Commentary
Commentary
‘Difficult Patient’: Stigmatizing Words and Medical Error
Dr. F. Perry Wilson comments on the potential of stigmatized language in medical records to lead to missed diagnoses and poor outcomes.
Make the Diagnosis
A 30-Year-Old White Female Presented With a 4-Month History of Scaly, Erythematous Patches and Plaques on Her Trunk and Extremities
The patient's medical history was significant for Crohn's disease, and her medications included methotrexate and intravenous infliximab.
Commentary
Best Practices for Clinical Image Collection and Utilization in Patients With Skin of Color
We summarize current practices of clinical image storage and make general recommendations on how dermatologists can better protect patient privacy...
The Optimized Doctor
Meditating in the Mundane
Much as I'd like to think I'm on trend, I don't believe self-improvement in the mundane will catch fire like taking magnesium or Wim Hof breathing...
Commentary
You Can’t Spell ‘Medicine’ Without D, E, and I
A majority of Americans, physicians, and other healthcare professionals believe in basic fairness.
Managing Your Practice
Clock Watchers
Generally, clock watchers — sometimes referred to in modern parlance as “quiet quitters” — radiate a palpable sense of “I don’t want to be here...
Make the Diagnosis
A 35-year-old female presented with a 1-day history of eroded papules and vesicles distributed periorally
On the second day, the patient developed erythematous macules on her palms and soles.
Cosmeceutical Critique
Rosemary, Part 2
There appears to be an emerging body of evidence suggesting various possible functions for rosemary in the dermatologic armamentarium. Much more...
Commentary
Survival Advantage of Adjuvant IO ‘Big News’ in Renal Cancer
The biggest news in kidney cancer at ASCO GU this year was the adjuvant...
Commentary
Residents Unionizing: What Are the Benefits, the Downsides?
The debate continues over whether residents joining unions hurts or helps negotiations.
Commentary
Bartonella henselae Infection May Occasionally Distract Immune Control of Latent Human Herpesviruses
We read with interest the September 2023 Cutis article by Swink et al,1 “Cat Scratch Disease Presenting With Concurrent...