An ongoing dialogue on HIV/AIDS, infectious diseases,
September 28th, 2019
What Is the Best Treatment for Advanced HIV Disease?
One of the things that keeps me on Twitter — besides cute dog videos — is the periodic realization that the platform can help patients. Which is, after all, why most of us do this doctor thing — to help people get better. Example: Several months ago we had a challenging patient. I asked twitter […]
September 15th, 2019
A Former Medical School Dean Invents a False Dichotomy in Curriculum Content, and Advises Physicians to Stay in Their Lane
Over on the editorial pages of the Wall Street Journal, a piece appeared last week with the following provocative title and subtitle: Take Two Aspirin and Call Me by My Pronouns At ‘woke’ medical schools, curricula are increasingly focused on social justice rather than treating illness. Dr. Stanley Goldfarb, former associate dean of curriculum at […]
September 8th, 2019
The Curious Case of M184V, Part 2 — and More!
The inspiration for today’s post comes from two recent emails from ID/HIV colleagues — thank you. Here’s the first, from Dr. Mehri McKellar from Duke: Hi Paul, When are you going to do part 2 of The Curious Case of M184V, Part 1? I am waiting patiently. 🙂 Mehri Mehri, wait no more, because here […]
September 2nd, 2019
New Antibiotics for CRE, Draft Lyme Guidelines, Cost of Measles Outbreaks, and More — a Labor Day ID Link-o-Rama
Labor Day! Could summer really be over? Nah, we still have a few weeks — and as I’ve noted several times, this time of year (September-October) gives us far and away Boston’s best weather season. On with the links. Data from electronic medical records can accurately identify the best candidates for PrEP. The challenge in […]
Paul E. Sax, MD
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NEJM Clinician
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