Commentary
Opinion
Medical technology should keep patient in mind
While the stethoscope has literally distanced us from patients, it is such an important tool that we no longer think about this distancing.
Opinion
Case: Older patient with T2D has recurrent flushing
Learn four principles to help make diagnoses in challenging cases like this one.
Commentary
Boxed warnings: Legal risks that many physicians never see coming
Learn about the legal dangers posed by boxed warnings before it’s too late.
Opinion
Evaluating phantom hCG and low-level hCG elevations in the nonpregnant patient
Misdiagnosis and inappropriate treatment of benign, low-level hCG levels with unnecessary chemotherapy is problematic mismanagement of gestational...
Opinion
Overview of guidelines for patients seeking gender-affirmation surgery
With increasing insurance coverage and improved access to care, more and more patients are seeking gender-affirming surgery, and it is incumbent...
Opinion
The male biological clock – How to tell the time
For all ages, studies have suggested that elevated male body mass index as well as alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking, including e-...
Opinion
Timeless stories
Listening to a patient's tales is one of the benefits of being a physician.
Opinion
COVID-19: Can doctors refuse to see unvaccinated patients?
In the end, every private practitioner will have to make his or her own decision on this question.
Audio
Optimizing thyroid management in reproduction
For now, it is reasonable to obtain a serum TSH on all women desiring fertility, to treat SCH with levothyroxine to maintain TSH <2.5 mIU/L in...
Commentary
Time to hit pause on ‘pausing’ puberty in gender-dysphoric youth
Every clinician considering prescribing hormones for youth with gender dysphoria should ask themselves, ‘Just because I can, does it mean I should...
News
Noise in medicine
There is one true diagnosis and best treatment, yet because of noise, we waste time and resources by not getting it right the first time.