Commentary
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New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP
New recommendations and or new vaccinations are available for RSV, COVID, pneumococcal disease, and flu.
Commentary
Expanding Use of GLP-1 RAs for Weight Management
Lifestyle changes have been shown to produce little weight loss — GLP-1 RAs give hope to patients and their physicians for larger weight changes...
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New Vitamin D Recs: Testing, Supplementing, Dosing
This much-needed guideline provides guidance, though I’m not sure that everyone is going to be happy with the recommendations.
Opinion
Managing Cancer in Pregnancy: Improvements and Considerations
When treatment is appropriately selected and timing considerations are made, patients whose cancer is diagnosed during pregnancy — and their...
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Mounjaro Beats Ozempic, So Why Isn’t It More Popular?
When I do have a choice of a medication, when costs and availability are similar, I’d like to be able to answer that question of “why did you...
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Chronic Neck Pain: A Primary Care Approach
There are three types but the most common and least serious is mechanical neck pain.
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‘The Oncologist Without the Pathologist Is Blind’: GI Cancer Updates at ASCO 2024
Is perioperative FLOT truly superior to the CROSS protocol in esophageal cancer?
Opinion
An Overview of Gender-Affirming Care for Children and Adolescents
It is important to clarify which treatments are considered for children and which are considered for adolescents.
Commentary
Should South Park: The End of Obesity Be Required Viewing in Medical School?
It’s remarkable that South Park, a show built on serving up politically incorrect offense, covers obesity and its...
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Facial Temperature Can Reveal Age and Disease
Research points to use of facial temperature to determine age, health, diet, and sleep, says physician.
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Medication Overuse in Mental Health Facilities: Not the Answer, Regardless of Consent, Says Ethicist
Antipsychotic drugs substitute for the inability to provide adequate numbers of people to provide care in safe environments.