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Playing it safe

Risk-averse behavior creates self-defeating patternread more

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Profile of democracy

Observations of modern American political science seen from the pastread more

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It’s the 'law'

Why unintended consequences can have bad resultsHubert Horatio Humphrey, former U.S. Senator from Minnesota, Vice President, and unsuccessful candidate for the presidency, is famous for his observation...

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‘The right thing to do’

On the rippling effects of alleviating suffering for freeread more

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Hail to Wall Street!

Market as predictor of demand for U.S. ophthalmologists?read more

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An attention ‘grabber’

Once again, Einstein’s theory of relativity gives riseread more

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The lesson of flight 214

Disaster in OR is analogous to problem in cockpitread more

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Working hard, hardly working?

Where the experts may have gotten this one wrongread more

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Words to live by

Advice from the 13th century rings true for today’s ophthalmologistsread more

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Technology may be important, but employees are the real key

Technology may be important, but employees are the real keyread more

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Corporate sponsorships at meeting gets mixed reviews

Dr. McDonnell recalls a scenario involving hotel key cards and corporate sponsorship at a recent AAO meeting.

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Making the "Best of the best" list

In medicine, we find a variety of bests listed in the magazine.

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Waiting for surgery

A recent trip provided the author the opportunity to visit two countries on two different continents and learn a little about their health-care systems, and, more specifically, how they care for...

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How being a nice guy plays out in the workplace

The author addresses the benefits of agreeableness in the workplace.

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Now you see it...

Before starting medical school, the author spent a summer doing chemistry research at his state university.

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'Seeing yellow: Discussing yellowing of the vision

The author discusses beach soccer, Van Gogh, and yellowing of the vision.

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Evil albino' of the movies is criticized

In the movies "The Da Vinci Code" and "The Matrix Reloaded," evil gunmen who are albinos figure prominently.

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Paying the piper

The author tackles the issue of high levels of student loan debt.

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Better not knowing

Sometimes it is best that we don't know what we don't know.

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Truth be told

We doctors should probably always think the best of our patients, honoring and respecting them. But that can be hard sometimes, because they are a bunch of liars. Does this seem a bit harsh to you?...

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