Dr. Wes

It's sad that cardiologists have had to sue as their last resort to save their practices: "Heart specialists on Monday filed suit ...

As the Senators vote to pass their bill to extend insurance to thirty million more people while failing to address malpractice or physician ...

From our lab to yours, complete with a heart, pacemaker and defibrillator ornaments, defibrillator pads, pacing-lead tinsel, and an ablation...

They sat, huddled together beneath the brightly lit Christmas tree, giggling as they described to their new found friend how they'd neve...

Heard from a local independent gerontologist tonight who does not accept Medicare or other insurance payments in our state: "When it co...

You might get something like this: "Single view. There are no prior studies for comparison. The heart is mildly enlarged. The...

... to do a bit of self-promotion. Cafepress, our distributor for our medical t-shirt website, MedTees.com , is offering a free upgrade in ...

The American Heart Association, in conjunction with a $1 million dollar grant from the Medtronic Foundation, thinks it can , especially if s...

I think so. It was apparent to me at the Heart Rhythm Society Scientific Sessions meeting and now a similar trend was noticed by Dr. Steve...

The article appeared yesterday in the Wall Street Journal: " Study Shows Older Patients Benefiting From Defibrillators ." One wou...

... with a Charlotte's Web theme over at Florence dot com : Welcome to this holiday edition of Grand Rounds! It's the time of year ...

As implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDs) are increasingly ubiquitous in society, it is not suprizing that their effects might be caught ...

My wife and I would like to thank all those who contributed to the first (and perhaps only) US Health Care Reform Photoshop Contest . Polli...

As the primary care crisis grows, it seems rural areas are seeing their competitors snatch up primary care doctors who were supposed to ret...

"Hello, Dr. Fisher?" "Yes, this is Dr. Fisher" "This is Sam Smart, pharmacist at Walgreens over in East Elsewhere....

... suddenly, things become very real for both cardiologists and patients . -Wes .

... and you can have instant access to him in your lab, too! -Wes

It's like rain on your wedding day It's a free ride when you've already paid It's the good advice that you just didn't t...

There are potentially plenty of ways cardiologists will see their payments decline next year: from the loss of Medicare inpatient consultati...

Nature abhors a vacuum. And no where is this more clear than residency slots in Internal Medicine. Today, I learned some interesting statist...