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I had people speaking a Mayan language in my office today

Not my first time, either. I also have families who speak Triqui and Mixtec. I've run into people speaking Quechua (more in residency;...

Hospitalist Refuses Admission, Patient Dies [ Med Mal Lawsuit]

Case here: https://expertwitness.substack.com/p/hospitalist-recommends-discharge tl;dr 54-year-old woman seen at outpatient clinic, first visit in decades, for vague malaise, SOB, abd pain. Tachycardic in 120s. Labs show leukocytosis, hyperglycemia, bicarb...

I am sick and tired of laypeople on reddit and in the office thinking they know more than doctors after doing their own research.

Quite frankly its getting insulting. I just had a someone comment about how they know more about their neuropathy than their neurologist. This person then goes...

U.S. infant bleeding episodes jump as vitamin K refusals rise, two studies find

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/us-infant-bleeding-episodes-jump-vitamin-k-refusals-rise-studies-rcna607800 A study published in JAMA last December by Dr. Kristan Scott and colleagues at CHOP showed that more than 5% of U.S. babies did not...

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I had people speaking a Mayan language in my office today

Hospitalist Refuses Admission, Patient Dies [ Med Mal Lawsuit]

I am sick and tired of laypeople on reddit and in the office thinking they know more than doctors after doing their own research.

U.S. infant bleeding episodes jump as vitamin K refusals rise, two studies find