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One More Day

Jerry Maguire was a brash sports agent representing a player for the Arizona Cardinals, wide receiver Rod Tidwell, who demanded a lavish...

A Horse of Course and a Life Lesson

Medicine is complex. The body of medical information doubles approximately every 72 days. Surgical procedures now routinely performed in...

Imagine Cancer Testing with a Drop of Blood

The phone call was completely unexpected. A colleague with whom I had trained was in town for the evaluation of a potentially serious...

Democratization of Medicine: Does your doctor know best? Maybe not

Not too many decades ago, in the history of medicine, healthcare providers were culled from the ranks of the clergy. These practitioners,...

When AI Customer Service Goes Horribly Wrong, Humans to the Rescue

Many of us live in a fast-paced, hyper-caffeinated digitally driven culture of intermittent constant interruptions, unreasonable demands.

Mirror, Mirror, on the Wall, Who’s the Greatest Athlete of All?

Once upon a time the term GOAT was a term of derision to describe someone who underperformed under pressure. The player who fumbles the...

What Empowered Patients Can Learn from the Car Repair Guy

When it comes to maintenance of our cars, we here in the Midwest take the annual winter checkup seriously. If the car does not start,...