Letter from the Editor

I was recently visited by one of my favorite pharmaceutical representatives. He came bearing unexpected news: he was leaving his company. He had been with a couple […]

Letter from the Editor

Buy two tickets to Bermuda, please! When some patients run out of treatment options, the best alternative is for them to enjoy what time is left […]

Letter from the Editor

There were two recent events that supported the realization that I am (getting) really old. The first was going to the ticket counter in Atlanta and […]

Letter from the Editor

“. . . if our mother cells done so much for medicine, how come her family can’t afford to see no doctors?” –Deborah Lacks in The […]

Letter from the Editor

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) is a not-for-profit, non-governmental agency that is one of the United States National Academies, which also include the National Academy of […]

Letter From The Editor

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of health care. Are these the unalienable rights as put forth by our founding fathers? There seems to be a bit […]

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Last year, our Hematology/Oncology Division embarked on an experiment: We hired hospitalists to manage our inpatient service. This rapidly growing subspecialty came […]

Letter From the Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR “When something exceeds your ability to understand how it works, it sort of becomes magical.” –Apple promotional video By the time you read […]

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR I am writing this first letter of 2010 on New Year’s Day, following my return from a few days respite in New York City. […]

Letter From The Editor

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR ’Tis the coming of ASH and all through the hall, the sessions are picked, good abstracts in all. The hotel and restaurants all booked with […]

Letter From the Editor

Of all the days in weeks, this one had it all: cool temperatures, sunshine; changing colors of the leaves in the trees; fields burgeoning with pumpkins; […]

Letter From the Editor

The important thing isn’t the soundness or otherwise of the argument, but for it to make you think. –Albert Camus “The Plague” The other morning I picked […]