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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
Short-Course Treatment of Latent TB, Combination Therapy for Staph Bacteremia, Adult Vaccine Guidelines, Novel Antifungals, and Others — A Non-COVID-19 ID Link-o-Rama • February 17, 2020
There’s so much out there right now on COVID-19 (the disease) and SARS-CoV-2 (the virus) that the other ID news gets crowded out. Which means it’s time for non-COVID-19 ID/HIV Link-o-Rama! I haven’t done one of these in a while, so there’s plenty of material in the vaults yearning to be free. The CDC now recommends short-course, […]
2019-2020
Chief Resident Panel:
Prarthna Bhardwaj, MD, MBBS
Eric Bressman, MD
Allison Latimore, MD
Daniel Orlovich, MD, PharmD
Frances Ue, MD, MPH
Insights on Residency Training
Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine
Recent Posts
How Can Attendings Affect Resident Burnout? • February 18, 2020 • Daniel Orlovich, MD, PharmD
A Sad Short Story Harvard medical school. Stanford general surgery training. Northwestern vascular surgery fellowship. Suicide. This devastating path, taken by a 33-year-old trainee in 2010, is not unique. An estimated one physician commits suicide every single day in the U.S. alone (JAMA 2014; 312:1725). A number of these lives are taken on the hospital premises, places […]
Clinical Conversations
Audio podcasts featuring the week's news,
plus your comments and pertinent interviews
Recent Posts
Podcast 252: We revisit our chat about chatting about guns • February 13, 2020
Back in November, Ali Raja and Joe Elia talked with Garen Wintemute about his Health Affairs paper regarding addressing the topic of guns with patients. Having encountered another of those weeks in which interviewees were either on vacation (richly deserved, we’re certain) or too busy to respond to Joe’s requests (get some sleep!), we’re going to […]
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.
NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Infectious Diseases Articles- Latest Updates on COVID-19
- Early De-escalation to Oral Antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia
- Observations from ID and Beyond: Short-Course Treatment of Latent TB, Combination Therapy for Staph Bacteremia, Adult Vaccine Guidelines, Novel Antifungals, and Others — A Non-COVID-19 ID Link-o-Rama
- Update on COVID-19
- COVID-19 Infection During Pregnancy's Third Trimester
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent General Medicine Articles
- “Accelerated Surgery” for Hip Fractures Produces Modest Benefits
- Functional Bracing and Plaster Casts Yield Similar Outcomes for Achilles Tendon Ruptures
- Prognostic Implications of Discordant Electrocardiogram and Imaging on Stress Echocardiography
- Physical Therapy vs. Meniscectomy in Osteoarthritis Patients with Meniscal Tears
- A New Topical Therapy for Atopic Dermatitis?
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Physician’s First Watch Articles
- Your NEJM Group Today: EVALI & Teen Vaping / Telemedicine & Treating Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy / Family Med. & Gastro. Opportunities
- Season's Flu Vaccine 45% Effective, Higher for Kids
- Continued Decline in New COVID-19 Cases in China
- COVID-19: Post-Cruise Travel Restrictions / Milder Disease Outside Wuhan
- From the Blogs: How Can Attendings Affect Resident Burnout?
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Articles
- Can We Improve Teen's Willingness to Take Acne Medications?
- Initiative to Reduce Hospitalization for Pediatric Diabetic Ketoacidosis
- Exposure for Adolescent PTSD with Comorbid Substance Misuse
- Guidelines Issued on Managing Sleep Problems in Children with Autism
- Changing Epidemiology of Central-Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections