By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
The thick and sultry August outside,
The stale ammonia scented inside,
James The Poet, bedridden, writing in a fury,
Charlotte on a chair next to him, yawning.
So too have I become…
My …
By Gregory Rubinfeld, MD
The thick and sultry August outside,
The stale ammonia scented inside,
James The Poet, bedridden, writing in a fury,
Charlotte on a chair next to him, yawning.
So too have I become…
My …
By Thatcher Heumann, MD
Peer Reviewed
“Rapid Response Team to 7W. Rapid Response Team to 7W.” After switching elevators and waiting for security to buzz you in through the double doors, …
By Anthony Marte
Peer Reviewed
It is a common sequence of dialogue in clinic: “I’d like to draw some blood for cholesterol,” says the doctor. “Have you eaten today?” With downcast eyes, …
By Mariela Mitre
Peer Reviewed
I was born in the late 1980s, a relatively fortunate time in Albanian history, considering that Enver Hoxha (1908-1985), the most xenophobic communist dictator of the Eastern European bloc, had …
By Sonal Patel
Peer Reviewed
Prior to the 20th century, physicians’ attire was black, a color associated with formality, since patient-physician interactions were considered serious, formal matters. As the 19th century ended …
By Hannah Kopinski
Peer Reviewed
Diabetes, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia. One would be hard pressed to find an adult primary care physician in the United States who would not list these …
By Simon Rodier
Peer Reviewed
On March 10, 2017, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) announced a controversial decision. They decided that, effective July 1, 2017, the maximum work …
By Michael Nguyen
Peer Reviewed
Polypharmacy has been defined as the use of multiple unnecessary medications, the use of more medications than is clinically warranted or indicated, or the use of …