DoctorMama

I cannot describe how pleased I am that so many of you are heeding my call to wedge yourselves into your running bras and get out on the pa...

I'm thinking I should compile some of the responses on my last post to give to my students and residents so they can get some perspecti...

Orange recently asked me if I ever tell my patients to call me by my first name. The answer is no, never. I don't call them by their fi...

He waltzed in tonight, looking none the worse for wear, and in fact not even hungry. But he's not talking. He would be in big trouble, b...

GoodCat is missing, and I've been on the verge of tears all day. We let the cats go out on the back patio, and they climb around in the ...

Today I saw a patient I haven't seen in four months. The last time I saw him, I ordered some bloodwork because he has hypertension. And ...

I got an email today that almost brought a tear to my jaundiced eye: Subject: Thanks, Sarge! This running thing, it is addictive. This is t...

I have to round in the hospital and take calls this weekend. The prospect is making me intensely crabby, so I'm laying low. HellBoy, how...

Good news: the FDA has approved an HPV vaccine . This means there now exists a vaccine that prevents cancer (not to mention abnormal Paps a...

Some time ago a friend of mine discovered my blog, and said that she hoped I wouldn't feel like I had to censor myself if I ever wanted ...

HellBoy/AngelBaby is turning two soon. I know I complain about him a lot, so in honor of his birthday (and in case he ever learns to read an...

I went to an overpriced, overrated, and patriarchal university that was a spectacularly poor fit for me. (I happily got credit for AP tests ...

I'm gonna make runners out of all you sorry recruits. (At the request of thumbscre.ws .) This is all you need: Comfortable running s...

I like the smell of B.O. Both that of others and my own. Unfortunately I have never gone out with anyone who agrees with me on this matte...

On the final leg of our epic journey home, I was forced to answer the dreaded call for A Doctor On The Plane. And I do mean forced, because ...