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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
Rapid, Inexpensive Home Testing for COVID-19 May Get Us Out of This Mess Before a Vaccine • July 5, 2020
As cases of COVID-19 continue to climb to record numbers, it might seem impossible that something is already out there that could dramatically reduce new infections — and even bring us back to some semblance of normal life. I’m not referring to a vaccine. It’s a rapid, inexpensive home test. You’re forgiven for being incredulous. Indeed, you […]
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
Dual Crises and the Call for Resident Unionization • July 1, 2020 • Eric Bressman, MD
On March 20th, as the chaos of the unfolding pandemic enveloped New York City, Governor Cuomo issued Executive Order 202.10, which, among other directives, temporarily suspended work hour restrictions for medical residents in New York State. These regulations, which had been enacted 30 years prior, were the consequence of the journalist Sidney Zion’s well-publicized crusade […]
Clinical Conversations
Audio podcasts featuring the week's news,
plus your comments and pertinent interviews
Recent Posts
Podcast 270: Is health care privacy possible if “all data are health data”? • July 14, 2020
Don’t expect HIPAA regulations to protect your “digital health footprint” from prying eyes. Every time you swipe your card to buy goodies at the supermarket (are you risking diabetes with all that ice cream?), or binge-watch that kinky series (how’s your mental health these days, really?), or let your step-tracker show you’ve fallen off the pace […]
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- Risk Factors for Death from COVID-19 in a Cohort of 17 Million People
- What Have Lockdowns, Social Distancing, Masks, and Other Measures Achieved?
- Yield of CT Scanning in Patients with Suspected Acute Diverticulitis
- A Novel Way to Educate Families About Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Illnesses
- A Mutation in SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein Is Associated with Increased Infectivity
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent General Medicine Articles
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Physician’s First Watch Articles
- ACC Offers Pathways for Treating Bleeding in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants
- Your NEJM Group Today: Avoiding Care During COVID-19 / Breast Cancer & Childhood Cancer Survivors / Radiology & IM Opportunities
- Phase I SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine Trial Results Published
- Studies Show Importance of Face Coverings in Limiting Spread of COVID-19
- Your NEJM Group Today: Navajo Nation & COVID-19 / Postpolypectomy Surveillance Guidelines / Neurology and Rheumatology Opportunities
- NEJM Journal Watch — Recent Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine Articles
- A Novel Way to Educate Families About Antibiotic Use for Acute Respiratory Tract Illnesses
- Ensuring Safe Use of Isotretinoin
- What Is the Best Serologic Test for Identifying Celiac Disease in Young Children?
- A Closer Look at Children with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome Associated with COVID-19
- Time to Antibiotic Administration for Febrile Neutropenic Children