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Suits or joggers? A doctor’s dress code
As a new doc out of residency, I used to wear a tie and shoes that could hold a shine. Now I wear jogger scrubs and sneakers.
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Every click you make, the EHR is watching you
Could the actions we take in the EHR reveal the unconscious biases we have?
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Don’t fear POTS: Tips for diagnosis and treatment
Sometimes that combination of a heart rate-lowering medication and a medication that increases blood pressure really works well.
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Training more doctors should be our first priority, says ethicist
To me, the main goal is to expand our workforce. The secondary goal is to stay diverse, because we get better providers when we do so.
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Multivitamins and dementia: Untangling the COSMOS study web
When you get a positive result in your research, it’s always exciting. But when a slew of studies that came before you are negative, you aren’t...
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Overburdened: Health care workers more likely to die by suicide
It’s time we acknowledge and support the people in our profession who seem to be suffering more than any of us: the aides, the techs, the support...
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Beyond A1c: Implementing the new ESC 2023 guidelines
Controversially, the updated ESC guidance suggests the use of metformin only in patients with type 2 diabetes and atherosclerotic cardiovascular...
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SCD in athletes: Lessons from high-profile cases
There are certainly things that we know we should be intervening on and others where participation is a question. All of these we are trying to...
Opinion
The differential diagnosis you’re missing
An itchy 73-year-old woman came to see me. She had seen several competent dermatologists, had comprehensive workups, and had reasonable, even...
Opinion
Artificial intelligence in your office
Some AI-based tools are available to use in your office right now, with no “existential” threat to anybody.
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Disenfranchised grief: What it looks like, where it goes
Disenfranchised grief, the grief that is hard to share and often seems wrong to feel in the first place, can be triggered in many situations.