Catherine Diamond is an infectious disease physician.

Why the Sean Combs trial is a wake-up call for HIV prevention

Conditions
August 16, 2025

We are now waiting for sentencing in the Sean (P. Diddy) Combs trial. Onlookers reading about the trial could have various thoughts. Thoughts about how power corrupts behavior. Thoughts about how men manipulate women through violence and sex. There could be schadenfreude. There could be prurience. Me, I think about HIV preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP).

You heard correctly, PrEP. When I hear testimony about multiple partners and escorts, my concern is for …

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Why the Sean Combs trial is a wake-up call for HIV prevention

Why a football legend’s prostate cancer advice sparked controversy

Conditions
November 27, 2024

I didn’t know who Emmitt Smith was. I didn’t know September was Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. I didn’t know what was going on in the weekend football game my husband was watching next to me on the couch. I was typing a clinic note because, in general, that is what I am doing if I am sitting down, regardless of the day or time. I am an academic physician with …

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Why a football legend’s prostate cancer advice sparked controversy

Prostate cancer privacy vs. public right to know: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s dilemma

Conditions
January 18, 2024

First, a disclaimer. I do not know Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, and I am not involved in his medical care. As an academic infectious disease physician, I am ignorant of the internecine hierarchy of the Defense Department. However, I listen to the news and thus am aware of his recent prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment. On National Public Radio, reporters were discussing why the secretary of defense did not …

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Prostate cancer privacy vs. public right to know: Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s dilemma