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Surgeons at Risk: Exploring Solutions to Burnout
ISSUE: JANUARY, 2010
Despite the shifting dynamics of medicine—more paperwork, more oversight, lower pay, to name but a few—being a surgeon still provides the traditional benefits it has always afforded those who choose the specialty. And every surgeon interviewed for this article, even those working seven days a week and taking call every other night, pointed out that surgery was a great career choice and that there are many, many happy surgeons.
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Partridge Plump—Thoughts on Obesity
ISSUE: JANUARY, 2010
By Jon C. White, MD
Obesity is not as innocent as it seemed years ago. What was once a curiosity, became an epidemic and is now headed toward pandemic proportions. The sobering truth is that the most extreme end of this disease spectrum is accelerating at an alarming rate. Did I just call it a disease? Yes, make no mistake about it: This is a disease—a devastating disease.
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Perforated Appendix More Common In Rural Areas
Rural Patients Also at Greater Risk After Car Accidents
ISSUE: JANUARY, 2010
Americans who live in rural areas of the country are far more likely to have a perforated appendix than those who live in suburban and urban areas, according to a study presented at the 2009 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons.
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