Commentary
Commentary
SCD in athletes: Lessons from high-profile cases
There are certainly things that we know we should be intervening on and others where participation is a question. All of these we are trying to...
Commentary
Smartphones for children with type 1 diabetes: Cause for concern?
As health care professionals, we owe it to our patients to discuss the ups and downs of technology with our patients. We can’t ostrich our way...
Managing Your Practice
Artificial intelligence in your office
Some AI-based tools are available to use in your office right now, with no “existential” threat to anybody.
Commentary
Disenfranchised grief: What it looks like, where it goes
Disenfranchised grief, the grief that is hard to share and often seems wrong to feel in the first place, can be triggered in many situations.
Commentary
The new normal in body temperature
Studies have actually shown that body temperature may be decreasing over time in humans.
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‘Decapitated’ boy saved by surgery team
The key element in surgeries of the cervical spine – trauma and complex spine surgery – is planning.
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Cruel summer for medical students and Taylor Swift fans
Medical students applying for residency tend to be as stressed out as Swifties trying to score concert tickets.
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Parental bias about a doctor can’t trump a patient’s health
Once that therapeutic alliance had been established and both the patient and the provider felt satisfied, I don’t think the father’s wishes made...
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What can you do during a mass shooting? This MD found out
We were seeing high-velocity gunshot wounds that I’ve seen for 20 years in the Army. I know how to fix them. But there wasn’t a single thing I...
Managing Your Practice
The multitasking myth
There really are too many tasks and not enough hours in the day. How can you get through them without falling into the multitasking trap?
Child Psychiatry Consult
Nutritional psychiatry: Does it exist?
While few would argue with the foundational importance of nutrition for healthy childhood development, how to apply nutrition to mental health...