Plastic Surgery & Aesthetic Medicine Perspectives

• Malpractice Experiment Riles Lawyers; Legal Battle in Ohio Important legal and malpractice news that can affect physicians.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Doctors and Marriage: Should You Have a Prenup? Love is powerful, yet marriage always involves some element of risk. Can you protect your finances and your practice in the event of a divorce and still start off a marriage on the right foot?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• New AMA Head on Membership, the ACA, and Medicine's Future   Dr. James Madara, of the American Medical Association, gives a candid interview on the nation's largest physician organization and whether it has any regrets about supporting the Affordable Care Act.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
• Can a Hospital Say, 'Only Thin Doctors Can Work Here'?   A Texas hospital refuses to hire overweight staff, including doctors and nurses. Is this ethical -- or sensible? A leading bioethicist gives his take on the situation.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Alcohol Screening Results and Postoperative Healthcare Use Are alcohol screening results associated with postop hospital length of stay, ICU days, reoperation, and readmission? Commentary on a study published March 2012 in J Am Coll Surg.
  Medscape General Surgery, May 2012
• Malpractice: An Effective Ray of Hope for Doctors One effort to improve the malpractice situation for physicians is having some moderate success. How extensive it will be remains to be seen.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Individual Mandate: 2 Lawyers Debate Constitutionality Two attorneys with backgrounds in constitutional law debate whether the Supreme Court should vote yay or nay on the individual mandate.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 2012
• Repeated Exposure to ED Ads May Cause ED Andrew Vickers has uncovered a dubious study that found that watching too many ads on drugs for erectile dysfunction can lead to erectile dysfunction. With apologies to The Onion.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 2012
• Why Your Journal Submission Was Rejected   Dr. Bruce Cheson provides insider advice that will up your chances of having your submissions to medical journals accepted for publication.
  Medscape Hematology-Oncology, April 2012
• Physician Frustration Grows, Income Falls -- But a Ray of Hope Dissatisfaction and declining income are abundant among physicians. Specialists top the income charts, and men earn more than women. Read the results of Medscape's 2012 Physician Compensation Survey.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• Is a Single Transfusion Worth It? Commentary on a study on surgical outcomes after minimal amounts of intraoperative transfusions, published January 2012 in Archives of Surgery.
  Medscape General Surgery, April 2012
• Your Malpractice Advisor: When Doctors 'Steal' Patients Doctors often have patients 'stolen' by physicians to whom they have referred patients, or perhaps another doctor's patient wants you to take over his care. Be aware of the legal ramifications.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• iPad, Notebook, Laptop, Netbook: What's Best for Doctors? Doctors have a myriad of choices for portable computing: laptop, tablet, netbook, and iPad, and many options within each category. All have their pros and cons.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• Why Doctors Keep Doing Treatments That Don't Work   Joseph Smith, MD, Chief Medical and Science Officer of West Wireless Health Institute, says that doctors keep doing the same treatments without paying enough attention to the evidence for them.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 2012
• March Cartoon Caption Winners: Working for Peanuts Elephants never forget, and you won't be able to forget the hilarious responses to last month's cartoon caption contest!
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• Topol on The Creative Destruction of Medicine   The biggest shake-up in the history of medicine is coming and most doctors aren't ready. Dr. Eric Topol tells Dr. John Reed how physicians can prepare.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 2012
• Retire Early: How Can You Actually Make It Happen? Many doctors had dreams of calling it quits early. But then the market and reimbursements sank, and the dream looked impossible. Is it?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• Notable State Malpractice Cases; Generic Drug Lawsuit News States rule on key aspects of malpractice cases; a new ruling throws up a roadblock to patients' attempts to sue generic drug manufacturers; Medicare Advantage compared with to traditional Medicare.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2012
• Moonlighting for Extra Money: Tempting, but Watch Out Medical school debt can be crushing for young doctors, and working (and billing for) a few extra hours a week between regular shifts can go a long way toward helping improve finances. But there are a few cautions.
  April 2012
• The Smelly Patient: Some Fresh Air From Your Peers This month's article from Medscape's all-physician discussion concerns a common problem that no one talks about: the patient who smells.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 2012