Reading Barbara Ehrenreich's "Bright-Sided" has been liberating in that is has given me permission to let my pessimistic natur...

Today I was going to tell you the tale of my son's broken wrist (he is fine now, this happened in January, but the insurance issues are ...

A mind-blowing talk by Gerd Gigerenzer on making decisions under conditions of uncertainty -- this is for you, heuristics mavens! (Note an i...

A fabulous TED talk by the economist and writer Tim Harford ( @TimHarford ) about the virtue of making good mistakes (aka tinkering , which ...

Here is the video of my Ignite Boston 9 talk from March 29. If you like Healthcare, etc., please consider a donation (button in the righ...

Over the exhilarating four days this past week, we all fell in love a little bit -- with the city, the Center, the meeting, the ideas, and o...

There was a story on NPR this morning that sent me in a radical direction. It discussed the increase in use of brachytherapy for localized ...

I got an e-mail yesterday asking me if I would be interested in displaying an info graphic on my blog. After a few back and forths, I decide...

So, I must be in the "top three" then :) If you like Healthcare, etc., please consider a donation (button in the right margin) ...

I love when an article I read first thing in the morning gets me to think about itself all through my morning chores and then erupts into a ...

Here is my talk from Ignite Boston last night -- I solved the healthcare crisis! Zilberberg igniteboston2012 View more PowerPoint f...

I haven't said much about the SCOTUS hearing of the PPACA, but it is time to break my silence. I have been listening to some of the deta...

I am still scratching my head over this study that was just published in the NEJM on coronary CT angiography among patients admitted with a...

You know that joke about the drunk crawling around under a street light? A cop comes up to him and asks what he is doing. The drunk explains...

A story in HealthDay with the title of "Two Studies Find Routine Mammography Saves Lives" talks about studies presented at the a...

Update 4PM Eastern, 3/21/12 Wanted to append a couple of thoughts I tweeted earlier about these studies, in case you don't follow me o...

Yesterday my rant about uncertainty and probability got quite a bit of play in cyberspace, and I am glad. Uncertainty is ubiquitous. We c...

When a patients goes to his doctor to get fixed a pivotal triad of presentation-diagnosis-treatment ensues. The three steps are as follows: ...

So, it has been a great week here at Healthcare, etc, and I am grateful.  Here are the highlights: 1. I did a guest post on plagiarism at ...

Just when you thought you could predict my blog topics, I am going to foil you and not do a post on the rice study in BMJ. I feel like afte...