THE HOSPITAL CHECKLIST

Hospitalization can be a harrowing experience. Patients arrive seriously ill or injured, and in addition to whatever ailments they’re suffering, they must simultaneously find ways to cope with unfamiliar medical professionals and uncomfortable procedures. We doctors...
Saints and Doctors: What’s the Connection?

Saints and Doctors: What’s the Connection?

To approve sainthood to a pope, the Vatican only needs one miracle. And there we have it, a new saint. Pope John Paul was named a saint by Francis after a Costa Rican woman is said to have been cured from a brain aneurysm after praying to John Paul in 2011. His first...
Is Your Doctor “Good”?

Is Your Doctor “Good”?

Being a patient is never something that anyone (not even doctors)  likes to experience. The word patient is derived from the Latin word, “suffer.” All patients walk into the doctor’s office expecting their doctor to bring them out of their suffering....