Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

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An uncommon syndrome makes us reflect on our approach to diagnosis

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: October 1, 2013

Antisynthetase syndrome reminds us to stay grounded in the fundamentals of clinical care: Careful listening, purposeful examination, and directed u...

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It is not a ‘mini’-stroke, it is a call to action

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: September 1, 2013

Although patients may call transient ischemic attacks “mini-strokes,” there is nothing mini about their significance.

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The pipe and the plug: Is unblocking arteries enough?

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: August 1, 2013

We all should be more aggressive in using treatments that reduce the progression of coronary artery disease—particularly in patients with diabetes....

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The electronic health record: Getting more bang for the click

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: July 1, 2013

Bemoaning the technology is not the answer—we need to refine the EHR, but we also need to do better documentation.

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Guidelines or a plea for help?

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: June 1, 2013

The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recently published a guideline on the use of calcium and vitamin D supplements to prevent fractures ...

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A review of uncommon swelling provides useful reminders

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: May 1, 2013

Angioedema and the urticarias differ in their clinical manifestations and diagnostic and therapeutic implications.

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Resistance of man and bug

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: April 1, 2013

Why individual clinicians make specific decisions usually can be sorted out. But our behavior as a group is more difficult to understand—and to alt...

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Introducing two new deputy editors

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: March 1, 2013

Women's health expert Pelin Batur, MD, and hospitalist James Pile, MD, join the Journal staff, replacing Tim Gilligan, MD.

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A weirder than weird story, and yet…

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: February 1, 2013

Fecal microbiota transplantation is an evolving story that may seem weird but is worth following.

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A guideline is like a prescription

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: January 1, 2013

We should not worship the idol of guidelines alone, but neither should we ignore them and make decisions based only on anecdote and experience.

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Autism in the office

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: December 1, 2012

To many, the image of autism is of a cute sandy-haired boy reciting the batting averages of baseball players. But the spectrum of autism is wide.

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Why not a shot of prevention?

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: November 1, 2012

Last year the flu season was surprisingly mild, but this should not lull us into a lackadaisical approach to offering vaccination to all of our pat...

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Home testing: The metamorphosis of attitudes about HIV infection

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: October 1, 2012

Most of us have not spent the past 25 years on the front line against the AIDS epidemic, but we all have been touched by it.

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The ‘T’ in ITP remains

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: September 1, 2012

The "I" has changed its meaning and the "P" is not necessary to make the diagnosis, but the disease formerly known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic p...

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Regularizing the approach to the irregularly irregular

Author:: Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD

Publish date: August 1, 2012

We have more choices, more data, and more management algorithms, but still no panacea for atrial fibrillation.