Dr. Wes

Charge Given to the Knights by King Google * God make you a good men and women and fail not of beauty. The Round Table was founded in patien...

Without doubt one of the most eloquent writers in the medical blog-o-sphere, Dr. Charles is taking an extended break to pursue his passion....

“Good judgment comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgment.” -- Anonymous “I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career...

Thanks to Kevin, MD , with his amazing ability to stay abreast of the latest news and commentary in medicine while working as a practicing i...

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Michael Moore, health care policy expert, hit Washington DC yesterday to the applause of many of our nations' politicians. But his morn...

Shouldn't this guy be promoting heart health rather than prostate cancer research? Ultramarathoner Dean Karnazes will attempt to break ...

It seems health care is going from bad to worse. Now we have " lean manufacturing " from the manufacturing industry on which to im...

I recently recertified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support, and really wasn't doing to say much, but then, I blog. Sooooo, I thought it mig...

Man, they paid $550,000 at auction for Cardiology.com . I mean, I guess it's a good subspecialty name, but it seems the be a high pric...

I just don’t get it. Here’s how we attempt to control the costs of healthcare in America. First, we must prove to the medical consumer that...

I just saved three people's lives - but I never heard a word from them. The NERVE! Could the fact that they were plastic have had anythi...

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners are one of the most effective ways to follow soft-tissue and vascular diseases in the body. Unfor...

Try this experiment some time. It was shown to me in medical school. Take a brand new box of pristine sticks of chalk - you know - the kind...

Codeblog does a great job hosting this week's medical blogging grand rounds. Her creativity is remarkable. Be sure to check it out. -...

Todd Stroger, the elected Cook County Commissioner here in Chicago, never wanted the public to know that he needed surgery for prostate canc...

Don't look for drug and medical device prices to come down anytime soon. ( WSJ ) Showing that legislation to overhaul drug-safety laws ...

Although I've commented on this before, it's good to see that others are taking notice about the potential problems with excessive...

The new diet drug, Alli, has some interesting "treatment effects." Here they are : You may feel an urgent need to go to the bathr...

Direct-to-consumer advertising took a new turn today. I received this press release for a new website, called StopAfib.org . I follow atr...