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My Son, the Doctor!

"My siblings often tell me that I tend to over-glorify my physician-dad and his life," writes columnist Greg Kelly. "Perhaps … but I'm a storyteller and dad had a lot of good stories to tell."

Patents, venture capital, and startups are the signs of success when it comes to the tech sector. Which cities to the best job of creating innovation-friendly environments?

Those who threaten the status quo in any industry at any time are outsiders and run the risk of suffering from the full force of those seeking to resist change. Physician entrepreneurs are no different.

Intrapreneur Survival Skills

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Intrapreneurs are employees who are trying to act like entrepreneurs. It is a particularly difficult undertaking because they have to fight a 2-front war.

About once a year I gather the pearls and nuggets that have sifted downstream my way. I ponder, I collate, and then I pass along such as I think will be insightful and/or profitable. You know, it's the old "…better to light one candle than curse the darkness."

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, sent an email to staffers Thursday announcing her decision to depart the post at the end of March. She's run the agency since 2009.

Encore careers are hot. But there are hazards that can destroy the dream and dishearten even the most steadfast.

You're in bed, tossing and turning. You can't sleep. You feel like you are in a financial prison, constrained by the shackles of debt and trying to still have fun and enjoy life, but every month is hard and you feel like you are just getting by.

Consumer electronics experts agree: 2015 is a year to get excited about televisions. According to the Wall Street Journal, gimmicks and strange add-ons have been replaced by upgrades in user interface, color and clarity.

A generation ago, Greg Kelly's father faced a career choice and the realization that private practice paid significantly better than a job as a hospitalist. New data give a glimpse into the payment landscape today.

Almost every great entrepreneur is a great networker with an ever expanding constellation of connections and sources of ideas and inspiration.

Some physicians are beginning to refuse to see patients who refuse to have their children vaccinated. That story leads this week's list of must-read stories, which also includes a look at physicians groups wading into 2 other controversial issues: marijuana decriminalization and the use of live pigs in medical school training.

Much progress has been made in understanding, treating, and controlling the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus since it was first identified nearly 35 years ago. Despite these developments, there are still places in the United States that see high numbers of deaths from HIV.