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Beware patients secretly recording you

Over and over throughout the years Ive had patients (or usually family members) talking to me during encounters while awkwardly holding their phones; obviously trying...

Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. Its Worse in States With Abortion Bans.

Kind dooming a bit about the medical environment in America right now. Feel like most of these are preventable but government is just letting people...

I have been on call for 86 straight hours across two hospitals so the rest of my department could have a three-day holiday. Now, I feel lucky to have made it through in one piece [vent].

I work at an academic hospital. Mid-way through last academic year, my partner and I submitted our resignation. We were asked to stay part-way through...

A child with a fishy odor

OK, I've got a stumper here (and I don't stump easily). The patient is a toddler between 18 and 24 months who has been...