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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...
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Smartphones for children with type 1 diabetes: Cause for concern?
As health care professionals, we owe it to our patients to discuss the ups and downs of technology with our patients. We can’t ostrich our way...
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MASLD: Promising treatments for a newly renamed disease
The name change refocuses the attention of providers on the fundamental basis of MASLD as a critical member of the metabolic syndrome spectrum of...
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.
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Can a decrease in dopamine lead to binge eating?
Often, the strong urge to binge subsides rapidly once ADHD is properly treated.
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‘Patients fail’ despite benefits of sustained weight loss
Here we have a paper that concludes with the inference of surprise that few people, without treatment, lost clinically meaningful amounts of...
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Answering the protein question when prescribing plant-based diets
To ensure that patients have all the facts when making dietary decisions, clinicians need to be prepared to respond to concerns about protein...
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It’s not ‘reckless’ to consider Ozempic
We are not giving a dangerous treatment (e.g., fen-phen) that increases cardiovascular risk – quite the contrary, in fact.
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Human frailty is a cash cow
Humans are frail and easily taken advantage of by the brilliant and highly motivated strategic planning and execution of Big Agriculture, Big Food...
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American Geriatrics Society 2023 updated Beers Criteria highlights
The guidelines address safe prescribing of medications to older adults after review of 1,500 clinical trials and research studies.