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Paul Sax, MD
HIV and ID Observations
An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
all matters medical, and some not so medical
Recent Posts
CDC Does Us a Huge Favor by Advising Against Annual Screening of Healthcare Workers for Latent TB • May 19, 2019
There are definitely things we do in medicine just because that’s how we’ve always done them. Among these evidence-free actions, we can include yearly screening for latent TB infection (LTBI) in all healthcare workers If we carefully examine the rationale behind this practice — as this thorough review nicely does — one would be hard-pressed to find any […]
2018-2019
Chief Resident Panel:
Justin Davis, MBBS
Cassandra Fritz, MD
Scott Hippe, MD
Ashley McMullen, MD
Ellen Poulose-Redger, MD
Insights on Residency Training
Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine
Recent Posts
The Nephrology Social Media Collective • April 11, 2019 • Justin Davis, MBBS
Thinking back on it now, I can’t quite recall why I first decided to get a Twitter account. My suspicion is that I wanted to follow the amusing tweets of Jim Sterling who works in the videogame industry and whose work I closely follow. What did happen, of course, is that I eventually realised that, […]
Clinical Conversations
Audio podcasts featuring the week's news,
plus your comments and pertinent interviews
Recent Posts
Podcast 225: Managing diabetes in primary care — are there quality differences among NPs, PAs, and MDs? • November 28, 2018
Does the diabetes care afforded by NPs and PAs match that of MDs? According to a careful analysis among Veterans Affairs patients there are no clinical differences in intermediate outcomes — hemoglobin A1c, systolic pressure, or LDL cholesterol. The principal and senior authors of that analysis are our guests this time. Links: Annals of Internal Medicine study (free […]
FROM THE ARCHIVES
In Practice: Reflections from NPs and PAs
In Practice, a blog featuring the perspectives of nurse practitioners and physician assistants, was active from 2015 through 2017.
CardioExchange
Posts and discussion from NEJM Group's clinical cardiology community, active from 2009 to 2015.
Gutcheck on Gastroenterology
Gut Check on Gastroenterology, an NEJM Journal Watch blog focusing on issues in clinical gastroenterology, was active from 2008 to 2014.
The views and opinions expressed in these blogs are not necessarily those of NEJM Journal Watch or NEJM Group.
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- Unintended Consequences of Antiseptics: Triclosan Induces Antibiotic Tolerance
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent General Medicine Articles
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- In Randomized Trial, Ultra-Processed Foods Led to Greater Caloric Intake
- CDC Updates Guidelines on TB Testing for Healthcare Workers
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Articles
- Preoperative Albuterol Reduces Respiratory Complications in Pediatric Tonsillectomy
- Long-Term Risk for Chronic Kidney Disease After Premature Birth
- Autism Can Be Reliably Diagnosed at Age 14 to 16 Months
- Inhibiting Bone Loss in Anorexia Nervosa: Another Possible Benefit of Oral Contraceptives
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