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"My siblings often tell me that I tend to over-glorify my physician-dad and his life," writes columnist Greg Kelly. "Perhaps … but I'm a storyteller and dad had a lot of good stories to tell."

Patents, venture capital, and startups are the signs of success when it comes to the tech sector. Which cities to the best job of creating innovation-friendly environments?

Our travel columnist takes a look at some of the history in Texas' capital city. He uses the occasion as an opportunity to test out the camera on his iPhone.

A doctor's shared affections for mountain climbing and technology enable him to find innovative ways to make direct differences in patients' lives.

Those who threaten the status quo in any industry at any time are outsiders and run the risk of suffering from the full force of those seeking to resist change. Physician entrepreneurs are no different.

This week's list of must-read news stories for physicians includes a tale from Rand Paul, MD's past, a look at the costly doctor shortage in the UK, and a call for doctors to learn meditation.

When Queen recorded "I Want It All" in 1989, the English rock band likely had no idea the rant of that song-"I want it all, and I want it now"-would decades later become the unofficial rallying cry of demanding consumers. But it has.

Intrapreneurs are employees who are trying to act like entrepreneurs. It is a particularly difficult undertaking because they have to fight a 2-front war.

With such low oil and gas prices, the conventional wisdom is you have to buy energy stocks now... while they're cheap. But this analysis is far too facile.

The measles outbreak that started in December in Disneyland has focused attention on the need for vaccination and the danger that exists when large numbers of people forgo their vaccinations. Data show vaccination rates vary significantly from state to state.

Positive revenue and earnings surprises are great, but if management guidance is weak and/or if analysts revise their earnings estimates lower, a stock can still get punished. That has been the case for many stocks this earnings season.

When it comes to communicating, it seems, technologists are from Venus and doctors and other end users are from Mars.

About once a year I gather the pearls and nuggets that have sifted downstream my way. I ponder, I collate, and then I pass along such as I think will be insightful and/or profitable. You know, it's the old "…better to light one candle than curse the darkness."

In behavioral studies, men and women are known to rate the beauty of artistic and decorative stimuli in different ways. Although this tendency is recognized, the reason why is not.

FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, MD, sent an email to staffers Thursday announcing her decision to depart the post at the end of March. She's run the agency since 2009.

Encore careers are hot. But there are hazards that can destroy the dream and dishearten even the most steadfast.

You're in bed, tossing and turning. You can't sleep. You feel like you are in a financial prison, constrained by the shackles of debt and trying to still have fun and enjoy life, but every month is hard and you feel like you are just getting by.

Consumer electronics experts agree: 2015 is a year to get excited about televisions. According to the Wall Street Journal, gimmicks and strange add-ons have been replaced by upgrades in user interface, color and clarity.

Most recent retirees say they felt in control of their decision to retire, though many surveyed say they felt emotional strains due to adjustments such as getting a new routine and losing connections to former colleagues.

Beware of physician "wannapreneurs." You might not like what you see when you pull back the curtain at the end of the yellow brick road.

A generation ago, Greg Kelly's father faced a career choice and the realization that private practice paid significantly better than a job as a hospitalist. New data give a glimpse into the payment landscape today.

Medical homes are a simple, compelling idea: Give primary-care doctors resources to reduce preventable medical crises for diabetics, asthmatics, and others with chronic illness-reducing hospital visits, improving lives, and saving money. But it's not so easy in practice.

It is surprising to find the towns of West Texas all are so different given that most of the immigrants came about the same time and from somewhat similar European places. That's not the biggest surprise, however.

Almost every great entrepreneur is a great networker with an ever expanding constellation of connections and sources of ideas and inspiration.

These 7 cities had the highest year-over-year growth in search activity on a popular travel booking website.

The market for medical apps is booming, but that creates a number of thorny issues for physicians thinking of prescribing an app. For one, how can a doctor possibly stay current?

Some physicians are beginning to refuse to see patients who refuse to have their children vaccinated. That story leads this week's list of must-read stories, which also includes a look at physicians groups wading into 2 other controversial issues: marijuana decriminalization and the use of live pigs in medical school training.

Every CIO, whether in healthcare or not, is confronted with the dilemma of how to balance the now with the new.

Much progress has been made in understanding, treating, and controlling the spread of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus since it was first identified nearly 35 years ago. Despite these developments, there are still places in the United States that see high numbers of deaths from HIV.

These 3 books have been meticulously researched but succeed beyond their simple statistics to present compelling portraits of their subjects and what they have contributed to the success or failure of the American Dream.