Dr. Ken’s Corner

More than 40 percent of inpatient operations and 33 percent of outpatient procedures are performed on older adults each year in the United States. And that number is expected to mushroom as the boomer population ages (per a July 2019 […]

When work hours for residents in training were capped at 80 hours per week, two questions came up: Will residents have enough time to learn everything they need to know? Will the residents’ future patients suffer as a consequence? A […]

Only two countries worldwide allow direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs: The United States and New Zealand. Over 20 years (1997 to 2016) DTC prescription drug advertising in the U.S. increased from $1.3 billion to $6 billion “with a shift […]

espite rural-to-urban migration trends, millions of Americans still live in rural communities. Census figures show that they make up 25% of the nation’s total population; yet fewer than 10% of U.S. physicians practice in rural communities, according to the National […]

Instead of retiring at age 65, many doctors choose to continue practicing medicine well into their 70s and 80s. A national trend to test the competency of these older physicians appears to be gaining momentum, especially among some of the […]

The dramatic increase in Candida auris infections has received little publicity…until now. According to the CDC, nearly half of those who become infected with this nasty fungus die within 90 days. Upon gaining access to a patient’s blood-stream, C. auris […]

Burnout among physicians is much higher than burnout in the general population. But could it be that many physicians diagnosed with burnout are actually suffering from boredom? Here are some of the synonyms listed under the heading of boredom: apathy, […]