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The Optimized Doctor
How to Make Life Decisions
Maybe try reading more novels. They allow us to experience multiple lifetimes in a short time, which is what we need to learn what matters.
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Is This Journal Legit? Predatory Publishers
Physicians discuss various publishing models, and what journal characteristics to look out for as predatory.
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Online Diagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infections? Ethicist Says We Are Nowhere Close
I’m not going to rely on the penis picture to make the world safe for sex. I think we have to still use the old-fashioned techniques of education...
Managing Your Practice
Should You Offer Medical Credit Cards?
Traditionally, these cards were used to help cover procedures insurance didn't cover -- such as cosmetic procedures -- but over the years, they...
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Pruritic, violaceous papules in a patient with renal cell carcinoma
Pembrolizumab was discontinued by oncology because the patient had completed a majority of the cycles of therapy.
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DEA Training Mandate: 8 Hours of My Life I’d Like Back
Dr. Walton-Shirley describes changes needed to renew DEA licenses so that others who prescribe very few narcotics do not have to spend so much...
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How Media Coverage of Oral Minoxidil for Hair Loss Has Impacted Prescribing Habits
The authors conducted a survey of US-based board-certified dermatologists to investigate the impact of The New York Times article on...
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Latest Breakthroughs in Molluscum Contagiosum Therapy
For the first time, we have US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)–approved products to treat molluscum contagiosum virus infections. Previously,...
The Optimized Doctor
Rethinking the Rebels
The idea that I or my colleagues are unwilling to do whatever is necessary to meet our patients' needs was maddening. We dedicate our lives to it...
Managing Your Practice
Will the Federal Non-Compete Ban Take Effect?
The FTC reasoned that non-compete clauses constitute restraint of trade, and eliminating them could potentially increase worker earnings as well...
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An 8-year-old girl presented with papules on her bilateral eyelid margins
Papules were slightly itchy but otherwise asymptomatic.