Tag: Sermo

In the Wake of an Emergency, Doctors Will Be There

Lately it seems like there has been an endless stream of bad news, from natural disasters to horrific displays of human violence against others humans. However, during    times of extreme crises, boundaries and divisions between people…

Puberty Blockers For a Transgender Minor?

Rights and policies around transgender issues has become a louder conversation in recent years, a conversation in which Sermo physicians have actively participated. While awareness has drastically increased around what it means to be a…

Plastic Surgery: Quality of Life and Vanity

While surgical reconstruction to restore proper form and function to the body is widely accepted in the medical community, some physicians struggle to find empathy for patients undergoing elective plastic surgery procedures. Many physicians equated…

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…

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…

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…

White Dot Syndrome

Patient Case: White Dot Syndrome

~ White Dot Syndrome – a patient case shared on Sermo by an Ophthalmologist in the US A 32-year-old Caucasian male presented to my office for a second opinion with a rapid decrease in vision in…