Dr. Wes

Do you have disability insurance? Do you want to utilize it? Well, my friend, if you want to tap into the disability coffers, plan on surr...

File this under, "You get more with honey than with vinegar" or "Former-Chicago alderman goes wild :" The fracas unfolde...

Aim So High You'll Never Be Bored... The greatest waste of our natural resources is the number of people who never achieve their potenti...

There's no such thing as a free lunch : Only a year ago, County Board President Todd Stroger was lopping bodies from the county payroll ...

"What a cool case!" Driving alone, lightheaded, really lightheaded, loses consciousness, regains consciousness, wakes to find the...

People associate doctors with many things , but by far and away the most commonly associated objects with doctors are... ... needles . Small...

There has been a lot of buzz about losing patients overseas to other cheaper venues to deliver care, but we must not lose sight that Americ...

Senator John W. Warner (R-Va.) had to go back in the hospital for management of atrial fibrillation. Seems he had a "non-surgical th...

Call me a cynic (who me?), but it seems with this news that the upcoming 10.1% pay cut in June for physicians won't be enough: Governme...

Mark DeRosa, the Cub's second baseman, was reported today to have flown back to Chicago from spring training in Mesa Arizona to be ...

Well, Pfizer pulled the million-dollar man, Dr. Robert Jarvik, from its pharmaceutical (Lipitor) ads today due to "misimpressions....

With the interest and popularity of going "green" with hybrid cars (even with a select few of my fellow physician-bloggers ) I tho...

" An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure ." - Ancient proverb * * * “ About 95 percent of our plans are similar. We both ...

Take one part travel, add two parts time, three parts unforeseen costs (airfare, hotel, car rental fees, meals, oversized-luggage fees), fou...

It's a move that will make even Major League Baseball's Roger Clemens and Andy Pettitte take pause: doping doctors. It seems there i...

... to take a vacation: -Wes

Parked in the airport with a delayed flight I came across this tidbit: it seems concierge medicine now is extending beyond primary care int...

I'll be heading to a warmer climate tonight for some R&R and recoup time (should be good for my back). I might not be posting as co...

It was just your routine defibrillator check at first. Then the screen showed the device had fired. "You mean I was shocked?" ...

My thoughts on this topic are up over at MedPage Today . -Wes

Duke's in hot water again - more strippers and worse. To think my daughter wanted to attend her Dad's alma mater: no frickin' w...

...and just in time for Valentine's Day. -Wes

It's surfaced again: the effects of statins (specifically atorvastatin or Lipitor) on the cognitive functioning of the brain. Today...

If you want to mess with the healthcare system of today - play with cost transparency. Carol.com does just that: ( CNN ) A new Twin Citie...

It seems so : In recent weeks,Aetna Inc., the nation's largest insurer, and Cigna Corp. have agreed to reimburse doctors for online visi...

Surprise, surprise : For the Annals article, researchers from RAND Health in Santa Monica, Calif., and the Veterans Affairs Greater Los Ang...

(Click to enlarge) Here's the hospital bill from a relative who recently underwent spinal fusion surgery from one of our local hospitals...

“If you change a patient’s appointment don’t forget to enter a reason why in the comment field. Do you know, is he a H.M.O., P.P.O. or P.O....

I sat and pondered my predicament. Acute lower back pain – hardly able to move – clinic all day, three cases tomorrow, call this weekend. ...

It started innocently enough: a big Chicago snow storm followed by a period of relative warmth and rain, followed by the usual repeat of ano...

Today's scrubs. We'll see what the Sanitation Sandanistas think about my bling. -Wes

...that on this eve of the Super Tuesday primaries, healthcare and the mandates that Senator Hillary Clinton is proposing to fund her propos...

The Superbowl exceeded by expectations this year - Jordin Sparks did a nice job with the Star Spangled Banner, Tom Petty and the Heartbreake...

Finally, another study confirms the safety of iPods and pacemakers. For this study, Bassen tested a second-generation iPod Nano, a second-g...

As expected, Medtronic's Endeavor drug-eluting stent was approved by the FDA today. Looks like more competition has just arrived for th...

I watched the democratic debate last evening for evidence that there was a tangible way healthcare reform could take place. I failed to hea...

Well the inaugural issue of JACC Cardiovascular Imaging was just come out and heralds cardiologists as cardiovascular imaging experts. Eug...