Dr. Wes

Digital Pathology Blog contemplates his liability needs as a blogger. I would encourage this given my experience, particularly if "wh...

When it comes to driving policy for health care in the upcoming election, money matters. I thought just before the election it would be inte...

Here's the picture. Now go on over to Happy's place and add your suggestion. As he says: "All humor accepted. Leave no stoo...

If only biotechnology could deliver on its promises : “You can’t keep stuffing gizmos into people to treat end-stage disease,” the keynote s...

To paraphrase an insurance letter from Blue Cross Blue Shield I received today from another disgruntled patient: Dear Doctor, We regret that...

Interesting take from George Will today on Arizona's Proposition 101 before its populace on Election Day: On Election Day, Arizonans ca...

With the rising number of uninsured, the incredible cost of end-of-life care that already exists, the economic crisis, and the growing publi...

... and it's lasted 123 years. -Wes via Instapundit .

As the election nears, both political parties have plans for leaving "no person left behind" when it comes to health insurance ev...

This is kind of interesting . Only thing is, the presence of bacterial odor may not necessarily imply that pathology exists since the patie...

According to the bureaucrats, if you want to impose "cost saving measures" to correct our complicated health care system, do every...

When the number of authors on a paper approach the number of patients in one arm of a prospective, randomized trial... heads up. I have just...

"Never!" says Buckeye Surgeon. He offers a great essay on the absurdity of the notion and takes aim at the journalistic naiveté u...

How does Healthgrades rate hospitals? An article on one hospital's fall from grace from a 5-star ranking to a one-star ranking cites t...

The American Board of Internal Medicine issued this press release yesterday regarding scam medical boards. I reported on this last Octobe...

... is up over at Pallimed : Welcome to another edition of Grand Rounds (v 5.5), the best of the medical blogosphere. Below I have taken the...

Here's how we serve health care in 2008: Need to read an echo? Sign on to the KINETDX echo server. Need to read an EKG? Sign on to the...

I picked up the New York Times this morning and saw the front page story entitled "Building Flawed American Dreams" and expected...

From hospitals unable to find funding for continued operations, to medical device companies unable to secure a second round of funding to...

In the wake of yesterday's helicopter crash in Aurora, IL that killed 4, the safety of having a heliport on top of the newly proposed C...