The World Congress on Lung Health had physicians from about 60 countries represented. These are opportunities for me to get an overview of medicine as it is practiced throughout the world. A physician at the Congress from the United Kingdom stated that he is very unhappy with his medical practice in the National Health Service […]

Doctors are increasingly in “Hot Water.” But this may not be their fault. Let me tell you about an actual case that recently happened in a hospital. Dr Canfield, a surgeon, had an unexpected finding during an operation. It was a challenge in which he had not had a great deal of experience. He wasn’t […]

When I received the announcement that the first World Congress on Lung Health would be meeting in Florence, I decided that it would be more cost effective to visit my daughter in London en route to this conference, rather than attend the American Thoracic Society annual meeting in Toronto and make a separate trip to […]