Dr. Wes

"Like a surgeon, whoa, oh, cuttin' for the very first time." - Parody on Madona's "Like a Virgin" - Weird Al Yan...

Some think so. After all, more seniors can afford their medicine when ol' Uncle Sam helps pick up the tab. But we are left to ponder h...

You've got to admire this entrepreneurial lad's attempt to extend his Christmas vacation... ... the hard way . -Wes

I'd like to take a second and thank those that thought enough about these crazy rants and ramblings to nominate me for the 2007 Medical ...

If you haven't seen it, Kevin Pho, MD (aka KevinMD ) does a great job in his Q&A session with the Wall Street Journal Health Blog j...

"Alright Mr. Jones. It's OK Mr. Jones. Mr. Jones, really, it's OK. Sit down." "But Doc, I'm worried." ...

It was interesting to read a more recent breakdown (subscription required) of the 47 million uninsured number I discussed previously that ...

It’s so nice to be classified (with lawyers) by the New York Times as a “Falling Down” profession. I love sitting and feeling sorry for m...

A young medical student walks into a store advertising "Smart Pills." His exams are in two weeks and he decides, "Hmmm, mayb...

Time is muscle and time is brain. So it is not a surprise to see that hospitals that fail to apply a defibrillator shock to a cardiac arres...

One more thing, before I head out. We should probably heed these warnings from the Danish regarding firework safety for New Years. -Wes h/...

Here's wishing all of my readers and fellow bloggers a wonderful and safe New Year! I'll be taking a few days traveling to see frie...

The New York Times does a good job describing the billing morass that is inpatient care today: Despite agitated discussions with the billi...

I'm not sure how I missed this, but I thought it was pretty cool: printing heart cells in a gel so they self-assemble to create beating...

This week, two implantable hemodynamic monitors were revealed that permit continuous real-time pressure measurement of either pulmonary arte...

Want a summary of which candidate's doing what on health care? Here's the simplest summation I've seen in a while. What's ...

He sat at the dinner table, and looked up slowly. “You know, this time of year, I can’t believe all of the problems I see. Suicides, domest...

Imagine taking a photograph of yourself very day for eight years, then assembling them all in a single video. Wonder what it would look like...

I am constantly amazed at the dizzying heights hospital and insurance bureaucrats will take physicians, all in the name of profit. In the ol...

I read with interest this week's lead article in the New England Journal of Medicine that evaluated whether prophylactic catheter ablat...