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• The 5 Goals of Colonoscopy in Ulcerative Colitis Dr Stephen Hanauer remarks on ruling out mimics, establishing disease severity, surveilling for cancer, and other key reasons to perform routine colonoscopy.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 21, 2021
• What You Should Know About Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Karmela Kim Chan, MD, provides a brief primer on this uncommon, heritable connective tissue disorder.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, March 15, 2021
• Heroes: Nurses' Sacrifice in the Age of COVID-19 Dr Nicolas Badre offers an appreciation for how nurses have helped 'save our collective psyche' during this pandemic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 04, 2021
• Rabies Is Terrifying but Rare. Are We Overtreating It? Each year, an estimated 55,000 Americans receive prophylactic rabies shots. Studies say many are unnecessary.
  Undark, February 18, 2021
• Human Bites and Recurrent Cellulitis   The Curbsiders share their favorite practice-changing pearls on managing common skin and soft tissue infections.
  The Curbsiders, January 20, 2021
• No Obstruction Shouldn't Mean No Diagnosis: HARP-MINOCA   A new study finds that multimodal imaging can reveal the cause of most MINOCA. Lead investigator Harmony Reynolds shares the details from her AHA presentation with Michelle O'Donoghue.
  theheart.org on Medscape, January 04, 2021
• How to Swab a Patient for COVID After a Tracheostomy Drs Robert Glatter and Nina Shapiro discuss tips for safe and effective COVID-19 sampling in patients with tracheostomy tubes or in laryngectomy patients.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, November 11, 2020
• Fertility Problems in Docs and Med Students: We're Not Alone Although many in medicine struggle to conceive naturally, the subject remains taboo. One medical trainee hopes her story will expose misperceptions and prevent others from feeling pain and isolation.
  Medscape Med Students, November 04, 2020
• When COVID Almost Healed Us A paramedic worries as he watches his country fight the COVID-19 pandemic -- but it's not the virus he fears.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 29, 2020
• The Man Behind the Brain: Harvey Cushing's Legacy Cushing was the father of modern neurosurgery, and his contributions still resonate in a cutting-edge field.
  Medscape Neurology, September 09, 2020
• NY Psych Residents Describe 'Tsunami' of COVID-19 Patients   Dr Jeffrey Lieberman speaks with three Columbia residents about the lessons imparted by training during a pandemic.
  Columbia University Psychiatry, June 26, 2020
• Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Flo? We all know about Florence Nightingale and her legacy, but do we really know Flo? In celebration of Nurses' Week and Flo's birthday, take our quiz and find out.
  Medscape Nurses, May 05, 2020
• Coronavirus on the Inpatient Unit: A New Challenge for Psychiatry COVID-19 represents a new challenge for the inpatient psychiatry unit, where there is the possibility of contagion of other patients on the unit, the hospital staff, and visitors to the unit.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 16, 2020
• Tattoo Removal: 5 Things to Know Tattoos have exploded -- and that means rising numbers of patients who may change their mind. Here is the latest information on tattoo removal.
  Medscape Dermatology, March 12, 2020
• The Week That Wasn’t: Human Yarn, Diet Genes, Fasting & Diabetes Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, February 07, 2020
• The Week That Wasn't: Keto Pitfalls, Hearing Loss, Lab-Grown Heart Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, January 31, 2020
• 15 Studies That Challenged Medical Dogma in 2019 Dr Eric J. Topol's favorite scientific papers challenge medicine's prevailing wisdom. These 15 papers from 2019 did just that.
  Medscape, December 26, 2019
• Seven Practice-Changing Studies You Need to Know: ACG 2019   Dr David Johnson on the cutting-edge science that caught his eye at this year's American College of Gastroenterology meeting, including a study on gastroenterologists' own health.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 19, 2019
• 'Residents From Hell': Indignities and Outcomes in Medical Training A psychiatrist grapples with the often harsh realities of modern medical education.
  Medscape Psychiatry, December 12, 2019
• Customizing Care to Enhance Fracture Healing Dr William Ricci suggests ways to maximize healing and minimize complications in people with simple and comminuted fractures.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, November 19, 2019