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After the PANORAMIC Study — Whither Molnupiravir? • January 17, 2023
We turn now to the second of the controversial papers published in late 2022 on COVID-19 — namely the PANORAMIC study of molnupiravir versus usual care in outpatients with the disease. This one is controversial not because the study was poorly done, or unimportant, but because molnupiravir has, from the start, been a contentious treatment […]
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Notes from chief residents in family and internal medicine
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Patients Say the Darndest Things • December 29, 2022 • Mikita Arora, MD
I’m a third-year family medicine resident. One of the great things about this specialty is the time you spend getting to know your patients. By creating a special relationship with them, you become their confidant, and they share all kinds of things about their health and life. Sometimes what they share is hilarious! Here are […]
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Podcast 298: COPD exacerbations — 7 days of antibiotics versus 2 • September 2, 2022
A VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS INTERVIEW IS AVAILABLE AT THIS LINK. In treating most exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) the usual regimen consists of prednisone plus 5- to 7-days of antibiotics. But what if a shorter course of antibiotic therapy would do? That would be both convenient for patients and less likely to promote […]
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