The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on using your connections to get in to see a doctor months before anyone else can…
Is It OK to Use Connections to Jump the Line for a Specialist?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on using your connections to get in to see a doctor months before anyone else can…
Gender Representation by Specialty: Is 50:50 Mandatory?
Dr Alpert’s commentary in the March 2020 American Journal of Medicine asks the question, “Why are Women Underrepresented in Cardiology?”1…
Graduate Medical Education Has Been Threatened
Every year thousands of college graduates embark on the taxing journey of medical school, acquiring hundreds of thousands of dollars…
Comparing 2 Adapted Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs Frameworks on Physician Wellness
We read with great interest the recent article by Shapiro et al in The American Journal of Medicine.1 The authors…
Risks and Costs of Routine Preventive Coronary Artery Calcium Scans
Schade, Arora, and Eaton make an interesting comparison between routine preventive colonoscopy and coronary artery calcium scanning.1 However, an important…
Comorbidity between depression and anxiety: assessing the role of bridge mental states in dynamic psychological networks
Comorbidity between depressive and anxiety disorders is common. A hypothesis of the network perspective on psychopathology is that comorbidity arises…
Regular use of acid reflux drugs linked to heightened risk of type 2 diabetes
Regular use of acid reflux drugs, known as proton pump inhibitors, or PPIs for short, is linked to a heightened…
ASU study finds association between screen time use, diet and other health factors
In a study recently published in BMC Public Health, Arizona State University researchers found that heavy users of screens —…
Trump Announces Plan to Ship 150 Million Rapid Coronavirus Tests
Governors of both parties welcomed the plan, but some health experts noted limitations of the kits made by Abbott Laboratories.