Sells Hypothyroidism in India Blurring the line between "awareness" and hucksterism Feb 28, 2016
Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing Feb 04, 2016
Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
The Methods Man: What's 'Normal' for a Lab Value? Hint: it's not necessarily what your EHR system says Jan 14, 2016
10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says Dec 28, 2015
Slippery Slope: A Targeted Therapy That Misses the Mark? Afinitor racks up FDA approvals, but where is the evidence? Dec 13, 2015
FDA Advisory Panel Unmoved by Gepirone Data Recommends against novel antidepressant; FDA's fairness questioned Dec 02, 2015
Evidence Lacking for Some Fluoroquinolone Use FDA panel says risk-benefit data don't support current labeling Nov 06, 2015
CardioBrief: 'Walking Time Bombs' Is this fear mongering or effective communication of risk? Nov 05, 2015
From Bedside to Box Office: The Many Roles of Ken Jeong, MD The doctor-turned-actor plays a doctor in his own TV show Oct 28, 2015
ACP: Retail Clinics Need Scope of Practice Limits Retail clinics meet a need but shouldn't replace conventional primary care Oct 15, 2015
Is SAMHSA to Blame for a Broken Mental Health System? Two members of Congress differ on how to fix a failing system Oct 09, 2015
'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD Oct 05, 2015
Teach Patients How to Communicate Symptoms Better Patients should learn the eight characteristics of a symptom Oct 01, 2015
Doctors Urged to Practice 'Conservative Diagnosis' And sharing cell phone numbers is a good idea Sep 29, 2015
Antibiotics for Appendicitis Has Its Downsides Antibiotics rather than surgery for appendicitis sounds good, but there are drawbacks Sep 09, 2015
Primary Care: Medicare's 'Wellness Visit' Money Goes Unclaimed Launched with great fanfare, wellness codes leave docs frustrated Sep 03, 2015
Hybrid Academic-Community Cancer Centers Take Shape Emerging model takes cutting-edge oncology into the community Aug 31, 2015
ACR Joins Outcry Against ABIM's MOC Program Calls it an "overreach" and questions ABIM's financial stewardship Aug 28, 2015
Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay The case of the $1,700 mammogram Aug 26, 2015
Tales from the OR: Appalling? Criminal? And Anonymous Bad actors in the OR, but who tells? Aug 17, 2015
HypeWatch: Cannabis Bone-Healing Study Oversold Forget the headlines you read. Here's what you should know. Jul 23, 2015
CardioBrief: Dollars for Heart Docs Analysis of CMS database shows some docs pocketed millions from drug and device makers. Jul 23, 2015
The Trouble With Evidence-Based Medicine, the 'Brand' Evidence in medicine is a good thing, but there are things to dislike about EBM Jul 12, 2015
AMA Wants 2-Years of Grace for ICD-10 Errors With time running out, AMA acts to protect physician payment Jun 10, 2015
ICD-10: AMA Considers Grace Period to 'Save Docs' No easy choices for AMA as it mulls next steps Jun 07, 2015
ND vs MD -- Battle Lines Drawn in California The state legislature is poised to open the medicine cabinet to naturopathic physicians Jun 03, 2015
Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them. May 05, 2015
Docs Take ABIM to Task at Townhall Internal medicine leaders get an earful on maintenance of certification. May 03, 2015
Slippery Slope: $$ in, Diet Drugs Out, How Five Drugs Came to Market Makers of diet drugs spent more than $60 million on payments to doctors, organized medicine, and lobbyists to get their drugs approved. Apr 19, 2015
Dorry Segev, Extreme Renaissance Man "Every day, I try to take on something Im not good at," says renowned transplant surgeon. Apr 12, 2015
Physician/Writer: Dual and Dueling Responsibilities The ethics of doctors writing about patients. Apr 10, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor' An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery. Apr 09, 2015