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How things are going in America

Today I had a patient, who I have not seen for over a year, send me a MyChart message out of the blue. She has...

I am a pediatrician. I don't know how much more I can take

The American healthcare system and the political landscape are making me regret dedicating my entire adult life to medicine. I guess the point of this...

A research team invented a fake disease to see if AI would disseminate and promote it as legit medical information. Several AI platforms not only did, but it was subsequently cited in peer-reviewed medical literature.

From the journal Nature last week: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-01100-y Lead researcher Almira Thunstrom fabricated an eye condition named Bixonimania, caused by too much blue light exposure, and causing...

Patient Declines ED Referral, Dies. [Med Mal]

https://expertwitness.substack.com/p/patient-declines-ed-referral-dies Patient presents with dyspnea ongoing for past 2 days to a PCP clinic. Sees a PA. PA tells the patient to go the ED. Patient declines. Goes...