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Is the bar this low? (Or: "Do your job.")

RANT/ 4yo patient new to me. CP, doesn't walk. Still in diapers. Markedly delayed/intellectually disabled (BTW, I wish they'd update the...

Mark Walton Fowler: the Tennessee doctor that keeps unsuccessfully killing people

Dr. Mark Walton Fowler is the unmasked, unskilled, out-of-practice, 68-year-old doctor responsible for overseeing Tennessees executions. A few months ago he botched an execution after...

Does anyone else get tired of making decisions outside of work?

Every day we make decisions for other people, and not small decisions. Our whole job is making very important decisions. I finally had to tell...

Texas Pediatricians Face Paxon Investigations for Vaccinating Children

NYT (gift article) - https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/05/health/ken-paxton-pediatricians-vaccines.html?unlocked_article_code=1.GVE.4ZGy.-0ja412x1Q_f&smid=url-share The doctor, who had been treating kids in the community for 20 years, was delighted when a woman she had cared...