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From the Journals
Sexual issues common for GI patients, but docs often avoid topic
Lack of knowledge, too little time, and embarrassment are the main reasons gastroenterologists don’t discuss the sexual dysfunction that their...
Livin' on the MDedge
This brain surgery was BYOS: Bring your own saxophone
Plus: Mosquito attraction tested and women’s verbal fluency advantage confirmed.
Feature
You and the skeptical patient: Who’s the doctor here?
“I spoke to him on many occasions about the dangers of COVID, but he just didn’t believe me.”
News
Myasthenia gravis: Finding strength in treatment options
Although treatment might have once been considered stagnant, newer expert consensus and novel research are generating optimism for innovative...
Commentary
Vitamin D: Recent findings and implications for clinical practice
For a long time, vitamin D has been perceived as a magic bullet, a panacea, and a cure-all for many chronic health conditions.
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Dermatologists fear effects of Dobbs decision for patients on isotretinoin, methotrexate
The iPLEDGE work group has not yet issued any specific statements on the implications of the Dobbs decision on prescribing isotretinoin.
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Dermatologists embrace low-dose oral minoxidil as hair loss adjunctive therapy
The number of scholarly publications examining its use for hair loss has grown dramatically in the last two years: There were 2 in 2019, and that...
Opinion
The marked contrast in pandemic outcomes between Japan and the United States
Over time Japan has the least cumulative deaths per capita of any major country in the world.
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Keep menstrual cramps away the dietary prevention way
Plus: Unemotional robots provoke emotional humans, superorganisms walk and leap around children’s mouths.
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The truth about the ‘happy hormone’: Why we shouldn’t mess with dopamine
Since its first synthesis in the early 20th century, dopamine has often been misunderstood and oversimplified – and it seems the story is...