6+ hour, 42+ min ago  (642+ words) What if I told you that burnout is not the most dangerous thing happening to primary care physicians right now? I actually think there's something worse, and it's happening quietly. Because many experienced doctors are slowly losing something they never…...

12+ hour, 48+ min ago  (21+ words) A former surgical resident shares their personal journey through anorexia, suicidality, and physician burnout to find self-worth beyond medical achievements....

10+ hour, 42+ min ago  (369+ words) For most of my career as a bariatric surgeon, I told patients that surgery was the most reliable tool we had for significant, sustained weight loss. That conversation has fundamentally changed. What GLP-1 medications actually do The oral option is…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (229+ words) The challenges in dealing effectively with this issue are compounded by multiple factors. These include an overall national shortage of physicians, particularly in rural communities, as well as being more prevalent in some specialties than others. Nonetheless, inaction is indefensible....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (318+ words) I still remember the heavy silence of the psychiatric unit during the peak of COVID-19. No family visitors, no group therapy, just the low hum of monitors and the crushing weight of isolation. One of my patients had survived a…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (505+ words) There is an organ sitting behind my sternum that most of my patients have never heard of. Most of my colleagues rarely mention it. And yet, quietly, steadily, for the past four decades, it has been disappearing. The thymus. The…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago  (676+ words) Robert C. Smith is best known for arguing medicine lost its mind. This episode he explains why he is still proud to be a doctor. Primary care physicians deliver 75 percent of the nation's mental health care without training for it, and…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (63+ words) I am a 94-year-old physician who would like to share a recent experience in which my Apple Watch played a critical role in the detection of a life-threatening event. A personal experience with wearable technology A life-saving trip to the…...

2+ day, 3+ hour ago  (282+ words) The first layer is training. Three different code sets, each with its own qualifying conditions, time thresholds, documentation requirements, and billing rules. Someone on staff has to learn all of it, keep up with CMS rule changes, and translate it…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago  (176+ words) It is often said in popular literature that figures lie and liars figure. However, sometimes in science, the lie is by omission. What we don't say can be even more important in our conclusions than what we do. Two charts…...