Commentary
Commentary
Time to reevaluate herbal supplements?
We need to ask patients whether they are taking supplements and be vocal about their lack of protection against harm, as allowed by DSHEA.
Feature
How do you live with COVID? One doctor’s personal experience
Early in 2020, Anne Peters, MD, caught COVID-19. The author of Medscape’s “Peters on Diabetes” column was sick in March 2020 before state-mandated...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Use of antidotes in pregnancy and lactation
Antidotes may be needed to save the life or health of the mother.
Commentary
How much weight does my patient need to lose?
Dr. Donna Ryan discusses why we need to think of weight loss in terms of percentages, not pounds shed.
Gender-Affirming Gynecology
Sexual function in transfeminine patients following gender-affirming vaginoplasty
It cannot be emphasized enough that the best predictor of unsatisfactory sexual function after genital gender-affirming surgery is poor sexual...
Commentary
‘Stop pretending’ there’s a magic formula to weight loss
Why are medical journals, even preeminent nonpredatory ones, publishing 12-week weight-loss program studies as if they have value?
Gynecologic Oncology Consult
Estrogen replacement therapy in endometrial cancer survivors
Given the data we have, ERT does not appear to significantly affect oncologic outcomes in low-risk, early-stage endometrial cancer survivors.
Opinion
Dig like an archaeologist
He was a fit man in his 40s. Thick legs. Maybe he was long-distance walker? The bones of his right arm were more developed than his left – a right...
Drugs, Pregnancy & Lactation
Postpartum psychosis: Does longitudinal course inform treatment?
The good news is we’ve seen an evolution of both interest and expertise in acute management of postpartum psychosis and a richer appreciation of...
News
No-shows
The most common reason for missed appointments, however, according to multiple studies, is that patients simply forget that they have one.
Commentary
Saddled with med school debt, yet left out of loan forgiveness plans
Drawing an income line inappropriately restricts those in health care from receiving any forgiveness.