My Dragon versus my fingers: A weak dictator’s struggles in communication
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Read MoreEnd medical school grades
There should be no grades in medical school. Forty-something percent…
Read MoreThe lungs and the common good
An excerpt from Breath Taking: The Power, Fragility, and Future…
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Breast cancer screening with mammography or other tools (such as…
Read MoreA physician hung himself. That could have been me.
The mood hung in the air like a clenched jaw,…
Read MoreI am an orthopedic surgeon who decided to stop taking insurance
I am an orthopedic surgeon, and I only take cash.…
Read MoreCOVID vaccines, overcoming skepticism, and pandemic theater [PODCAST]
“Environmental cleaning rightfully plays a more prominent role within health…
Read MoreRest in peace, primary care
The corporatization of medicine has destroyed primary care as a…
Read MoreCan we stop wasting the COVID-19 vaccine?
As I write today, COVID-19 has killed more than 380,000…
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