We began with terminally ill patients, but the slippery slope is alive and well, smothered in oil. The Western world is increasingly advocating for the advancement of legal euthanasia, and this is a huge mistake. In their quest, advocates for legally a…
Founded and incubated by Frist Cressey Ventures, Monogram Health is on the forefront of transforming the long stagnant kidney care industry, where more than one in seven adults in the U.S. — nearly 37 million people — are living with chronic kidney dis…
The high cost, low quality, and systemic inequities of the U.S. health care system have prompted its redesign. The current health care system is now controlled by consolidated health care institutions, insurance companies, pharmaceutical companies, and…
If lawmakers are interested in actually improving the nation’s healthcare system, there are several reforms that can command bipartisan support.
A 23-year-old girl reached out to me, a medical professional, seeking advice. “I’m not afraid of them killing me,” she said, referring to the torture and rape that men and women endure in Iranian prisons. “What I’m afraid …
A wave of Covid outbreaks in mainland China are leading to increased testing of travelers from the country.
I still remember the exhilaration I felt upon learning that my peers and I could finally return to our in-person classrooms. After a year of Zoom lectures, asynchronous exams, and more, the prospect of seeing each other again thrilled us. However, we h…
Health care is growing hard to come by in rural America. Three-quarters of rural counties suffer from doctor shortages. More than 200 rural hospitals are at risk of closing due to financial hardship within the next two to three years, according to a st…
“To serve the art of medicine as it should be served, one must love his fellow man.” – William Osler There is sadness in my heart and my mind. With so many advances in the treatment of illnesses of the mind and body, why have we let o…
An excerpt from Patients in Peril: The Demise of Primary Care in America. The last 100 years have seen an astonishing drop in the percentage of American physicians who practiced primary care. In the early 1930s, 87% of private practice physicians were …
