Opinion
Typhoid isn’t covered??!!
Dr. Rockoff finds that getting the recommended vaccines for a trip to Morocco is not so simple.
Opinion
Educational innovation
Innovation in medical school education has a way of coming full circle.
Opinion
Whiskey bars and Painless Parker
Are “man caves” and whiskey bars becoming the new normal in the field of dermatology?
Opinion
Swiss freedom, hidden witnesses, and beer
Skin is interesting, but the people inside it are often even more so.
Opinion
Consulting for the dead
Dr. Rockoff recounts his experience with his first inpatient consult in decades.
Opinion
Listening for golf balls
Try listening – really listening carefully.
Opinion
Keep a symptom diary!
An article in the New Yorker prompts some thoughts on the utility of patient diaries and more.
Opinion
My face is all red!
My grandson is almost 3. He is, of course, very advanced in many areas, including self-awareness.At the moment he is suffering from Fifth Disease...
Opinion
Unforgiveness
Dr. Rockoff recounts an experience with a dissatisfied patient.
News
The dermatologic tourist
North, South, West. I’ve been all over, without leaving the chair facing my computer screen.
Opinion
When the iPad is on the other foot
Dr. Rockoff describes what happens when the patient is the one with the electronic device.
Article
But you told me...
“The other doctor I went to told me that the spot he biopsied on my nose was a skin cancer,” Larry said. “But he told me just to keep an eye on it...
Article
It’s working! (No it’s not! Yes it is!)
A man walks into a doctor’s office, snapping his fingers.“Why are you snapping your fingers?” asks the doctor.“To keep the elephants away,” says...
Article
The $400 generic
Oren is 11. I often see him around the neighborhood. The other day I gave his father a lift. “Oren had a rash on his face,” said Ben, slipping...
Article
A dermatologic little list
The following was presented to the Pennsylvania Academy of Dermatology at its annual meeting in Bedford Springs, Pa. The verses were sung to the...