Dr. Wes

As we enter the New Year, I like to reflect on where we've been and where we're heading in medicine. By far and away, this is the mo...

"Place the palm of your hand on the palm scanner," she said.  He complied and watched the computer screen in front of her read ...

To all of the first responders Laboring in the icy night in an hour of unexpected need While their children get tucked into bed In the...

I sit before the computer screen this morning, wondering "What should I write?"  Yet as I thought about this, I realized I should ...

"As a third year medical student, I would also argue that this is creating a generation of dumb doctors. My school (average US MD sch...

The infrequent side effects of Paxil (Click to enlarge) I was just trying to look up the side effects of Paxil and was greeted to this i...

“ “A totalitarian state is in effect a theocracy, and its ruling caste, in order to keep its position, has to be thought of as infallible. ...

"Kori" - a patient with a MedTee (Used with permission: click to enlarge) In 2005, my wife and I started MedTees.com , a webs...

A recent essay entitled "Understanding the Customer and the New MOC Changes" by David May, MD, PhD, chair of the Board of Governo...

"I swear by Apollo the physician and AEsculapius and Health (Hygieia) and All-Heal (Panacea) and all the gods and goddesses, that, a...

It has been interesting watching the development of Alivecor's mobile phone EKG app. At first with the beta release of the device it j...

The field of medicine is one of the most rewarding occupations out there.  Few occupations allow such an incredible opportunity to directly ...

"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking "did he fire six shots or only five?" Now to tell you the truth I...

Dr. Kussmaul, you are my hero for publishing this letter to the editor: "With detailed evidence-based regulation of our professional l...

It is an interesting time in medicine. If we step back a few thousand feet and look down on America's medical world, we see a mess.  W...

Shuzan, a Buddhist monk of the tenth century, once held up a bamboo stick before his disciples. "Call this a stick," he bellowed,...

... is when patients start  telling their real life stories : "Before the Affordable Care Act, health-insurance policies could not b...

I probably shouldn't be writing this. Tomorrow, after all, I sit for my Maintenance of Certification examination in Clinical Cardiac E...

I drove by this and nearly crashed my car:  (Click to enlarge) Pure awesomeness. -Wes 

By now, the Obamacare insurance exchange debacle is old news. Our attention spans are so short, we're on to the next disaster.  So we si...