The art of medical observation
First-year medical students learn to observe intensely by dissecting paintings
Centenary of a physician who taught students to be compassionate
Sir William Osler established new standards in the US for teaching medicine
I’m not joking: laughter really is the best medicine
A belly laugh is good for the heart, clears up rashes and lowers blood sugar in diabetics
Drug interactions: when medicines mix
Older adults are at especially high risk of drug-drug interactions because of the prevalence of polypharmacy
Does ‘an apple a day keep the doctor away’ and should you ‘feed a cold, starve a fever’?
Sometimes the recommendation contained in the aphorism is worse than the disease
How is a lack of intern places impacting our medical students?
Medical students need to listen to many normal chests and tap many healthy knee reflexes to know what is the norm
Would Sherlock Holmes be a coke addict today? It’s an interesting question
US opioid sales quadrupled from 1999-2010, but there can serious side effects even when taken as directed
Caution required when prescribing – or blaming – antibiotics
Medical Matters: Sir William Osler certainly wouldn’t be impressed with the current trend to overdiagnose and overtreat
Medical Matters: More technology and less tolerance paves the way for overdiagnosis
There is now a movement towards preventing overdiagnosis, which can be narrowly defined as occurring when people are diagnosed with conditions that will never cause symptoms or shorten their life-spans
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