Lifestyle
The Optimized Doctor
Spring
I grew up in New England where Forsythia bushes flower this time of year – a most welcome sign that the winter’s worst was over.
Feature
Match Day 2019: Residency spots increase, but improvements needed
For the seventh straight year, the Main Residency Match experienced record growth, with more spots for residency programs and a higher number of...
Livin' on the MDedge
Cancer-battling breath, Zombie Bambi, and hops as health food
And why Goliath had trouble finding a helmet that fit.
Opinion
Online vitriol’s expansion into doctor discussion sites
“Anonymous websites, by their very nature, tend to attract nastiness since the writers can’t be held accountable. As a result, many of them have...
Feature
Prevent burnout by tapping into passions
Working fewer hours. That’s one way to stop physician burnout. But Dr. Griffin Myers at Oak Street Health asks for more from his physicians.
Commentary
Diagnostic metal rod, eyeball extramission, fungal foot fetish
And why nanotechnology urine doesn’t make you a superhero.
Conference Coverage
Culture change needed to improve gender inequalities in medicine
LONDON – A group of prominent female physicians and thought-leaders discuss cultural changes needed to address gender inequality in science and...
Commentary
What I learned from Navy SEALs about resilience
What’s your personal ethos? Make sure that the job you do and the activities you perform tie into your ethos as much and as often as possible.
Postcall Podcast
500 Women in Medicine: Part II
More on the network and movement that is 500 Women in Medicine
Livin' on the MDedge
Love hormone plein air, posh preused Kleenex, and dieting plague vectors
And why Rocky the flying squirrel leaves a pink trail across the sky.
Conference Coverage
Fund projects, not people to address gender bias in research funding
LONDON – Female investigators are less likely to secure research funding than men simply because they are women, according to research published...