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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
ID Doctors Are Lousy Golfers, and Time to Pick Your Favorite Cartoon Caption • December 16, 2018
Some might wonder how people who take care of patients, who deal with illness and suffering on a regular basis, can find humor in medicine. Alternatively, one could take the opposite perspective — with so much misery around all the time, how could we survive without humor? Clearly the folks at The BMJ are in the latter camp, […]
- Two Weeks of Attending on the ID Consult Service, with One-A-Day ID Learning Units
- As A Strategy for HIV Prevention, Disabling the CCR5 Gene in Embryos Implanted in HIV-Negative Mothers Makes Zero Sense
- Does Experiencing Childhood Illness Make Someone Stronger? How One Person Turned Adversity into Remarkable Success
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
No, I Am Not Patient Transport • December 11, 2018 • Cassandra Fritz, MD
“Oh, you’re here to take me to my test.” I have heard this too many times to count, and I have come to perfect my response. “No, I am not patient transport, your social worker, or your nurse. I am your doctor.” After a moment of confusion, I usually see a facial expression signaling that the patient […]
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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- Magnetic Resonance Elastography to Predict Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Eradication of Chronic HCV Infection
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent General Medicine Articles
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- Use of Supplemental Oxygen Therapy in Acutely Ill Medical Patients
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- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Physician’s First Watch Articles
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- Your NEJM Group Today: Substance Use Disorders in Later Life / Barbershop Intervention for Hypertension / Mass. Hospitalist Opportunity
- Judge Says ACA Unconstitutional
- From the Blogs: ID Doctors Are Lousy Golfers, and Time to Pick Your Favorite Cartoon Caption
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Articles
- A School-Based Intervention Can Reduce Bullying
- Assessing Risk for Intimate Partner Violence Leading to Homicide
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