Top Medical News from Across Medscape

  • Gut Bacteria May Influence Infant IntelligenceAnimal models have linked cognitive development to the gut microbiome, but this is the first study to suggest gut microbiota may influence cognitive development in infants.
  • Physical Health Status Strongly Influences Working MemoryHigher physical endurance, fluid intelligence, and better cognitive function are associated with higher levels of cohesiveness in brain networks involved in working memory, new research shows.
  • Oral Test for Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency Approved in USThe FDA has approved an oral agent, macimorelin, to diagnose adult growth-hormone deficiency; it represents an advance over the current diagnostic insulin-tolerance test, which requires IV blood draws.
  • Suicide Risk Rife in Sexual Minority TeensForty percent of lesbian, gay, bisexual, or 'questioning' high school students have considered suicide; bisexual youth are most at risk, new survey data show.

Special Report

  • Changes in the US healthcare system are coming fast and furious -- and it's almost impossible to keep up.  Let us do it for you.

Business of Medicine

  • Want More Referrals? Here's How Getting referrals and developing a referral network have grown more difficult. Physicians have to work harder to cultivate referring relationships. Here are effective ways to get more referrals.
  • Do Plaintiffs Have a Right to Get Adverse-Incident Reports? Do plaintiffs have a right to adverse-incident reports, or would that enable litigants to access information that was not intended for them? A doctor who is a serial complainant strikes again.

Medscape Editor-in-Chief

  • Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California