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Incidental tumor retrieval during point-of-care-ultrasound-guided thoracentesis

Clinical summary While vacationing in Mexico, a woman in her 70s presented to primary care with a 6-month history of B symptoms, worsening dyspnea, and new-onset back pain. Her medical history included treated ductal... Read More

Ms Tyzuk responds

I appreciate the response from Drs Moore and Dufour and their support in recognizing that physician health is an area of medicine that is far too often neglected. With regard to the controversy over resident duty hour... Read More

Physician health: A review of lifestyle behaviors and preventive health care among physicians

Physicians have traditionally neglected their own health in favor of their many profession­al and personal obligations. The culture of medicine promotes the be­lief that physicians are never ill; doctors are typically... Read More

Ten things I learned at the BCMA this summer

I learned a lot during my first year of medical school. Some things I’ve already forgotten, like the life cycle of Ascaris lumbricoides (something to do with the lungs?). Some things were repeated so many times that... Read More