research Prescribing and dispensing by private medical practitioners in Hong Kong – a double-edged sword
Private doctors in Hong Kong both prescribing and giving out medicine can have both good and bad effects.
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research Classified Advertising
The document listed various medical job opportunities with competitive benefits and living conditions.
research Excluded at the Root: Health Insurance Discrimination Against Hair Loss Conditions
research Full‐body skin examination in screening for cutaneous malignancy: A focus on concealed sites and the practices of international dermatologists
Guidelines for full-body skin exams, including hidden areas, are needed to guide doctors and inform patients.
research TOTAL THYROIDECTOMY IN REFRACTORY THYROTOXICOSIS
Surgery may be needed for resistant thyrotoxicosis.
research Blood donors on teratogenic drugs and donor deferral periods in a clinical situation
Some blood donors on teratogenic drugs may have unsafe drug levels, suggesting a need for better deferral policies.
research The Future of Aesthetic Medicine: Patient‐Centered Trends and Technologies with Dr. Face and Dr. Slim
Aesthetic medicine is focusing more on patient needs and using new technologies, but ethical issues and regulation challenges need attention.
research Submission to the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario Re: Professional Obligations and Human Rights
The submission argued that CPSO's referral policy undermines doctors' civil liberties and recommended changes to protect conscientious objections.
research The difficulty of finding ‘healthy’ volunteers
Most people who volunteered for a health study had medical issues, showing the need for careful screening before trials.
research Extraordinary claims without extraordinary evidence: controversy on anti‐androgen therapy for COVID‐19
The letter is skeptical about the effectiveness of anti-androgen therapy for COVID-19 and calls for strong evidence from clinical trials.
research Dermatologic medical ozone therapy complications treated with hyperbaric oxygen.
Medical ozone therapy can cause serious complications, but hyperbaric oxygen therapy can help improve them.
research Progress on the road to better medical care for transgender patients
The conclusion is that published guidelines are improving transgender medical care, but more research and education in transgender medicine are needed.
research The Comparator Argument in Trans-Healthcare Ban Cases
Denying transgender minors gender-affirming care, while allowing it for cisgender minors, is sex discrimination.
research Ethical Principles for Everyone
The document concludes that more research is needed on the hepatitis B vaccine's side effects and the effectiveness of certain treatments for specific diseases.
research Medical treatment methods, medical indication claims and patentability: A quest into the rationale of the exclusion and patentability in the context of the future of personalised medicine
Abolishing medical indication patents could hinder innovation in medicine.
research Patients, Power and Responsibility
The document concludes that while some advocate for a patient voucher system, it may be unequal and current healthcare reforms should be given a chance, and it also recommends various medical books for their comprehensive coverage and advice on specific health issues.
research Dercum Disease: Exploratory Therapeutic Approaches in the Absence of Standardized Medical Treatment—A Single Center Case Series
Individualized treatments may help manage Dercum's disease symptoms.
research Screening: seeking a balance
The document concludes that better training and education are needed for proper cancer screening and criticizes the GMC's inaction as harmful to clinical ethics in the UK.
research How to distinguish medicalization from over-medicalization?
The article suggests using four questions to tell apart necessary medicalization from excessive medicalization, focusing on problem significance, social expectations, medical understanding, and effective resolution.
research Darier Sign: A Historical Note
Dermatologists diagnose and manage melanoma more effectively than general practitioners.
research Survival Skills for Doctors and their Families
Doctors should set boundaries and seek outside help for family medical issues.
research Survey of alimentary radiological findings.
The document concludes that most hair loss treatments don't work, balding isn't caused by dandruff, and hair loss may indicate serious health issues that require medical attention.
research The Essence of Alternative Medicine
Alternative medicine lacks scientific support and relies on the placebo effect, but remains popular and integrated into German healthcare.
research Disfigurement: A visibly different approach to equality?
Redefining disfigurement could improve the current law's effectiveness.
research Letters to the Editor
The letters discussed medical tools, costs, treatment efficacy, and patient care complexities.
research Double Dosing
Taking the same medication under different brand names caused harmful side effects.
research Stated Preferences in Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer: A Discrete Choice Experiment
Patients with non-small-cell lung cancer need significant survival gains to accept severe side effects.
research This Week in JAMA
Early surgery reduces seizure risk in drug-resistant epilepsy; testosterone to DHT conversion doesn't affect muscle anabolism; veterans with PTSD likely to have riskier opioid use; bevacizumab helps in hereditary bleeding disorder.
research The Clinical Center’s Blood Glucose Management Service
The Blood Glucose Management Service improved patient safety and outcomes in managing blood sugar in hospitalized patients.
research Doctors and diets
Doctors need better nutrition education to effectively address diet-related health issues.