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Why are Patients with Diabetes Immunocompromised?
By Daniel Martinez-Krams Peer Reviewed You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found ...
A Brief History of Insulin and Type 1 Diabetes
By Matthew Ross Peer Reviewed In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in ...
Six-Month Injectable PrEP: A New Horizon in HIV Prevention
By Allison Tu Peer Reviewed Once a death sentence, HIV/AIDS is now a treatable and preventable disease. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been a game-changer in HIV prevention since the ...
Could Adults Without Diabetes Benefit from Continuous Glucose Monitoring?
By James Sun Peer Reviewed In March 2024, the FDA announced that it had cleared Dexcom Stelo, the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for adults without diabetes who want to understand better how diet and exercise affect their health (Figure ...
How Can We Better Protect Our Patients Against Extreme Heat?
By Claire Young Peer Reviewed Last summer, New Yorkers experienced a heat wave 1 —causing infrastructure failures 2,3 , poor air quality, and even deaths. Summers are only getting ...
Forty Years of Prevention Guidance: The History and Processes of the United States Preventive Services Task Force
By Lydia Pan Peer Reviewed An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. After all, it is far better to detect a serious illness before it develops its full harmful potential, ...
Sleep for Sale: Can Commercial Wearable Sleep Technology Measure up Clinically?
By Emily Lock Peer Reviewed Sleep is a currency of wellness. Increased sleep duration has been associated with enhanced cognitive performance and decreased ...
Brewing Beneath the Surface: The Link Between Psoriasis and Cardiovascular Disease
By Ipsita Subudhi Peer Reviewed When a patient comes in with skin plaques, bumps, and what might be a rash, the natural reaction might be to assume that these issues only ...
Cancer in an Immunocompromised Host
By Jacob Rozowsky Peer Reviewed As a medical student and researcher, I am fascinated by the mechanisms of evolution in human disease. I am particularly intrigued by oncology, where evolution unfolds in real-time. ...
The Original Bird Flu: Chlamydia psittaci
By Abigail Korenek Peer Reviewed Almost 100 years ago, a different kind of bird flu captured the public consciousness. Today, the media cycle is dominated by reports of highly pathogenic avian ...
Guideline Gap: Are We Failing High-Risk Women in Breast Cancer Prevention?
By Felicia L. Pasadyn, MA Peer Reviewed Research demonstrates that less than 10% of physicians currently follow the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) “B” recommendations for breast cancer prevention in ...
Stimulant Prescribing in Primary Care: Evidence and Best Practices
By Ashley Lewis Peer Reviewed In the US, patients experience serious barriers to accessing mental healthcare. Over half of counties in the US lack a psychiatrist, and most patients with mental illness did ...
Rethinking Alcohol Use Disorder Through GLP-1 Agonism
By Joshua Wang Peer Reviewed Dan never imagined his nightly struggle with alcohol cravings might be cured with his diabetes medication. Yet, a few months after starting semaglutide for his blood ...
Pharm to Table: Knowing Where Your Pharmaceuticals Come From
By Martin Bouldo Peer Reviewed It is not uncommon for individuals to be concerned about where their food comes from. People want to know details like the “country of origin,” or if their ...
The Myth of 98.6° Fahrenheit: Rethinking the “Normal” Body Temperature
By Allen Khudaverdyan Peer Reviewed For over a century, 98.6° Fahrenheit (37° Celsius) has been etched into our collective consciousness as the “normal” human body temperature. From routine check-ups to COVID-19 ...
To Treat or Not to Treat: Rethinking the Positive Urine Culture
By Bennett Yang Peer Reviewed An 84-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with fatigue and mild confusion. Her vitals are stable, she’s afebrile, and her exam is unremarkable. Labs are mostly normal, but the urinalysis shows moderate leukocyte esterase and bacteria. A urine culture is sent, and a broad-spectrum antibiotic is ...
Disease, Health, and Hope: A Story of Dietary Supplements
By Felicia Ragucci Peer Reviewed My very first patient of clerkship year had the shortest medication list I’ll ever see: none. After confirming this, I asked if she takes over the counter medications, ...