Lots of interesting stories to start your long weekend.

Advice for patients who want to buy medications online and limiting physicians’ liability:

Limit your involvement when it comes to Internet pharmaceutical purchases. Serve only as an information resource for your patients. Give them information from the FDA about the risks of getting drugs through the Internet, then let them make informed decisions.

Lessons in residency that don’t always apply to the real-world.

Be wary about criticizing another physician’s care before reviewing the patient’s medical record.

The number of Americans without health insurance? 45 million and rising.

We’re not alone in battling low reimbursement for physicians. Take a look at Japan.