It’s raining

Always be careful in the rain. You never know what might happen.

Eight Nine Thirteen

It’s today’s fresh, crisp digital edition of Augusta’s Most Salubrious Newspaper, the Medical Examiner. Dive in and you’ll get antidotes to several pernicious excuses for not exercising. There’s also a great argument in favor of eating a big breakfast. Then there’s healthcare reform news, the med student diary by Caroline Colden, Helen Blocker-Adams and Bad Billy Laveau, The Mystery Word, …

The latest issue!

Seriously. The very latest issue. Thanks to alert reader Ann (and un-alert publisher Dan) last week’s Medical Examiner has been posted only at Issuu.com (www.issuu.com/medicalexaminer), not here. Ladies and gentlemen, there is one word for that: Duh! And so, without further ado, here is the latest issue – ever. PS: For the record, the Examiner, in more than 150 issues, …

This is Monday

…and hopefully this describes our attitude today as the new week kicks off.

The very latest issue!

To review, the regular 1st Friday issue date (July 5) was totally unworkable. We asked everyone to stay open on July 4th so we could deliver, but only 87 percent of all medical offices agreed, so we decided to postpone the Examiner by one week and go with the 2nd and 4th Fridays, this month and next. And so, without …

Another clue

The front page story in tomorrow’s Medical Examiner? Here’s Clue #2. It’s only obvious, right?

This week’s Medical Examiner

Loyal readers know the Medical Examiner normally is published every 1st and 3rd Friday. Careful and loyal readers know that during July and August, we’ll be switching to 2nd and 4th Fridays before resuming the normal schedule again in September. So this week, we have an issue, dated July 12. Its cover story is suggested by the following photograph.

Enjoying a long weekend?

Wish it could last? Without a doubt, Monday is coming, and many are dreading the thought. Job satisfaction is merely a dream for many people. Burnout causes hundreds of billions of lost dollars to U.S. businesses every year. Even worse is the human toll it can take. Here are seven signs of burnout, and six proven antidotes.

Calling All Defenders of Freedom

…and their dependents (specifically those who frequent Eisenhower Army Medical Center). If you can’t find the Medical Examiner at Eisenhower any more, here’s why. Since its founding in 2006, one of the most popular destinations for the Medical Examiner has been at Fort Gordon’s Dwight David Eisenhower Army Medical Center. Back then, the Examiner was given permission to place a …