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Doctors discuss the golden age of medicine and practices

~ By a Pediatrician in Australia Societal attitudes, scientific progress and an increased understanding of how the human body works in lay people, have transformed the way Medicine has been practiced over the years. Each…

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Sunscreen Myths Busted By a Dermatologist

~ By a dermatologist in Italy When it comes to sunscreens, what are your patients really worried about? Summer is here and parents are worried about sun protection. Or are they? Interestingly, there is a…

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Colorful History of a Miracle Drug (Sulfanilamide)

A history-loving doctor on Sermo has launched a Page called Medical History Tour! His page is dedicated to exploring places, persons and events of interest in the history of medicine, seeking out the intersections of…

Patient Cases

Test Your Knowledge with Two Syphilis Case Studies

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the month, the CDC has been presenting a series of posts around this year’s theme, “Syphilis Strikes Back” to help inform you about real-life implications for your practice and…

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Struggling with the Reality of Physician Assisted Suicide

~ By a doctor in Canada specializing in Internal Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, and Family Medicine Like everything else in life there are a lot of controversial gray areas in medicine that I struggle with. Recently…

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Understanding the Complexities of Syphilis

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the month, the CDC will be presenting a series of posts around this year’s theme, “Syphilis Strikes Back” to help inform you about real-life implications for your practice and…

Patient Cases

The Case of 7-Year-Old Billy with ADHD

~ By a Pediatrician in Australia Many kids (and adults) have no filter and just say whatever comes into their heads or is on their mind. People with Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) do so even…

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Congenital Syphilis Surges in the U.S.

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Syphilis Strikes Back: An Overview of Syphilis in the United States

April is STD Awareness Month. Over the next month, the CDC will present a series of posts around this year’s theme, “Syphilis Strikes Back”, to help inform you about real-life implications for your practice and…

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Sermo discussions – low level of CAC in Tsimane people

~ By Dr. Anthony Pearson I’m a big advocate of coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans for helping make decisions on individual patients with intermediate risk for CAD. Several speakers at this year’s American College of…

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Doctors & Simple Tasks

~ By a Gastroenterologist in the UK There is a belief that smart people lack common sense, and suggestions regarding why: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/science/11232300/Why-do-geniuses-lack-common-sense.html Whilst never claiming to be a genius, it has been suggested to me by exes…

Sex education vs abstinence only education

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Physcians views on abstinence-only education

While many people believe that abstinence is the best policy, others argue that teen pregnancy rates are higher when only abstinence is taught. We asked American doctors on Sermo about their thoughts on sex education.…

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