Sermo Blog: Amplifying the power of physicians' voices

September 26: Mesothelioma Awareness Day

Mesothelioma is a rare, but aggressive, form of cancer that develops in the lining of the lungs, abdomen, or heart, caused primarily by the inhalation of asbestos fibers. While there are only 3,000 new diagnoses…

Insights

Physicians weigh in on breast implant safety

Sermo physicians have previously debated the safety of different types of breast implants, dissecting the risks associated with silicone gel breast implants and saline implants, and detailing horrifying patient accounts of toxic mold/bacteria in or…

Insights

Sermo discussions – HIV prevention and conception planning

by Oni Blackstock, MD, MHS By now you’ve probably heard about PrEP or pre-exposure prophylaxis—the innovative HIV prevention strategy that reduces the risk of HIV acquisition by as much as 90-92% and has the potential…

Patient Cases

Patient Case: Have You Ever Seen Blue Legs Before?

Share by an Italian doctor specializing in dermatology, allergy & immunology, and rheumatology A 55-year-old patient with heptic cirrhosis with ascites related to HCV comes to the clinic for a year. His legs present a…

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Have You Ever Had a Near-Death Experience?

Near-death experiences and out-of body experiences, often associated with each other, are phenomena that are often considered enigmatic and even mystifying. However, a new study was recently published claiming that abnormalities in the inner ear…

General

Lack of Awareness Around Telehealth

According to a recent Software Advice survey, patients are very interested in telemedicine and use it as a metric to select their physicians. Software Advice asked 400 patients about their interest in video conferencing as…

Insights

Finding Medical Devices Where They Shouldn’t Be…

A family in Canada will have to undergo 6 months of medical tests after they recently found an intravenous catheter in a tub of ice cream. In light of this story, we asked Sermo physicians,…

Patient Cases

Patient Case: Unexplained Pain in the Left Ear

Shared by a German Otolaryngologist A 66-year-old male patient presented with a history of ear pain on the left side in the last couple of days, but he didn’t have a fever or ear discharge.…

Insights

Single Payer Discussed Among US Doctors Post-AHCA

The U.S. remains one of the only countries that does not offer universal healthcare, and the political debate around the future healthcare plan of the U.S. has been widely debated and publicized. Although the American…

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Doctors Share Their Most Cherished Gifts From Patients

All too often, media portrays the relationship between patients and doctors as a hostile negotiation, ignoring the existence of wonderful doctor-patient relationships. We recently asked doctors on Sermo about one element of their great relationships…

Patient Cases

Discussing Obesity with Patients

Being overweight has become an epidemic, with 711 million overweight worldwide. Obesity – having a body mass index (BMI) of 30 or above – has more than doubled since 1980, and according to the World…

Insights

World Hepatatis Day – together, let’s stop hepatitis

Viral hepatitis, a group of infectious diseases known as hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E, effects millions of people and is one of the leading causes of death globally, responsible for 1.32 million deaths…

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