Commentary
Commentary
Are we shortchanging patients with obesity?
Recent studies suggest that patients are capable of greater weight loss than doctors might be giving them credit for. We can help more people...
Commentary
Several strategies can prevent pandemic-related weight gain
Keeping a food journal will help keep you accountable for what you eat, two experts contend.
Commentary
Tips for physicians, patients to make the most of the holidays amid COVID
Holidays are often about what we can do for others, but this year we may need to place self-care first, said Dr. Eva Ritvo.
Opinion
Escaping the daily grind
I write this reminder every couple of years because it's so easy to lose sight of the overall landscape among the pressures of our daily routines...
Commentary
Should our patients really go home for the holidays?
Risks to warn patients of include high-risk status, risk of SARS-CoV-2 transmission and how to mitigate it, and mode of transportation.
Opinion
Medication adherence challenges and helpers
Thankfully, there are tools designed to help remind patients of what they need to take and when.
Commentary
COVID-19 a new opportunity for suicide prevention
Opinion
Is ‘Med Ed’ changing for better or worse?
Becoming a doctor no longer looks like it did just a half-decade ago.
Opinion
The unsteady state
Dr. Wilkoff discusses some criteria for when we can return to “normal” in this pandemic time.
Opinion
Mastering mask communicating
For those specialties not accustomed to wearing a mask all day, it’s frustrating: How many times have you had to repeat yourself today?
Commentary
Access to care: A nurse practitioner’s plea
COVID-19 hospital policies are resulting in detrimental access-to-care issues.