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• HVAC Systems: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You! Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems can be lethal in medical environments.
  Medscape General Surgery, July 26, 2022
• Nurse Author: It's 'Heartbreaking,' I Can't Return to Medicine The New York Times best-selling author and columnist Theresa Brown compares overworked nurses to swimmers drowning in a pool.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 22, 2022
• Episode 1: Bladder Cancer Choices: Robotic or Open Cystectomy?   Bladder cancer surgeons Drs Cheryl Lee and Khurshid Guru are inspired by a recent Swedish study and discuss aggregate surgical outcomes data comparing their own different approaches.
  Medscape, July 06, 2022
• Sweet Holey Pillow Dreams Dr Lundberg treats his own suspicious ear lesion. Did he have a fool for a patient?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 20, 2022
• Colons Are Like Snowflakes: IBD in Kids   How to talk about IBD to families, and the new medical approaches that can heal the intestinal mucosa are two of the expert pearls shared by The Cribsiders.
  The Cribsiders, June 16, 2022
• With US Gun Violence, Silence = Death, so Where Is the Outrage? Moments of silence are a de minimis response to mass gun shootings. Loud, non-violent outrage will bring more attention and action to the public health crisis of gun violence in the US.
  Medscape Blogs, June 08, 2022
• What an AR-15 Does to a Child's Body: A Surgeon's View   Drs Robert Glatter, Joseph Sakran, Andre Campbell, and Linda Dultz discuss the recent tragedy in Uvalde, Texas, and next steps for making effective changes in gun violence.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, June 02, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• New Barrett's Esophagus Guidelines May Be Practice-Changing   Dr David Johnson discusses the impact these guidelines will have on the diagnosis, surveillance, and treatment of this common condition.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 03, 2022
• Run Into a Rabid Animal? What to Know Rabid animals are a summertime hazard. Here's how to protect yourself.
  Medscape Blogs, April 11, 2022
• The Medical Model Doesn't Work for Mental Health   Former NIMH Director Tom Insel explains how the medical model has failed the field of psychiatry.
  Medscape, March 25, 2022
• Invasive Mold in Patients With COVID-19 COVID-19 is likely to increase the risk for pulmonary aspergillosis and mucormycosis, life-threatening infections caused by environmental molds.
  CDC Expert Commentary, March 03, 2022
• The Illustrious Patient — Diseases of Famous People The lives of prominent figures in history were shaped by various diseases.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, February 07, 2022
• Moving on From a Grievous 2021 Five lessons in overcoming grief and adversity in the new year after a terrible 2 years.
  Medscape Blogs, January 10, 2022
• We Physicians Must Pull Together as a Knowledge Community A new commentary is calling for clinicians to come together ― and notes that "kindness and respect for patients starts with kindness and respect for one another as colleagues."
  Medscape Psychiatry, November 30, 2021
• Take a Break to Boost Productivity Resting won't kill you, but not resting will end up killing your productivity. How one oncologist learned the hard way.
  Medscape Blogs, November 23, 2021
• 20 Handy ICD-10 Codes for Thanksgiving and the Holidays The holidays are upon us, and with festivities come injuries. Here are 20 ICD-10 codes physicians should know for possible patient visits.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 12, 2021
• DIY Fingernail Surgery for Seborrheic Keratoses Dr Lundberg presents long-term follow-up of his personal technique to remove these benign lesions.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, October 22, 2021
• A 30-Year-Old Woman With Recurrent Shoulder Subluxation Can you identify the source of a woman's recurrent shoulder subluxation?
  Osmosis, October 15, 2021
• A 45-Year-Old Man With GERD and Bruising What prevention should you recommend to a 45-year-old man with a 2-month history of malaise, fatigue, and heavy bruising of his legs?
  Osmosis, October 01, 2021