Commentary
Commentary
Viral Season 2024-2025: Try for An Ounce of Prevention
In addition to hygiene and self-care we now have vaccinations aimed to prevent COVID-19, influenza, and respiratory syncytial virus.
Commentary
Did Statin Decision-Making Just Get Harder?
I am not disturbed by the PREVENT score. Clinicians treat individuals, not populations.
Commentary
Free Med School Alone Won’t Boost Diversity
According to students from underrepresented backgrounds, the outreach and the equal opportunity need to start way earlier.
Commentary
Bad Facts Make Bad Policies in Reproductive Health, Says Ethicist
As efforts heat up to intervene more with things like contraception, getting the facts straight becomes even more important and more of a duty for...
Commentary
When Is Sexual Behavior Out of Control?
Feeling less shame, fear, and secrecy may facilitate safer choices about sex, as well as testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections...
Commentary
Insurers’ Rules and AI for Preauthorization: ‘Ethically Nuts,’ Says Ethicist
I don’t think I’ve seen anything screwier, from a moral point of view, than the system we have that allows for preauthorization by third-party...
Pearl of the Month
Statins: So Misunderstood
These helpful drugs have been shown to be safe for the liver and absolved for causing muscle pain.
Commentary
Undiagnosed, Untreated Tardive Dyskinesia, Hinders Adherence to Antipsychotics
It’s estimated that 50% of patients with tardive dyskinesia actually reduce the amount of antipsychotic medication they’re taking on their own.
The Optimized Doctor
The Rise of the Scribes
AI scribes will be ubiquitous soon; I’m fast and even for me they save time.
Commentary
How the New Vitamin D Guidelines Will, and Won’t, Change My Practice
The strongest case for vitamin D supplements is in older adults — it’s hard to argue with lower mortality.
Opinion
A young adult with a 1-year history of erythema, papules, and pustules on her cheeks and skin
The etiology is unknown but has been speculated to be hormone-related as it is more common in women and can be triggered by acute changes, such as...