Commentary
Commentary
What are your weaknesses?
What would it look like if we started treating ourselves less like physicians and more like patients?
The Optimized Doctor
‘I shall harm’
Nocebo, from the Latin “I shall harm,” is the dark counterpart to the placebo.
Cosmeceutical Critique
Meet Argireline, the neurotoxinlike cosmeceutical
Media, beauty bloggers, and product claims have likened this product to a "Botox [or other neurotoxin] alternative," or "Botox mimicker."
Managing Your Practice
Medical assistants
It makes sense to understand how the use of MAs has changed private medical practice, and how the most effective MAs manage their roles.
Make the Diagnosis
A healthy White male presented with a rash consisting of erythematous to purpuric macules
A healthy White man develops erythematous to purpuric macules on his lower extremities a few days after a visit to Disney World.
Commentary
Ten steps for clinicians to avoid being racist: The Francis commitment
The scars never go away and your status is always in question, no matter your title or uniforms of respect. Eventually it wears you down.
Commentary
Surgical Specimens and Margins
Margin analysis in simple excisions can provide useful information by proxy about more than the 1% of the margin often quoted in the literature....
Commentary
Adapting to Changes in Acne Management: Take One Step at a Time
Because spironolactone is a potassium-sparing diuretic, one question that commonly arises is: Do we monitor serum potassium levels at baseline and...
Commentary
Murder of physician raises the stress level for all clinicians
Most of us would find it unbearable to live and work under the kind of stress faced by medical professionals today.
Aesthetic Dermatology Update
Understanding filler reversal with hyaluronidase
Hyaluronidase is approved by the Food and Drug Administration for several indications, but its use in cosmetic procedures is off-...
The Optimized Doctor
“How long, how long to sing this song?”
I thought about my patient’s suffering and the brutal injustice of fate. It feels like it’s everywhere lately.