Commentary
Commentary
Ten tips for boosting patient communication
If patients can’t read, write medication instructions with symbols. Draw a sun for medications that are supposed to be taken in the morning.
Commentary
Time to end direct-to-consumer ads, says physician
While these ads urge patients to try expensive “newest and latest” treatments, pharmacy benefits plans are working with health care insurance...
Commentary
Conflicting blood pressure targets: Déjà vu all over again
Arguing about 140/90 mm Hg or 130/80 mm Hg is less important than acknowledging that we should be aggressive in screening for and treating...
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MD rushes in after lightning strikes four people at White House
It was like two different parts of my brain were active at the exact same time. One said “You just ran from there, idiot. Why are you running back...
Commentary
In defense of artificial sweeteners
If more trials on artificial sweeteners are planned, they should be performed on people doing human things – which does not include ingesting 60...
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Should you dismiss a difficult patient?
Even if a reason seems legitimate, that doesn’t make it legal.
Opinion
How not to establish rapport with your patient
With COVID waning and masks doffed, I've found myself back to handshaking.
Opinion
Protecting your practice data
You may think that your computer vendor is responsible for safeguarding your data, but third parties can only do so much.
Commentary
The cardiopulmonary effects of mask wearing
Clearly, this study lets us conclude that mask wearing at rest has less of an effect than mask wearing during exercise. But remember that, in...
Commentary
How can we make medical training less ‘toxic’?
“It is not just surgery. It is definitely not just one specialty and it is not just one school. It is an endemic problem in medicine.”
Opinion
Morning PT
Now more than ever, I feel we have to be physically fit to deal with a physicians’ day’s work.