Dr. Wes

Pharmalot shows how much money some orthopedists got from the medical device industry: Zimmer notched 21 payments greater than $1 million a...

Today's post over at MedPage Today . -Wes

The Amish are a regilious demonination here in the United States that live the simple life, often without electricity in their home. But t...

Gastroparesis . -Wes

It might be fair game for next year's EP board certification exam: the Brugada Syndrome gene: Using positional cloning and gene sequen...

Alexis Madrigal seems to want to get Carlo Pappone, MD to respond to his post on Wired magazine's blog regarding Hansen's robot-as...

I've got to rant. From a recent press release by the AMA: "On behalf of the American Medical Association, I would like to commend ...

For resident and fellow housestaff, there has been another sequela from the hospitalist movement that was brought to my attention today: the...

Laugh if you will, but after visiting the outer reaches of India and China in the not-so-distant past, I can vouch for the importance of suc...

Heh. It looks like our diabetes shirts might be popular with the Byetta folks just a little longer . -Wes

Some haunting things doctors hear: "Doctor, why is Mr. Smith's blood pressure so low?" "Doctor, your patient hasn't h...

Medtronic’s most recent defibrillator lead recall will have profound implications ( Wall Street Journal : subscription required) for the me...

After seeing the article in the New York Times this morning about which party is being supported by the healthcare sector, I thought it wo...

Sorry, I have to take issue with Health Magazine's " germiest places ." I'd suggest the following: Your mouth Your nose ...

Roy Poses, MD discusses potential conflicts of interest at PBS with the "Mysterious Human Heart" series over at Health Care Renewa...

This graphic was brought to my attention during our most recent cath conference regarding door-to-balloon (DTB) times. It demonstrates that...

Today I'll be starting to contribute to MedPageToday's new physicians' blog from time to time. The blog kicks off today. Ther...

Although the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference in Washington DC just ended, I though it would be cool to show some of th...

Boy! This has been quite a week. One of my colleagues has been gone for a bit (those damn honeymoons get in the way) and I've been rem...

Here's some cool art by British artist Chris Gilmour made from nothing but cardboard. I wonder if he could make a heart? -Wes