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Medicine is an ‘art’. One can learn about symptoms, diagnostics and treatment plans for various diseases, from text-books and journal articles. It is harder to study empathy, compassion and human connection from conventional academic resources. The ‘art’ of medicine...

Monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein show promise in phase 3 clinical trials for the treatment and prevention of COVID-19 Emergency use authorizations (EUAs) for treatment approved for: ambulatory patients with mild to moderate...

December is typically busy in the ICU. Flu and respiratory viral pneumonia cases start trickling into the ICU, interspersed with cardiac arrests, strokes, pulmonary emboli, septic shock, and COPD exacerbations. The ICU census starts creeping up. December 2020 has been...

Timeline of the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines Dec 10: Vaccine and Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC) voted to recommend FDA emergency use authorization (EUA) of the Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for the prevention of COVID-19 in persons aged 16 or older Dec 11:...

On November 30th, 2020, according to the CDC tracker the total number of COVID-19 cases in the USA is 13, 295 605, new case per 100k in the last 7 days are 48.9, and 266,051 total deaths.  I am a critical care doc. I am at the frontlines of this pandemic, in a...

Lung cancer screening is a process that is used to detect the presence of lung cancer in otherwise healthy people at high risk for cancer. In 2020, 229,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer and 136,000 people will die from the disease making it the leading...

The cellphone clock face displays 5:45am. I lie in bed, lingering, procrastinating, waiting for the alarm to buzz. Sleep is fitful when I am edgy. It is my first day, returning to the ICU, after a ten- week hiatus enforced by knee surgery. My recovery has not followed...

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Physicians are natural caregivers. We are in-tune with the needs of our patients, often to the detriment of our own health. It is a rite of passage during medical school to stand in for lengthy eight to ten-hour surgeries, as retractor holders, keeping the surgical...

I have dealt with unstable knees since childhood. In December 2019, I noticed knee swelling, which would improve with rest. This flare-up was not unusual, except that the swelling and pain gradually became a routine fixture in my life. This was still pre-COVID,...