2/13/2026 Valentine’s Day blues: A physician’s look at the physiology of a broken heart.
2/5/2026 Olympians are just physicians with amazing speed, strength, cardio—and very short shelf lives.
1/26/2026 There's many a cliché on what to do when you've had too many—but what does the medical literature actually tell us about dealing with overindulgence?
1/7/2026 I don’t go in for resolutions—but I do like a ‘medical project.’ This year, I’m going to cancel out a lot of noise.
1/2/2026 While many don't keep their resolutions, you almost certainly won’t keep them if you don’t make a list. Here’s my advice for making that list stick—and my own ideas for what should be on it.
12/17/2025 Year after year, the Christmas season brings a predictable set of medical issues through our doors or into the emergency departments. Here’s an informal peek at the medical mayhem underneath the Christmas tree.
11/21/2025 Medicine and music have a lot in common. For one thing, they both have charts full of notes.
11/5/2025 Four real-world cases reveal how well-intentioned, evidence-based care can still cause harm.
10/27/2025 The Rocky Horror Picture Show is now 50 years old: ‘Don’t dream it, be it.’
10/17/2025 For physicians, the stakes are not abstract. The proposed legal strategies challenge foundational principles: the sanctity of clinical judgment, the protection of vulnerable patients, and physicians’ moral and professional integrity.
10/2/2025 Let's take a stroll through speciality stereotypes through history, landing squarely at the here and now.
9/12/2025 From the terror of year one to the golden reflections at 50, each anniversary tells a story of growth, survival and service.
