@thatgaydoctor, MD, a family medicine doctor in Chicago and an advocate for the health of underserved and LGBTQ populations, discusses the two weeks spent in isolation learning about the virus, spreading information across social media, and cautioning people about the routes of transmission, especially among the queer population where it seemed to be spreading rapidly in major cities.

“Just an anesthesiologist.” This retired doctor speaks about the country’s lack of understanding of this medical profession. Why? In a recent survey, the general public was asked whether anesthesiologists are physicians: A full 22% of respondents answered incorrectly and 8% were unsure.

Physicians commonly encounter patients with facial pigmented macules. In this patient, the diagnosis was Carney complex.

Anxiety disorders are among the most common of psychiatric disorders, with estimates suggesting a lifetime prevalence in the US of approximately 32%. But development of new and effective treatments for anxiety disorders has lagged behind new treatments for other conditions such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia. This article reviews current treatment and their effectiveness, and highlights the emerging new hopefuls.

Naegleria fowleri — a “free-living amoeba” and cousin of E. histolytica —enters humans not through the mouth but through the nose, and in a few, penetrates the nasal mucosa to invade the brain.

In its alert, the CDC warned doctors that these viruses circulate in the summer and fall and that they should be considered as a potential infection in an infant with fever, sepsis, or neurological symptoms.