Common Sense Family Doctor

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/what-evidence-behind-new-dyslipidemia-guideline-2026a1000jjh

What Is the Evidence Behind the New Dyslipidemia Guideline? The ACC/AHA brought back LDL targets, but is the evidence there? Dr Kenny Lin breaks down the 2026 lipid guideline and offers a practical approach.

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/06/stopping-outbreak-hantavirus-on-mv.html

Stopping an outbreak: hantavirus on the MV Hondius

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/06/when-emotions-matter-more-than-evidence.html

When emotions matter more than evidence: preventing deaths from fi****ms In 2019, after another of the horrific mass shooting events that most Americans have become numb to but are far less common in other developed countries, I was asked to participate in a panel presentation on "Gun Violence as a Public Health Issue" at the Family Medicine Education Consortium's annual...

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/06/lancaster-medical-heritage-museums.html

Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum's Object of the Month: Ether Mask I serve on the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum, and we have inaugurated an "Object of the Month" feature to highlight interesting items from the museum's collections. Here is the one for June.

https://ahsituationreport.substack.com/p/the-uspstf-firings-are-headlines?utm_medium=email&utm_source=rasa_io&utm_campaign=newsletter

The USPSTF Firings Are Headlines. The Real Story Has Been Building for a Year. Aaron Carroll connects the dots to tell the deeper story behind fourteen months of USPSTF headlines.

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/05/how-recent-paxlovid-studies-explode.html

How recent Paxlovid studies explode Covid-19 mortality myths

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/05/screening-for-testicular-cancer-is.html

Screening for testicular cancer is ineffective In adolescent and young adult males, palpation of the testicles for signs of cancer has traditionally been part of the preparticipation sports physical or well-child examination. Unlike most malignancies that predominantly affect older adults, testicular cancer is most commonly diagnosed between 15....

https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/grading-new-dyslipidemia-guidelines-2026a1000f6h?ecd=a2a

Grading the New Dyslipidemia Guidelines Dr Kenny Lin reviews the updated ACC/AHA dyslipidemia guidelines and explains why primary care clinicians shouldn't blindly accept the new rules as gospel.

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/05/lancaster-medical-heritage-museums.html

Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum's Object of the Month: The Pill Roller I serve on the Board of Directors of the Lancaster Medical Heritage Museum, and we have inaugurated an "Object of the Month" feature to highlight interesting items from the museum's collections. Here is the one for May.

https://commonsensemd.blogspot.com/2026/04/does-prescription-to-drink-more-fluids.html

Does a prescription to drink more fluids prevent recurrent kidney stones?