Opinion
In defense of artificial sweeteners
- Author:
- Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Publish date: June 26, 2023
If more trials on artificial sweeteners are planned, they should be performed on people doing human things – which does not include ingesting 60...
Opinion
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Like texting and driving: The human cost of AI
- Author:
- Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Publish date: October 11, 2022
Enthusiastic presentations on the use of AI in medicine at a recent conference left this cardiologist concerned about the potential loss of human...
News
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Organ transplantation: Unvaccinated need not apply
- Author:
- Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Publish date: February 14, 2022
Pandemic-era physicians must now consider whether a politically motivated choice to decline COVID-19 vaccination should negatively affect the...
News
USPSTF statement on aspirin: poor messaging at best
- Author:
- Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Publish date: October 22, 2021
Some older adults have mitigated their risk for myocardial infarction by taking aspirin, says doctor.
News
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Fired for good judgment a sign of physicians’ lost respect
- Author:
- Melissa Walton-Shirley, MD
Publish date: March 2, 2021
The firing of a physician who made use of soon-to-expire COVID-19 vaccine doses rather than flush them epitomizes the loss of physician autonomy...