Mixed Topics
News
‘Residents’ Viewpoint’ revisited
Read about the experiences of a resident practicing family medicine today and a resident practicing family medicine nearly 4½ decades ago.
News
Rural hospitalists confront COVID-19
Hospital medicine continues to extend into rural communities and small rural hospitals.
Article
Service animals and emotional support animals: Should you write that letter?
Understand the ramifications before advocating for patients to have such animals
For centuries, animals, especially dogs, have assisted...
News
Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study says
Daily exposure to phthalates may lead to hundreds of thousands of early deaths each year among older adults in the United States.
News
Community mourns nurse knocked over, killed in Times Square
The nurse was shoved to the ground by a man who reportedly snatched a cellphone and was running away.
News
New guidance on preventing cutaneous SCC in solid organ transplant patients
Recommendations include cryotherapy as first-line therapy for actinic keratosis, with the exception of thin actinic keratoses grouped in one area...
Commentary
The other epidemic: Violence against health care workers
Veiled threats of “we know who you are” and “we will find you” follow physicians who advocate for masking in schools.
News
Midodrine reduces fainting in young patients
The absolute risk reduction for vasovagal syncope was 19 percentage points in a new study.
News
Study highlights impact of acne in adult women on quality of life, mental health
The researchers observed that most participants did not think oral antibiotics were appropriate treatments for their acne, specifically because of...
News
HIV-associated cryptococcal meningitis: Single-dose regimen found non-inferior
Mortality from cryptococcal meningitis with a single-dose regimen of liposomal amphotericin B is similar to the...