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A Reflection: The Eyes I Cant Forget

Started out in triage that day. First patient, 20-something female with complaint of "generalized abdominal pain" Joke to the nurse, "well, this could be just about anything....

Write in my chart that youre denying me X

Does this actually work on any of you guys? I have a weird hobby where I torment myself by reading anti-doctor posts on Reddit. The...

Air Force confirms that the flu killed a San Antonio Air Force recruit

https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2026/06/30/us-rep-castro-connects-air-force-trainee-death-to-flu-outbreak-at-lackland-air-force-base/ Decedent Keon McDaniel was in his 6th week of Basic Military Training, experienced a "medical emergency" and transported to Brooke Army Medical Center. He died...

Surgeons: do you guys really give your numbers to patients all the time?

Im a dermatologist, been in practice about 3 years. My dad is undergoing a hemicolectomy for colon cancer, and he and my mom have been...