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HIV and ID Observations

Paul Sax, M.D.

Azithromycin Linked to Cardiovascular Death — Not A Placebo After All

Paul Sax, M.D. • May 16, 2012

I’ve commented before about azithromycin, that remarkable antibiotic that clinicians seem to prescribe for, gosh, you-name-it. But a paper just published in the New England Journal of Medicine links use of azithromycin to an increased risk of cardiovascular death, a reminder that “azithro” is in fact a drug — and that all drugs have side... Keep Reading...

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Insights on Residency Training

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What Would You Do?

Gopi Astik, MD • April 2, 2012

While combing through my social media outlets recently, I came across an article that struck me. The article entitled “Why Doctors Die Differently” addresses a subject many professionals in the medical field know but don’t really talk about – that physicians die too. The article explains how we, as physicians, understand the limits of medical therapy and... Keep Reading...

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Gut Check on Gastroenterology

Brian Fennerty, M.D.

How do you treat eosinophilic esophagitis?

M. Brian Fennerty, M.D. • April 29, 2012

We all are seeing this disease more often than in the past. Whereas the diagnostic criteria now seem firmly entrenched, the optimal treatment strategy remains to be determined. Treatments have included food avoidance, anti-secretory drugs, topical steroids, immunomodulators, and combinations of these approaches. So I am interested in how you treat eosinophilic esophagitis. What is... Keep Reading...

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Clinical Conversations

Clinical Conversations Podcast

Podcast 155: What’s wrong with U.S. healthcare and what will save it?

Joe Elia • May 14, 2012

Dr. Arnold Relman, longtime observer of the U.S. healthcare system and editor emeritus of the New England Journal of Medicine, proposes two major reforms: First, private insurance companies should leave the healthcare field, and second, physicians should organize into multispecialty practices. His proposals, just published in BMJ, grow out of his alarmed observation — some... Keep Reading...

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