Common Sense Family Doctor

01/09/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/01/diy-medicine-good-bad-and-ugly.html

In a time when artificial intelligence chatbots can answer all of your medical questions, and it's possible to access laboratory testing and imaging scans without a health professional's order, who needs actual doctors?

01/05/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/01/de-implementation-as-quality.html

One of my roles as a residency faculty member is to make sure that every resident completes a quality improvement (performance improvement) project by the time they graduate. Nearly all of these projects focus on getting clinicians to do more of something that improves health outcomes: lowering bloo...

12/24/2025

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/routine-psa-screening-may-do-more-harm-than-good-2025a1000zqw

Dr Kenny Lin argues that, in the absence of current USPSTF guidance, the UK’s evidence-based recommendation against routine PSA screening should guide American primary care practice.

12/23/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/12/primary-care-for-all-americans-status.html

12/19/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/12/smartphones-social-media-and-adolescent.html

12/13/2025

19th-Century Mental Health Disorders and the American Civil War

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11/30/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/11/my-favorite-public-health-and-health.html

This year's best of list includes only three titles that were actually published in 2025. Six books were written by doctors, and two provide complementary perspectives on the infamous Andrew Wakefield and the epidemics of vaccine-preventable diseases resulting from falsified research and shameless s...

11/27/2025

https://open.substack.com/pub/commonsensemd/p/special-preview-mental-health-disorders?r=6cfrk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

11/20/2025

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/dos-are-quietly-becoming-backbone-american-family-medicine-2025a1000w09

Why are MDs avoiding primary care? Dr Kenny Lin details the systemic issues facing family medicine, and why DOs are filling the gap — for now.

11/19/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/11/state-and-federal-support-for-primary.html

For a clear-eyed view of the U.S. health system factors that have collectively conspired to cripple primary care, the five-part New England Journal of Medicine series "The Primary Care Puzzle" by cardiologist and medical reporter Dr. Lisa Rosenbaum is a worthwhile read. Although I would usually frow...

11/08/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/11/flood-preparation-prevention-and.html

On July 4th, a flash flood in Kerr County, Texas killed 27 young girls and counselors at Camp Mystic, a Christian girls' summer camp whose staff alumni included former first lady Laura Bush. The campers and more than one hundred other local residents who also perished in the flood reacted too late,....

10/26/2025

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2025/10/improving-cardiovascular-health-in.html

Although the Asian American population is the fastest growing racial group in the United States, having more than doubled since 2000, data are limited on the distribution of risk factors for cardiovascular disease among ethnic subgroups. A recent research letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine fo...