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Where Does the Fat Go?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on March 27, 2017March 27, 2017

How do we lose weight? Yes, I know, diet and exercise. But where does the weight actually go? This was a question asked in a […]

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Ten Ways To Reduce The Cost of Healthcare

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 4, 2016

The cost of US healthcare is growing at an unsustainable rate. Despite measures that were supposed to lower the rate of growth of healthcare costs […]

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How Should I Pick a Specialty?

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on January 12, 2016July 30, 2018

This time of year is always full of anxious medical students desperately trying to meet deadlines and decide what field of medicine they want to […]

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The Residency Match

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 4, 2015December 5, 2015

This time of year is full of nervous medical students burning through a lot of anxiety thinking about their rank order lists for the NRMP […]

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Life Lessons Learned from Crossy Road

By Howard Herrell, MDPosted on December 2, 2015

Crossy Road is very addictive. You may not want to play it. But if you do or you ever have, here are few life lessons […]

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