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Tara Camera

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CCE Cardiometabolic disorders: University of Minnesota by the numbers

The numbers behind the University of Minnesota's cardiometabolic disorders program


Kathy Method

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Internet psychotherapy for depression in primary care shows effectiveness

Patients suffering from depression who participated in online cognitive-behavioral therapy sessions were nearly 2.5 times more likely to recover from depression than their standard care counterparts.


Terry Salz

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Carefully discharge difficult patients

All physicians are perfect, and all patients are perfect, right? Wrong. When the doctor-patient relationship goes south, you have the right to terminate your involvement, just so long as you follow these rules.


David J. Schiller, JD

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Does it make sense to treat my children unequally in my will?

Sometimes dividing your estate unequally among your children makes sense, but doing so also can cause lasting conflict.



Richard R. Grayson, MD

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Viewpoint: All hospitals should publish their fee schedules

How one urinalysis reflects the state of U.S. health care.


Antoinette Cheney, DO

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Marathon runners: Should we screen all of them?

A physician runner ponders the question of whether or not physicals should be mandatory for all long-distance runners.





Jeffrey Pearson, DO

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Pearson: Healthcare reform is the right thing to do

Medical Economics editorial board member Jeffrey K. Pearson, DO, shares his opinion about the Supreme Court's Affordable Care Act ruling.


John Egerton, MD

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Call is a waste of time

For primary care physicians, being at the mercy of a pager is not only annoying, but accomplishes little, the author asserts.




Ran Neiger, MD

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2019 Physician Writing Contest Winner: The patient who lowered my shield

The first place winner for the physician writing contest.


John Machata, M.D.

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Can small independent practices survive?

If the choice of personal medical care offered by small practices is to be preserved, the rules of the game must change.




Craig M. Wax, DO

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Fixing medical care: The pride of ownership

Restoring the trusted patient-physician relationship.


Leonard J. Hoenig, MD

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Viewpoint: What doctors can learn from airlines

In light of the current economic recession, patients must realize that many doctors will begin to charge for goods and services that up until now have been free and taken for granted.



Joseph E. Scherger, MD

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Why my new practice is devoted to reversing chronic disease

Chronic diseases are often referred to as Western diseases due to being more affluent and industrialized. But affluence and industry do not lead to disease, the lifestyle that commonly goes along with them does.


Sigrid Johnson, MD

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Finding time for a personal life outside of medicine

2017 Physician Writing Contest winners - First Place winner: "This Wednesday"





Michael J. Wiley, CHBC

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How to survive Medicare payment cuts

Cuts are coming. Medicare's sustainable growth rate formula mandates your payments decrease, and there's no guarantee Congress will step in again with a "doc fix." If you take action now, you can avoid an unpleasant shock on New Year's Day 2013.


Max Burger

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My last patient

A recently retired physician reflects on his last patient and the healthcare system.



Michelle Krebs

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Help your kids pick the right car

"I need my own car!" If you're ready to respond, "OK," then heed our test driver's shopping recommendations.