Can you think of a really good caption for this medical cartoon? The winner will receive a Better Health t-shirt, effusive praise, and bragging rights. The winning caption will be chosen on the basis of subjective criteria by a panel of 3 judges of variable wit. List your captions in the comments section. Enjoy!
It’s no secret that doctors are disappointed with the way that the U.S. healthcare system is evolving. Most feel helpless about improving their work conditions or solving technical problems in patient care. Fortunately one young medical student was undeterred by the mountain of disappointment carried by his senior clinician mentors…
I am proud to be a part of the American Resident Project an initiative that promotes the writing of medical students residents and new physicians as they explore ideas for transforming American health care delivery. I recently had the opportunity to interview three of the writing fellows about how to…
Book Review: Is Empathy Learned By Faking It Till It’s Real?
I m often asked to do book reviews on my blog and I rarely agree to them. This is because it takes me a long time to read a book and then if I don t enjoy it I figure the author would rather me remain silent than publish my…
The Spirit Of The Place: Samuel Shem’s New Book May Depress You
When I was in medical school I read Samuel Shem s House Of God as a right of passage. At the time I found it to be a cynical yet eerily accurate portrayal of the underbelly of academic medicine. I gained comfort from its gallows humor and it made me…
Eat To Save Your Life: Another Half-True Diet Book
I am hesitant to review diet books because they are so often a tangled mess of fact and fiction. Teasing out their truth from falsehood is about as exhausting as delousing a long-haired elementary school student. However after being approached by the authors’ PR agency with the promise of a…
I’d gladly shed this cheesy moustache, Ms. Gailbladder, if you would agree to shed some pounds. Let me know if you need an “Alli” because we can “band” together…
Yes, we do normally weigh patients naked, Miss Saggar, but I think we’ll make an exception in your case
“According to this printout, your Wii Fit coach reports that you have not been consistently meeting fitness and weight loss goals as outlined and agreed to by you. I’m sorry, we cannot cover your procedure.”