Commentary
Commentary
What Should You Do When a Patient Asks for a PSA Test?
Prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer death in males, but the Brazilian Ministry of Health recommends against population-based screening...
Commentary
Lifestyle Medicine: Not Just for the Wealthy
Small and simple actions can make lifestyles healthier for patients regardless of their income or other obstacles.
Commentary
Time-Restricted Eating Is Not a Metabolic Magic Bullet
The success of a lifestyle intervention trial is quite dependent on how well people adhere to the lifestyle intervention.
Commentary
Public Health, Not Politics, Should Drive Mask Policies, Says Ethicist
Politics or concealing identity, not just reducing disease spread, have complicated wearing masks in public.
Commentary
Alzheimer’s and Comorbidities: Implications for Patient Care
A holistic assessment strategy that prioritizes early detection and management of comorbid conditions to mitigate their impact on AD progression...
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care
Guidance for Practicing Primary Care: World Health Organization’s Updated Influenza Guidelines for 2024
It would be helpful to have a [vaccination] strategy in place to prevent infection in populations rather than focusing just on exposed individuals...
Commentary
Five Essential Nutrients for Patients on GLP-1s
Regularly monitoring patients on GLP-1 RAs through blood work to check vitamin levels and body composition analysis can be helpful in assessing...
The Optimized Doctor
Doing the Best They Can
Remember you, the doctor, are good inside as is your discourteous patient, disaffected staff member, or sometimes mendacious teenager.
Commentary
The Sexual Revolution Has Been Great — For Men
The gap between what women want and what medical education and the pharmaceutical-regulatory complex are providing is intolerably wide.
Commentary
Once-Weekly Insulin: A Game-Changer for Primary Care
“Game-changer” is an overused term, but from the perspective of primary care, it applies to once-weekly insulin.
Expert Interview
Abnormal TSH: Forget it or Fret it?
Medications and the presence of a minor infection can affect TSH values.