In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about an addition to the adult vaccination schedule, vitamin K injections in neonates, new onset of tics in children, and the use of inhaled glucocorticoids in...
A recent MIT study suggests that toxic work cultures are a large driver of the Great Resignation. While there are thousands of considerations out there that have the potential to improve work...
A frequent pitfall in clinical practice is to believe that guidelines are validated, but what if the collection of evidence creates a statistical entity that does not exist in real-world clinical practice?...
I am a first-year resident physician at the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency Program. During my first month of orientation, I had participated in an imposter syndrome activity led by Janice Deeds, PSYD,...
In this commentary, Dr James Matera, from CentraState Medical Center, discusses new research on the effects of fruit and vegetable intake on mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about the risk for infants exposed to alternative perinatal practices, early-onset neonatal sepsis, and the increase in rabies cases linked to bats.
Now more than ever clinicians are in a unique position to evaluate and assist these patients with evidence-based techniques and treatments on their way to tobacco smoking cessation.
James J. Matera, DO, from CentraState Medical Center in New Jersey, and Jamie Miller, MS, RD, from Saint Barnabas Medical Center in New Jersey, discuss key dietary needs among patients with chronic kidney...
When physicians make mistakes, the following faults should be considered: A dearth of knowledge (ignorance); having accepted incorrect theories; and having organized these theories or conclusions in a...
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about 4 top papers about the pediatrician's role in HIV testing, mumps in the pediatric population, physician earnings by gender, and cognitive testing scores....
