Common Sense Family Doctor

The following post consists of lightly edited excerpts from several e-mail exchanges among members of the Family Medicine Education Consorti...

Over the weekend, a family physician colleague asked me to explain why the Affordable Care Act requires private health insurers to provide f...

Unwarranted variations in medical care contribute to poor health outcomes in the United States. In many cases, following a standard manageme...

Every other month or so, I post a list of my top 5 favorite posts since the preceding "best of" list on this blog, for those of yo...

Dino Ramzi, MD, MPH is a family physician who practices in Washington State and blogs at DinoRamzi.com . You can follow him on Twitter at @d...

In my line of work, it's not uncommon for a civil debate about the evidence for a cancer screening test (such as the PSA test for prosta...