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Are we over- or under-diagnosing ADHD?

September 1, 2023 ADHD, Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, children, Education, Mental Health, Stigma

I am often confronted, in my professional setting and personal circle, with the question “Why should we medicate normal behavior? He is just an active

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Fixing a Bug in the System: The Role of H. pylori Screening in Gastric Cancer Prevention

August 25, 2023 cancer prevention, Cost, Gastric Cancer, gut, health policy, Helicobacter pylori, Screening

Regardless of gender, race or country of origin, many humans on the earth share one thing in common and it lives in our gut. Helicobacter

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Diabetes self-management and gender disparities

August 18, 2023 Department of Family and Community Medicine, Depressive symptoms, Diabetes, gender differences, Hispanics, Self-efficacy, Self-management

Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects 23.2 million Americans and is particularly prevalent among Hispanics. Effective self-management is crucial in diabetes care and requires

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Reluctant to prescribe probiotics? Gut health, safety and ethics

August 11, 2023 ethics, gut health, microbes, NICU, prematurity, probiotics, safety

“First, do no harm.” I can think of no more important principle as I examine a tiny, fragile newborn in the neonatal intensive care unit

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Equity in organ transplantation: Are we there yet?

July 28, 2023 Equity, ethics, Health Disparities, health equity, kidney, liver, policy, Transplant

The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) released its latest policy updates on July 13, 2023, that aimed to improve equity in liver allocation. This update improved

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Eye’ve heard enough: today’s physician shortage

July 21, 2023 eye care, eye exams, healthcare access, healthcare utilization, ophthalmologist, optometrist, physician shortage, policy

Two years ago, the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) published a report that predicted a shortage of 134,000 physicians in the United States by

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Hate speech in healthcare

July 14, 2023 clinical encounters, hate, microaggressions, Patients, professionalism, speech

Hate speech and microaggressions from patients directed toward clinicians in healthcare settings are unfortunately a common occurrence. Hate speech is defined as verbal or nonverbal