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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....

Prior authorization; or How I Became Radicalized.

I don't deal much with prior authorization, thank god. I'm IR, so much of what I do is either inpatient, or accepted reimbursable outpatient treatments. I've...

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...

Flint Township parents charged with murder in death of severely overweight 7-year-old son

Flint Township, Michigan parents face second-degree murder and child abuse charges after their 7-year-old son, who weighed 255 pounds at the time of his death,...