The gimmick of the day is to make -preneur the suffix of the year. Solopreneurs. Doctorpreneurs.…
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Obesity is the infant of time poverty
When most people talk about obesity, the blame often falls on donuts, McDonald’s, fast food, lack…
How physician obesity affects patient care
Obesity affects one-third of the adult U.S. population, including physicians, and is estimated to cost $147…
The stoic cure for modern anxiety
Our one and only daughter has gone off to college. My wife and I dropped her…
The mental health workforce is collapsing
A system hemorrhaging talent: the scale of the crisis The global health care system is teetering…
A poem for a physician in the ICU
In the ER, we ask, Was he wearing a seatbeltPartly for the note, but partly so…
Reclaiming the human parts of a physician
When you step into medical training, you’re often told, both implicitly and sometimes even explicitly, that…
My rare disease was my greatest teacher
I was at one of the lowest points of my medical training. I had just finished…
Why culturally compassionate care matters for South Asian communities
South Asians are one of the fastest-growing immigrant populations in the United States, yet their health…
Rethinking the JUPITER trial and statin safety
We have all been told the story: High cholesterol leads to heart disease, and statins are…