A paper [full text here] from The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine says that "acupuncture may be a feasible and effect... [...]
A study presented at the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) meeting in October of this year found that patients who chew gum in the... [...]
A surgical resident writes I’m sure you have read several recent studies suggesting that current general surgery residents are poorly traine... [...]
An orthopedist asked me if I could explain why a couple of papers of his did not generate any feedback. He wasnt even sure that anyone had r... [...]
Every two or three years, someone, usually a hospital administrator, decides that delays in operating room turnover time need to be looked i... [...]
A female high school student asks about pathology, surgery, and medicine in general. [Email edited for length.] See if you agree with my ans... [...]
Ive received a couple of emails from Doximity [A closed medical "community" of > 280,000 doctors] reminding me to complete a su... [...]
A study from Finland suggesting that antibiotics may be a viable alternative to surgery for acute appendicitis has created a stir. As you mi... [...]
The following is based on an actual case that occurred a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. A 65-year-old man arrived in the emergency... [...]
About a year and a half ago, I blogged that a medical student on Twitter used a blog post of mine as evidence. In January, the Canadian Jour... [...]
The following was compiled from two comments on my recent post about grit written by a doctor who calls himself "Geronimo." It is... [...]
I made a rookie mistake in statistics of the “correlation is causation” genre by confusing variation for causation in the recent JAMA Surger... [...]
In early January, I blogged about the dearth of evidence about activity restrictions after surgery. A number of people commented and most ag... [...]
Maybe youve heard that there is a growing debate about whether antibiotics are as good or better than surgery for treating appendicitis. So ... [...]
Although, uncommon, bleeding after surgery is the most common potential post-operative complication. To minimize the chances of this occurri... [...]
On my "Ask Skeptical Scalpel" blog, a medical student who is applying to general surgery programs is concerned about "The ris... [...]
Ive got nothing against ProPublica. If a valid way to rate surgeons is ever discovered, I would support it completely. However, ProPublicas ... [...]
Cool Business Opportunities in 2014 7:04 AM Dear Entrepreneur: I discovered three opportunities with “over the top” profit potential. I’ll g... [...]
