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Managing Your Practice
Do you answer patient e-mails?
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Wabi-sabi
Dr. Shashank P. Behere discusses technologic advances, the human experience in medicine, and the Japanese philosophy of embracing imperfection in...
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Metronidazole and alcohol
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Solitary confinement
Dr. William G. Wilkoff muses on the utility of time-out for preschoolers as a behavior-management strategy.
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Doctor, monitor thyself: The promise and perils of self-monitoring apps
Health care technology conferences abound with devices that promise to put the power of diagnostics in patients’ hands. But, as we all know,...
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Death and dying
Dr. Lexy Morvant offers some thoughts about how doctors can deal with their patients’ death and dying.
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So much sugar in long-term care
What risks do basal insulin and oral antidiabetic drugs pose to diabetes patients in long-term care facilities?
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F43.22 Adjustment disorder with anxiety (about ICD-10!)
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Heart failure’s surprises keep coming
Heart failure continues to reveal its mysteries slowly and reluctantly. Clinicians who believe they know all they need to about how to safely and...
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Clinical Guideline: Preventing type 2 diabetes with diet and exercise programs
Combined programs of diet and exercise promotion are very successful and cost effective in preventing patients with prediabetes from progressing...
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Flu vaccine and heart attacks
It’s time to remind flu vaccine–averse patients about the link between influenza and heart attacks.