Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Chief Medical Editor Message

08/12/2020

No doubt the economy has seen better days. COVID-19 has eviscerated it. Job losses are popping up all over, along with temporary furloughs for those lucky enough to stay employed. The government is doing its best to...

No...

08/12/2020

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The Best Health Care System

07/15/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

This month, we have a letter by Lili Brillstein, MPH, that describes the benefits of value-based health care and highlights potential issues with an earlier article by Dr Bobby Buka that favored fee-for-service...

This...

07/15/2020

The Dermatologist

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A Little Reticence May Not be a Bad Thing…

06/11/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

I get to review a lot of dermatology articles. One of my pet peeves is when an investigator finds a higher risk of something and concludes that we ought to screen for it more aggressively without considering the...

I get...

06/11/2020

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Is it a Great Time to be an Administrator?

05/13/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

I think I have the best job in the world. I see some patients, supervise research fellows, and get to sit around to read and write, often in my backyard “office” if it is a nice day. Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)...

I...

05/13/2020

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The Challenge of Our Generation

04/14/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Up until now, I’ve been blessed to live in the greatest time in human history. Born in the late 1950s, I lived through a period with nothing like the plagues and wars of the past. Born too late to go to Vietnam and...

Up...

04/14/2020

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Keeping Up With Technology

02/13/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

We’re in the midst of a home renovation. We only needed kitchen drawers that would open and close, so we gutted the entire kitchen and are remodeling about half the house. It’s exciting and dusty. Along with new...

We’re...

02/13/2020

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Teenagers

01/14/2020

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

I know this may be hard to believe, but teenagers aren’t always 100% perfectly compliant with our treatment recommendations. Shocking! Teenagers may be horribly bothered by their skin disease. They may be bullied...

I...

01/14/2020

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New Treatment Offers for Patient Well-being

11/12/2019

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

There’s so much new out there, and this issue covers what’s new in social media (page 38), acne (page 50), and hyperhidrosis (page 42). It reminds me of an unsolicited email I received containing information about an exciting new treatment.

There’s so much new out there,...

11/12/2019

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It’s More Reasonable Than It Appears

10/18/2019

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

Farina’s observation sums up a critical point. Outliers are publicized and noticed; the everyday normal is often ignored. A quote (mis)ascribed to Mark Twain says it well too: “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you read...

Farina’s observation sums up a...

10/18/2019

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A Great Time To Be Alive

09/18/2019

Steven R. Feldman, MD, PhD

I was born in the 1950s. In my youth, we put a man on the moon. As a young adult, I transitioned from using a slide rule to using a calculator to using a computer.

I was born in the 1950s. In my...

09/18/2019

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