A recent MIT study suggests that toxic work cultures are a large driver of the Great Resignation. While there are thousands of considerations out there that have the potential to improve work culture or...
In this article, James Matera, DO, FACOI, reviews the case presentation of a patient with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and provides guidance on diagnosing, treating, and managing CKD, and also discusses...
A frequent pitfall in clinical practice is to believe that guidelines are validated, but what if the collection of evidence creates a statistical entity that does not exist in real-world clinical practice?...
I am a first-year resident physician at the Lynchburg Family Medicine Residency Program. During my first month of orientation, I had participated in an imposter syndrome activity led by Janice Deeds, PSYD,...
In this commentary, Dr James Matera, from CentraState Medical Center, discusses new research on the effects of fruit and vegetable intake on mortality in patients undergoing hemodialysis.
In this article, Scott T. Vergano, MD, writes about the risk for infants exposed to alternative perinatal practices, early-onset neonatal sepsis, and the increase in rabies cases linked to bats.
Diet and lifestyle play a more prominent role in sleep than many people are aware. Often a few changes here and there can keep you from tossing and turning or asking for sleeping medication.
Now more than ever clinicians are in a unique position to evaluate and assist these patients with evidence-based techniques and treatments on their way to tobacco smoking cessation.
In this commentary, Michael J. Bloch, MD, writes about the link between sodium and blood pressure, as well as the need for continued research on the gut microbiome and the immune system.
