Category: PrimeCuts

By Jennifer Whealdon, MD

Peer Reviewed 

Prior to her passing, former First Lady Barbara Bush announced her decision to forego further aggressive interventions for her chronic medical issues and instead elected for “comfort care”, to spend the …

By Maya Madhavan, MD

Peer Reviewed

Last week, over a people million took to the streets to march for gun control as part of the March for Our Lives movement. It was noted to be one …

By Lauren Yokomizo, MD

Peer Reviewed

One of the most underappreciated aspects of the current opioid epidemic is over prescribing in the elderly. In 2016, one in three patients on Medicare, approximately …

By  Monil Shah, MD

Peer Reviewed

Each year around 6 million people are killed by tobacco worldwide.¹ Tobacco remains a leading preventable cause of death worldwide.² From 1965 to 2010, the prevalence of cigarette smoking …

By: Brooks Crowe, MD

There was big news last week in the area of mergers and acquisitions.  Cigna, a health care insurer, plans to purchase Express Scripts, a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) …

By Katharine Lawrence, MD

Peer Reviewed

On February 14^th, 2018, Nikolas Cruz, a nineteen-year-old ex-high school student at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, opened fire on his classmates and …

By Sharine Wittkopp, MD

Peer Reviewed

Winter Games are warming up Pyeongchang despite frigid temperatures. Braving 11-degree weather, the US Olympic team is the largest team any nation has ever brought to a winter …

By Allison Guttman, MD

Peer Reviewed

Last week, Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase announced their intent to collaborate and establish an independent healthcare company for their employees. Although still in …