Henry Buchwald

Jan 10, 2025 | painmedicinenews.com | Henry Buchwald

Originally published by our sister publication Anesthesiology NewsI recently listened to a Zoom presentation displaying or referring to a vast volume of statistically significantly solid clinical data proving the efficacy of metabolic/bariatric surgery for weight reduction and comorbidity resolution. The session, however, concluded with two recommendations: the need for more randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and the need for longer RCTs.The first recommendation for

Nov 18, 2024 | idse.net | Henry Buchwald

Originally published by our sister publication General Surgery News‘A virus is a piece of bad news wrapped up in a protein.’ My first encounter with the power of a virus took place when I was 11 years old. I contracted a relatively mild case of polio with leg paralysis. After several weeks of vigorous walking, I was able to fully recover. At age 14, I spent the afternoon playing ball and the evening at the home of a close friend, who said he was feeling very tired.

Sep 5, 2024 | kevinmd.com | Aiden Feng |Martin Lustick |Henry Buchwald |Erin Waldrop

Emergency department (ED) wait times are on the rise across the United States, a troubling trend that reflects deeper systemic challenges in the nation’s health care systems. According to data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the median time spent in the ED has increased from 2 hours and 15 minutes in 2018 to 2 hours and 40 minutes in recent years.

Sep 28, 2023 | merionwest.com | Henry Buchwald |Erich Prince

“As a patient, I do not want to hold hands with a robot and confide my health problems to a faceless entity. As a doctor, a patient, and a human being, I reject the currently shattered doctor-patient relationship.”ealthcare in the United States is upside down. It tends to serve an “administocracy” at the top, with the patient at the bottom. This situation is not as it should be—or could be.