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Specialty Profiles

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What it’s like in preventive medicine: Shadowing Dr. Blumenthal

Preventive medicine has numerous practice areas. This first in a three-part series on this specialty profiles a physician in public health.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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USMLE Step 1: Which metabolite is most linked with bony lesions?

A 75-year-old man has trouble emptying his bladder, an enlarged prostate and osteoblastic lesions in the vertebral bodies.

Specialty Profiles

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6 Min Read

What it's like to specialize in rheumatology: Shadowing Dr. Seo

An associate professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine offers frank insights into his specialty.

Specialty Profiles

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7 Min Read

What it's like to specialize in hospital medicine: Shadowing Dr. Gupta

A hospitalist at the University of California, San Francisco Medical Center offers insights into this relatively new specialty.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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4 Min Read

USMLE Step 2: Diagnose the cause of diarrhea, fatigue, dyspnea

A middle-aged man presenting to the emergency department also has pale skin and loss of vibration sense. What is the most likely diagnosis?

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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USMLE Step 1: Predict endocrine laboratory findings

A woman with no history of menstruation has surgery to remove gonadal structures. What laboratory findings in serum are likeliest prior to surgery?

Specialty Profiles

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5 Min Read

What it's like to specialize in geriatrics: Shadowing Dr. Lammers

A geriatrician with more than 30 years in practice offers frank insights into his specialty, including the challenges of caring for a fragile population.

USMLE® Step 1 & 2

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3 Min Read

USMLE Step 1: Predict viral replication in enucleated cells

An investigator removes the nuclei of kidney fibroblasts by cytosurgery. Can you predict which virus would be capable of replication in these cells?