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Safely stopping screening for cervical cancer
All cancer screening tests have diminishing benefits and increasing harms as people age.
 • Kenny Lin
DIY medicine - the good, the bad, and the ugly
In a time when artificial intelligence chatbots can answer all of your medical questions, and it’s possible to access laboratory testing and imaging…
 • Kenny Lin
De-implementation as quality improvement in primary care
One of my roles as a residency faculty member is to make sure that every resident completes a quality improvement (performance improvement) project by…
 • Kenny Lin
Smartphones, social media, and adolescent health outcomes
The negative health consequences of social media use in adolescents and young adults are increasingly being recognized.
 • Kenny Lin
Shared decision making for colorectal cancer screening tests
Most of the major cancer types have a single recommended screening test.
 • Kenny Lin
My favorite public health and health care books of 2025
This year’s best of list includes only three titles that were actually published in 2025.
 • Kenny Lin
Special preview: Mental health disorders during the Civil War
Below is an excerpt from my newest article, “19th Century Mental Health Disorders and the American Civil War,” which will appear in the upcoming Winter…
 • Kenny Lin
Common Sense Family Doctor
Common Sense Family Doctor
Common sense thoughts on public health and conservative medicine from Dr. Kenny Lin, a family doctor in Lancaster, PA.
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