Internal Medicine

Disaster Strikes After Intern Accidentally Orders Bowel ‘Regiment’

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The world was stunned yesterday by events at County Hospital.  Mr. Brown, an 88-year-old man with dementia, had been admitted with altered mental status...
10/10 pain

Patient Drug Mentoring Program to replace the old PDMP

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Washington, DC- The opioid crisis has had a drastic impact in the United States and more physicians have turned to alternative methods to dealing...
vaccines

Jimmy Kimmel and Real Doctors Preach on Getting Vaccines

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Another reason to get your kids vaccinated https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgpfNScEd3M
wolfgang turkey

Hospital Hires Wolfgang Puck to Design Turkey Sandwiches for ED Lunch Trays

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DALLAS, TX – DOA Hospital group in Frisco, Texas unveiled a new initiative in partnership with Wolfgang Puck to provide "therapeutic gastronomy" for ED...

ZDoggMD: Friends with Low Platelets

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rwcIRfHcAE

COVID-19: CDC Recommends We Move to Antarctica While We Still Have the Chance

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ATLANTA, GA - Cautioning that its newest recommendation is not meant to alarm the American public or imply that we are losing the fight...
troponin bump

Intern Has Mild Troponin Bump Over Patient’s Mild Troponin Bump

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NASHVILLE, TN - After seeing her patient with chest pain develop a mild troponin bump up to 0.25 on this morning's set of labs,...
perplexed doctor

Intern Determined Not to Have Medical Decision-Making Capacity

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ANN ARBOR, MI - For several days medical intern Brent Hammock appeared very confused.  He had lucid moments now and again, but he was...
upset patients

Sticks & Stones Didn’t Break Area Man’s Bones, Words Did

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BIRMINGHAM, AL - Local Ralph Merriam is one lucky man.  Thanks to his medical team and over six hours of emergent surgery, Merriam is...

Study: ‘Brilliant Butthole Sign’ Diagnostic of TP Hoarding

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BOSTON, MA - Clinicians, be alert: A new study in the New England Journal of Coronavirus has found that a physical exam finding known...