How You Can Still Be a Real Doctor After You Retire
N. Thomas Connally, MD, a volunteer Medical Director at The Arlington Free Clinic in Virginia, explains how a retired physician can still be a "real doctor." (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 18, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: N. Thomas Connally, MD, MACP Source Type: podcasts

Medical Student "Hazing" Is Unhealthy and Unproductive
Christine Wiebe, Editorial Director of Medscape Medical Students (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 15, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Christine Wiebe, MA Source Type: podcasts

Why Don't the Doctors Attend the Funerals of Their Patients Who Die?
George D. Lundberg, MD, Editor-in-Chief of Medscape General Medicine, explores the puzzling absence of doctors at funerals. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 8, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

It Should Be the Right of All Americans to Have Primary Percutaneous-Based Intervention for Acute Coronary Syndrome
Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, forum moderator/consultant for theheart.org, explains the best treatment of acute coronary syndrome. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 4, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD, FACP, FACC Source Type: podcasts

Why Are Promising New Drugs for Dying Patients Still Out of Reach?
Carol Peckham, Director of Editorial Development at Medscape, LLC in New York, discusses a significant improvement for the US Food and Drug Administration. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - June 1, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carol Peckham Source Type: podcasts

Use of Depleted Uranium Is a Form of Radiologic Warfare
Helen Caldicott, MD, Founder and President of the Nuclear Policy Research Institute in Maryland, explains why "depleted uranium" might not be depleted enough. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 25, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Helen Caldicott, MD Source Type: podcasts

This Is What Your Pharmacists Can Do for You and Your Patients -- Let Them Help
Kasey K. Thompson, Director of Patient Safety at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, teaches us what our pharmacists can do for us. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 21, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kasey K. Thompson, PharmD Source Type: podcasts

When Medical Care Is Financially Conflicted
Brian Klepper, PhD, President of the Center for Practical Health Reform in Florida, discusses the need for professionalism by physicians. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 18, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Brian Klepper, PhD Source Type: podcasts

Balancing the Scales of Health: the Science Behind Eating Seafood
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President of the Institute of Medicine in Washington, DC, tells us how much of what fish we should and should not eat. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 11, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

Eureka! When Scientists Find What They're Not Looking For
Morton A. Meyers, MD, Emeritus Professor of Radiology and Internal Medicine, SUNY, Stony Brook, explains how chance does indeed change science. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 7, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Morton A. Meyers, MD, FACR, FACG Source Type: podcasts

The Medical Home: A Practical Way to Improve Care and Cut Costs
Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH, Executive Vice President for Programs at The Commonwealth Fund in New York, urges us to discover the necessity of medical homes. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - May 4, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Stephen C. Schoenbaum, MD, MPH Source Type: podcasts

I Am Not Like Your Father's Pharmacist
Douglas Scheckelhoff, Director of the Pharmacy Practice Sections at the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, explains why we should use our pharmacists more and better. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - April 27, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Douglas Scheckelhoff, MS, RPh Source Type: podcasts

MedGenMed Announces a New Service of Its Letters Column to Help Clean up the Messes Made by Any Medical Journals
Editor-in-Chief of MedGenMed, George D. Lundberg, MD, talks about the messes made by medical journals. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - April 23, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

Economics, Errors, and Emergencies: The Case for E-Prescribing and "Pharmacy Interoperability"
Kevin D. Hutchinson, President and CEO of SureScripts, explains why e-prescribing is the only way to go. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - April 20, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Kevin D. Hutchinson Source Type: podcasts

Pharmacists: A "Secret Weapon" for Reducing Drug Errors
Christine Wiebe, MA, Associate Editor of Medscape Pharmacists, explains what your clinical pharmacist can do for you. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - April 13, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Christine Wiebe, MA Source Type: podcasts