Commentary
Opinion
Burnout and stress of today: How do we cope?
“I am reminded every day of the commitment and excellence of my colleagues in the health care field, and I do not want to lose them.”
Opinion
Mental health assessment for gender-diverse patients
While not all patients with gender dysphoria need therapy, the role of a mental health provider who specializes in gender-affirming care in the...
Commentary
What are your weaknesses?
What would it look like if we started treating ourselves less like physicians and more like patients?
Opinion
‘I shall harm’
Nocebo, from the Latin “I shall harm,” is the dark counterpart to the placebo.
Commentary
Pediatric obesity treatment options: Beyond lifestyle modification
Fortunately, the tools to treat the underlying biology driving obesity are becoming safer, more effective, and more widely used every year.
Opinion
Medical assistants
It makes sense to understand how the use of MAs has changed private medical practice, and how the most effective MAs manage their roles.
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
Commentary
BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants are more evasive of antibodies, but not of cellular immunity
Our immunity in the United States is growing and is both from vaccination and natural infection.
Commentary
‘Not their fault:’ Obesity warrants long-term management
"What we as providers really need is tools - different options - to be able to provide for our patients and basically present them with different...
Commentary
Murder of physician raises the stress level for all clinicians
Most of us would find it unbearable to live and work under the kind of stress faced by medical professionals today.
Opinion
Sugar highs and royal meltdowns
I’m curious: How do you respond when a parent in the office explains the child’s behavior as the result of a “sugar high”?