Common Sense Family Doctor

03/10/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/03/primary-care-supply-and-access.html

Although as an American family physician, I tend to focus on the primary care crisis in the United States, a recent New York Times story highlighted the familiar challenges of recruiting family doctors to rural communities in Canada. In a "Hunger Games"-style competition, cash-strapped communities w...

03/07/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/03/smartwatch-screening-for-hypertension.html

03/07/2026

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/what-relax-your-tight-end-super-bowl-ad-got-wrong-about-psa-2026a10006gt

PSA tests are never 'simple.' Dr Kenny Lin discusses how to move beyond overdiagnosis toward truly informed prostate cancer screening.

02/20/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/02/continuity-of-care-health-benefits-and.html

02/04/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/02/rfk-jr-is-making-measles-great-again.html

Last year, there were more than 2,200 confirmed measles cases in the U.S., the highest number since 1991. More than 1 in 10 infected persons became sick enough to be hospitalized, and 3 people died.

01/23/2026

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/01/preventing-rsv-bronchiolitis-in-infants.html

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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