I have always marveled at the relationships within the house of medicine. Providers behave like rival gangs, always taking shots at each other and attempting to make life more difficult than it should be. Why are we like that and why can’t we all just get along? Few of the lay public are cognoscente of the sheer breadth of medical specialties and how having an MD or DO after your name does not make you an expert at all things medicine. Even within the primary care field of In

In early November, Chuck Norris filed a lawsuit against medical device manufacturers involving gadolinium based contrast media, a chemical used in MRI imaging scans. The lawsuit stated that the gadolinium that doctors injected into his wife Gena to improve the clarity of her MRIs have left her “weak and tired and with debilitating bouts of pain and a burning sensation”. Since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of gadolinium based contrast agents (GBC

Welcome to 2018, and with the new year, means resolutions. Many will  commit to high flying goals that will likely come crashing back to ear

Even as a physician, it can be difficult to always practice what you preach 100% of the time. I will admit to having some pretty unhealthy habits, such as my devotion to the sweet stuff. For me, it all began at the age of 13 when my school was holding a fundraiser selling candy bars. Of course, I ended up indulging in way too many of those delicious chocolate bars from my own box that summer. Thus, quite a few years of sugar addiction followed – lasting even during my medical