Diversity in Medicine: Why Our Patients Can't Wait
– Cherise Hamblin, M.D.
This personal narrative by a Black member of our medical staff provides rare and revealing insights into the educational experiences and the crucial role of minority physicians in our health care system.

COVID-19 and Minoritized Patient Populations
– Aiman Bandali, PharmD, AAHIVP, BCPS, BCIDP
With a timely focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, this penetrating discussion of racism in our health care system describes the many obvious and more obscure ways it can affect the care we provide, and what we can do about it.

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The Diaphragm: The Forgotten Factor in Ventilator Weaning
– Robert L. Vender, M.D.
Patients with complicated COVID-19 may require short-term ventilatory assistance, and weaning them from mechanical ventilation usually depends on their lung function. This article considers all types of patients who require prolonged mechanical ventilation, and discusses the importance of the diaphragm in resuming spontaneous breathing.
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History of Diabetes Diagnosis and Treatment in Lancaster County
– Jocelyn M. Dialectos
This history of diabetes through the ages emphasizes the local experience, including Amish  remedies, and the final years of Charles Demuth – an early recipient of insulin in 1923.
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