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The Most Misinterpreted Study in Medicine: Don’t be TRICCed
Misunderstood TRICC trial enrolled critical anemic patients stable after fluid resuscitation and not actively bleeding.
Opinion
DEA Training Mandate: 8 Hours of My Life I’d Like Back
Dr. Walton-Shirley describes changes needed to renew DEA licenses so that others who prescribe very few narcotics do not have to spend so much...
Opinion
Why legal pot makes this physician sick
Cannabis-related emergency department visits from all acute-care hospitals in California increased by 1,808% from 2005 to 2019 in patients aged 65...
Opinion
In defense of artificial sweeteners
If more trials on artificial sweeteners are planned, they should be performed on people doing human things – which does not include ingesting 60...
Opinion
Like texting and driving: The human cost of AI
Enthusiastic presentations on the use of AI in medicine at a recent conference left this cardiologist concerned about the potential loss of human...
News
Organ transplantation: Unvaccinated need not apply
Pandemic-era physicians must now consider whether a politically motivated choice to decline COVID-19 vaccination should negatively affect the...
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USPSTF statement on aspirin: poor messaging at best
Some older adults have mitigated their risk for myocardial infarction by taking aspirin, says doctor.
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Fired for good judgment a sign of physicians’ lost respect
The firing of a physician who made use of soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccine doses rather than flush them epitomizes the loss of physician autonomy...