Dr. Wes

Remember, pointing a pellet gun at your boyfriend's chest and pulling the trigger, even when he dares you to, may not be the smartest th...

Don't it always seem to go, That you don't know what you've got 'til it's gone. They paved paradise, And put up a par...

-Wes

Should car companies be in the medical business? Well, Ford Motor Company seems to think so. First the bluetooth-enabled glucose meter an...

From AMA Medical News : New York physicians may have to take off their neckties, jewelry, wristwatches and long-sleeved white coats when car...

For doctors, there's a new game they can play at their next professional society's scientific meeting: "Where's the RFID Sc...

Circulation , a major cardiology medical journal, just published an article on atrial fibrillation ablation, complete with extensive video ...

"Hello, Doctor Johnson, this is Madam Secretary ." "Nice to hear from you Kathy. What can I do for you?" "I en...

Years ago, I was fortunate to have been selected as a medical school representative for our medical school Admissions Committee. As such, I...

It was just a visit to manage her paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. She was long overdue for the visit. So she arrived as she had so many ti...

Since starting this blog I have had the opportunity to stumble across interesting business terms currently in use in health care. As a serv...

Could your implanted medical device soon speak to you? Perhaps. Two unlikely corporate partners, Ford Motor Company and Medtronic, are...

I wonder if we're in danger of stifling fun in medicine. Certainly there are still fun things to do in medicine (ablating a pesky acce...

From IEEE Spectrum : "The heart produces around 1 or 1.5 watts of hydraulic power, and we want to take maybe one milliwatt," Pfenn...

It's an healthy question to ask after Propublica's recent exposes on the Heart Rhythm Society and SCAI. So I turned to the interne...

From patient to porn star, thanks to a "landing strip:" Just prior to the tap into my right femoral artery at the groin to insert...

With the news that Wellpoint, one of the largest insurance companies in America, will cut off annual 8% payment increases to about 1,500 ho...

I saw this and could help but wonder how similar technology might be applied to atrial fibrillation ablation some day: From IEEE Spectru...

Perhaps its a natural evolution of a blogger on the internet: starting out strong, then fading. Perhaps it's a realization that you...

Today, another large Chicago hospital joined forces with one of the largest remaining local physician groups: Naperville-based Edward Hospi...