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Expedited Partner Therapy (EPT) for STD prevention

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the month, the CDC has been presenting a series of posts around this year’s theme – Treat Me Right – which focuses on the important relationship between healthcare providers…

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Is Depression Worse in the Western World?

Depression has become so prevalent in our society that many argue that it is an epidemic. In fact, 20 percent of the American population will experience at least one episode of what we refer to as clinical depression.…

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Sexual History Taking and NCSH provider’s guide

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In Good Condition: Drs Share Their Positive Moments!

Every Friday, in an effort to showcase the positive things that are happening in doctors’ lives, Sermo publishes a post called In Good Condition. In Good Condition is a weekly forum for doctors to share…

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Treat Me Right: An Overview of STDs in the United States

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the next month, the CDC will present a series of posts around this year’s theme – Treat Me Right – which focuses on the important relationship between healthcare providers…

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Which stroke patients benefit from PFO closure

~ By Dr. Anthony Pearson In October of 2016 the Amplatzer PFO Occluder device (St. Jude Medical) was approved by the FDA for “percutaneous transcatheter closure of PFOs in patients, presumably between the ages of 18…

Patient Cases

Floating Doctors Case: Popliteal Rash

Shared by a US physician with the Floating Doctors A 49-year old male with no past medical history presents with a one week history of macerated skin with fissures and minimal serosanguineous exudate in bilateral popliteal…

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Wearing a Helmet When Skiing/Snowboarding?

It’s accepted as common practice that one should always put safety first and wear a helmet when riding a motorcycle, bicycle, or skateboard, but what about the importance of wearing a helmet on the ski…

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The complicated diagnosis of HFpEF, and ineffective drugs

~ By Dr. Anthony Pearson For reasons that are unclear to me, ICD-10 was foisted on physicians in 2015 and mandated by CMS. Now, when classifying heart failure one is consistently badgered by hospital coding monitors…

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Drs Share Their Strange Medical Souvenirs Stories

We recently published a post asking physicians about the stories behind their scars. One doctor commented about a scar left behind after having a tumor removed, and another doctor commented to ask if they’d been allowed to keep the…

Patient Cases

Lower Leg Mass with Uncharacterizable Malignancy

Shared by a Plastic & Reconstructive Surgeon in the US A doctor shares a patient case about a 40-year-old male patient, who presents with asymptomatic but slowly growing subcutaneous mass in left lower leg for…

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Screen for atrial fibrillation (AF) in high risk patients

~ By Dr. Anthony Pearson For those of us over age 55 years there is a lifetime risk of developing atrial fibrillation (AF) of 37%. And with AF comes a 5 fold risk of stroke which can…

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