STATE OF THE STATES
May 26, 2021Most and least stressed states in 2021
Stressors are highest on average in Nevada and Louisiana and lowest in South Dakota and Utah, a Wallethub analysis finds.
Lifestyle
preserving a memory
April 28, 2021A deceased DO’s family is reunited with her mid-20th century business sign
Evelyn Brisbane, DO, passed away in 1963, and left behind an old outdoor sign in Santa Cruz, California.
Personal account
April 27, 2021The DO Book Club, April 2021: When Breath Becomes Air
In this memoir, Paul Kalanithi, MD, reflects on his life and the state of medicine after receiving the news of his terminal lung cancer at age 36.
historical fiction
March 24, 2021The DO Book Club, March 2021: The Pull of the Stars
The DO Book Club’s first fictional selection is a novel about the 1918 flu pandemic that provides a valuable look at how health care workers weathered the storm over 100 years ago.
Home sweet home
March 1, 2021Buying a house in 2021: What doctors need to know
Experts discuss how the pandemic has impacted physician mortgages, what the housing market in general looks like today, and special considerations for physicians looking for a home.
OB-GYN stories
Feb. 24, 2021The DO Book Club, February 2021: Womb With a View: Tales from the Delivery, Emergency and Operating Rooms
The Book Club’s first DO-written selection is a memoir by Rebecca Levy-Gantt, DO, who explains how OB-GYN can be “filled with the happy, sad, interesting, devastating, and unbelievable.”
Case studies
Jan. 27, 2021The DO Book Club, January 2021: The Man Who Mistook his Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales
Oliver Sacks, MD, who was a prominent neurologist and historian, argues for a paradigm shift regarding what he calls neurology’s favorite word: “deficit.”
fact or fiction
Jan. 27, 2021Is the ER really any wilder during a full moon? DOs weigh in
Stories of hectic nights in the emergency room during full moons are common, though hard evidence of a correlation “just isn’t there.”