Issue #1! 2016 is official now!

The New Year wasn’t really the New Year until today. What’s different about today? The online edition of the Medical Examiner has arrived, chock full o’ salubrious reading, including the debut of our newest feature, The Advice Doctor. Check it out (all 16 glorious pages).

December 4 drops!

Sometimes even I can’t believe how much salubriousness and plain old chocolatey goodness is packed into every 16 page issue of the Medical Examiner. But all anyone has to do to see for themselves is click here:

Can you be fat AND suffer from malnutrition?

If you’ve ever heard the term empty calories, you know the answer is yes. We take a look at this issue in pre-observance of Malnutrition Awareness Week (Sept. 28 – Oct. 2). Granted, it’s not something you think about every day, but if you do, you may realize you know someone who is malnourished: a friend, neighbor or relative who …

the LATEST issue!

No, really. Oh, it was printed on Tuesday morning as usual and delivered beginning Wednesday, just like always. It’s just this online edition that was delayed. But it’s worth waiting for: this issue has topics from hate crimes to moral and ethical pharmacy issues; a medical student’s experience with his first dead body; pets and exercise; marijuana brownies; a book …

The latest, maybe the greatest

Is this the best Medical Examiner yet? That’s up to you, the reader, to individually decide. What could make this YPB (Your Personal Best)? Well, what if the cover story (ironically, the cover story is on page 6) convinced you to get diagnosed and treated for something that would otherwise kill you, or at least make your life miserable? That …

Today’s hot button issue

A few of the topics covered in this issue: medical marijuana in Georgia; Ray Rice, the NFL, and domestic violence; Jameis Winston, the NCAA, and STUDENT CRIMINALS – Oops. Did I just say STUDENT CRIMINALS? I meant student athletes; the Affordable Care Act; a breakthrough pancreatic cancer treatment; amazing (truly amazing) skin graft news… And that’s really just the tip …