Commentary
Law & Medicine
Workers’ compensation law
Question: Employee, a poorly controlled diabetic, accidentally stepped on a nail at work. Surrounding cellulitis and abscess...
Opinion
Online vitriol’s expansion into doctor discussion sites
“Anonymous websites, by their very nature, tend to attract nastiness since the writers can’t be held accountable. As a result, many of them have...
Commentary
Diagnostic metal rod, eyeball extramission, fungal foot fetish
And why nanotechnology urine doesn’t make you a superhero.
Law & Medicine
Complementary and alternative medicine
Do CAM providers face the same level of liability risk as medical doctors?
Commentary
What I learned from Navy SEALs about resilience
What’s your personal ethos? Make sure that the job you do and the activities you perform tie into your ethos as much and as often as possible.
Livin' on the MDedge
Love hormone plein air, posh preused Kleenex, and dieting plague vectors
And why Rocky the flying squirrel leaves a pink trail across the sky.
Opinion
Getting a good night’s sleep
Nothing frightens sleep away faster than an all-out effort to find it. And yet, it should be the easiest of all health habits to cultivate.
Opinion
Terminating an employee
Make it clear, when necessary, that the decision has already been made, so arguing or pleading will change nothing.
Opinion
In search of an ear
For many people, the workplace serves as a therapeutic outlet where they can share their troubles. But this is not often the case for physicians...
Livin' on the MDedge
Clown-tox, tattooed immunity, and cingulum-bundle comedy
And sorry, Ron Burgundy: Women’s brains are 5 years younger than men’s brains. It’s science.
Opinion
One person’s snake oil is another’s improved bottom line