Ryan McCormick

1 month ago | mccormickmd.substack.com | Ryan McCormick |Ryan Mccormick |Katelyn K. Jetelina

Dr. wrote a powerful post last night listing some of the ongoing carnage at the CDC and FDA. It is truly going to hurt most of us at some point in our lives — right wing, left wing, and the millions of people in between. She then asked a rhetorical question: How does this make us healthier? We all know the answer. It doesn’t. Many commenters asked: what’s the underlying game of the people in charge right now? I’m trying to figure this out, too.

2 months ago | everythingisamazing.substack.com | Mike Sowden |Ryan McCormick |Ryan Mccormick

Hello! This is Everything Is Amazing, an enthusiastic romp through the sciences in search of a good “wow!”. Today in the United States was the first of the Stand Up For Science rallies, protesting the “wrecking ball to science” recently unleashed by the Trump administration. If I wasn’t so late in getting this newsletter out, I would have given details on how you could attend. (Ghagh.

Jan 4, 2024 | mccormickmd.substack.com | Ryan McCormick |Catherine Price

Sit up straight. Stand up straight!Keep your head up and shoulders back. It may be that every human being since the dawn of civilization has heard at least one of these commands spoken to them at some point in their lifetime. Depending upon the enlightenment of the era and the temperament of the advisor, perhaps there was a small smack involved. Maybe this held true with the Neanderthals as well.

Jun 26, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Ann Beach |Ryan McCormick |Diana Halloran

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. As clinicians, we expect to be helping patients live healthier lives, but we don’t expect to determine who gets care in an outpatient setting. Triage is an integral part of the ED to determine who gets first dibs. The expectation is that if we treat the more emergent cases first, the other cases can wait. Everyone can eventually receive the needed care, and no one dies.

Jun 26, 2023 | opmed.doximity.com | Ann Beach |Ryan McCormick |Diana Halloran |Joy Westerman

Op-Med is a collection of original articles contributed by Doximity members. My annual physical exam took an unexpected turn yesterday. My long-time regular doctor had moved away, so I was seeing a new-to-me internist in the same large multispecialty group. After she introduced herself, I told her I should probably let her know that I’m a pediatric hospitalist. “That just means I don’t know any adult medicine,” I cracked. “Oh God,” she replied, “I hate the hospital.