The Doctor is Lin

• How the New Vitamin D Guidelines Will, and Won't, Change My Practice Dr Kenny Lin explains why he might recommend vitamin D supplements for some groups, but not necessarily for others.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 24, 2024
• Starting Mammograms at 40: Not a Change for the Better Family doctor Kenny Lin argues that shared decision-making is a better approach to early breast cancer screening than the USPSTF's recommendation to begin mammography at age 40 for all women.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 09, 2024
• CRC Screening in Primary Care: The Blood Test Option Will patients who are offered this option forego colonoscopy and instead opt for a blood test?
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 22, 2024
• Mild Cognitive Impairment: What Can We Do in Primary Care? Biomarkers, expanded disease definitions, and new drugs could change the approach to mild cognitive impairment and dementia among older patients.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 08, 2024
• Why I No Longer Remove Ingrown Toenails in Primary Care Many primary care practices have narrowed their scope, doing fewer office-based procedures such as joint injections, lesion removal, and laceration repair.
  Medscape Family Medicine, February 05, 2024
• The Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Primary Care Dr Kenny Lin on whether APPs will complement or replace primary care physicians.
  Medscape Family Medicine, January 25, 2024
• Primary Care, Meet Lifestyle Medicine   Dr Kenny Lin speaks with Dr Alka Gupta about implementing lifestyle medicine into primary care practice, including billable shared medical appointments to help patients navigate lifestyle changes.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 18, 2023
• We Can Do a Lot About OUD in Primary Care Impersonal paper and pencil screening is not the answer, argues Dr Kenny Lin. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't do anything at all about opioid use disorder. Asking about drug use is being a good doctor.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 03, 2023
• The Best CRC Screening Test Is Still This One Dr Kenny Lin just had his first CRC screening test, but did he really need it?
  Medscape Family Medicine, August 07, 2023
• The New Vaccine Your Patients May Not Want An additional routine vaccine for adults is now on the horizon. How can we incorporate it into our practices and overcome patient hesitancy?
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 22, 2023
• Why I Won't Be Screening All Adults for Sleep Apnea Looking harder for sleep apnea in a patient population runs the risk for overdiagnosis and then treating patients who are unlikely to benefit.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 08, 2023
• Report a Patient Who Is Driving While Using Cannabis? I Would Dr Kenny Lin explains his reasons for taking this dramatic step.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 27, 2022
• Skin Cancer Exam in Primary Care: More Harm Than Good Dr Kenny Lin explains why he no longer conducts full-body skin cancer screening during wellness visits.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 17, 2022
• Why I'm Back to Seeing Kids and Pregnant Patients Dr Kenny Lin is going back to family basics and caring for entire families again. Why, and how did he do it?
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 29, 2022
• New Job, Old Nemesis: The Quality Bonus Kenny Lin explains his reluctance to pander to quality metrics that have nothing to do with patient health and autonomy.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 27, 2022