Commentary
Opinion
Smart home devices – promises and pitfalls
Major advancements in medical monitoring technology are now enabling physicians to get much deeper insight into their patients’ health status.
Commentary
Without Ginsburg, judicial threats to the ACA, reproductive rights heighten
As Nicholas Bagley, a law professor at the University of Michigan who specializes in health issues, tweeted: “Among...
Commentary
Physician reimbursement 2021: Who are the big winners?
Reductions felt by proceduralists and surgeons will counterbalance the good fortune of physicians who rely on office visits for the bulk of their...
Opinion
Too many patient call messages
Dr. Wilkoff offers three strategies to reduce the number of patient call messages.
Opinion
2020-2021 respiratory viral season: Onset, presentations, and testing likely to differ in pandemic
Expect variations on the traditional parade of seasonal respiratory viruses, with increased numbers of coinfections.
Commentary
COVID-19 and the psychological side effects of PPE
If health care workers cannot tolerate PPE, use desensitization- and anxiety-reducing techniques to help them. said Dr. Elspeth Cameron Ritchie....
Opinion
Conspiracy theories
That many patients fervently believe conspiracy theories poses several problems for us.
Expert Commentary
Lifting the restrictions on mifepristone during COVID-19: A step in the right direction
The FDA’s Elements to Assure Safe Use restrictions mandate in-person distribution of mifepristone at health care facilities....
Perspectives
Five reasons why medical meetings will never be the same
Master Class
Identifying ovarian malignancy is not so easy
The 10 simple rules for identifying malignant or benign ovarian masses identified only about three-quarters of them.
Master Class
How to evaluate a suspicious ovarian mass
Generally, women have a 5%-10% lifetime risk of needing surgery for a suspected ovarian mass and a 1.4% (1 in 70) risk that this mass is cancerous...