Day: July 28, 2015

ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.    ProPublica has just come out with a simple to read scorecard for surgeons….to share Medicare information on surgical outcomes that the government is collecting. This information is useful, to the extent that it provides a ‘ballpark’ estimate of a surgeon’s …

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Chest pain can have a myriad of causes, and making this determination can be difficult and often requires a doctor to pick apart what the symptoms means. Pleuritic chest pain is a sharp pain, focused, below the skin surface, and is accentuated by coughing, sneezing, or breathing (deep or shallow).   It is typically on only …

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