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Primary care for all Americans: a status update
As 2025 draws to a close, how much closer/farther is the U.S.
Dec 23, 2025
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Safely stopping screening for cervical cancer
All cancer screening tests have diminishing benefits and increasing harms as people age.
Jan 13
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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…
Jan 9
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Kenny Lin
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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…
Jan 5
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Smartphones, social media, and adolescent health outcomes
The negative health consequences of social media use in adolescents and young adults are increasingly being recognized.
Dec 19, 2025
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Kenny Lin
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Shared decision making for colorectal cancer screening tests
Most of the major cancer types have a single recommended screening test.
Dec 6, 2025
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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.
Nov 30, 2025
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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…
Nov 27, 2025
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