Monday, November 29, 2010

Force that bonds us is stronger than what divides - Commercial Appeal


On an unusually quiet Sunday afternoon in the intensive care unit, Memphian Kristen Sharp lay in bed attached to a heart pump. Her tightly braided hair was pulled to the side of her thin, brown face. She gave me a beaming smile. It was Halloween day, and life had played many tricks on her, but today she was getting a treat. Read More

Monday, November 15, 2010

More rules are needed to curb drug firms' attempts to influence physicians - Washington Post




Nearly a decade ago when I was newly settled into private practice in Memphis, a drug representative for a new and powerful antibiotic stood in my office and asked whether I would like to attend a consultants' meeting about the drug in Washington. Read More