By Lydia Pan
Peer Reviewed
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. After all, it is far better to detect a serious illness before it develops its full harmful potential, or even …
Category: Class Act
Clinical Correlations
Could Adults Without Diabetes Benefit from Continuous Glucose Monitoring?
May 22, 2025
By James Sun
Peer Reviewed
In March 2024, the FDA announced that it had cleared Dexcom Stelo, the first over-the-counter continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) system for adults without diabetes who want to understand better how diet and exercise affect their health (Figure 1). …
Six-Month Injectable PrEP: A New Horizon in HIV Prevention
April 15, 2025
By Allison Tu
Peer ReviewedÂ
Once a death sentence, HIV/AIDS is now a treatable and preventable disease. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been a game-changer in HIV prevention since the …
A Brief History of Insulin and Type 1 Diabetes
March 25, 2025
By Matthew Ross
Peer Reviewed
In 1910, Ezra Hayman was on top of the world. The 26-year-old Nebraska native was a young ear, nose, and throat doctor studying abroad in Vienna, then one of the most prominent scientific and intellectual hubs in …
Why are Patients with Diabetes Immunocompromised?
February 14, 2025
By Daniel Martinez-Krams
Peer ReviewedÂ
You are rounding on your patients, and your team is discussing a 52-year-old man with HIV who came in with shortness of breath and fever and was found …
Plant-Based Meat Alternatives: Are They Part of the Future of Healthy Eating?
August 20, 2024
By Daniel Joyce
Peer Reviewed
I vividly recall my first Impossible Whopper at Burger King after its introduction to the menu in 2019. As I …
To Be (a Donor) or Not to Be? A Question Older than Shakespeare
August 1, 2024
By Johain Ounadjela
Peer Reviewed
I still remember filling out the application form for my driver’s license at the Redwood City, California Department of Motor Vehicles. I was 16 years old and ready …
Jefferson Airplane Gave Me Tinnitus
July 18, 2024
By Dr. Michael Tanner
The author, at age 14 in 1968, with pennies on his eyes, wearing a Napoleonic military jacket fashionable at the time.
Albums clockwise from top left:
After Bathing at Baxter’s (Jefferson Airplane),
Blonde on Blonde (Bob Dylan),
Disraeli Gears (Cream),
Magical Mystery …