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Residents With Realistic Expectations Less Likely to Leave General surgery residents are more likely to finish their training if they have realistic expectations at the outset, new data showed.
Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2018

Austrian Doctor Asperger 'Actively Cooperated' With Nazis, Study Says Hans Asperger, the Austrian pediatrician who pioneered research into autism and after whom Asperger syndrome is named, "actively cooperated" with a Nazi program under which disabled children were killed, an academic paper published on Thursday says.
Reuters Health Information, April 20, 2018
Alert Dabigatran Antidote Praxbind Picks Up Full FDA Approval Granted accelerated approval in 2015, the company now has received full FDA approval for idarucizumab to reverse the effects of dabigatran.
FDA Approvals, April 18, 2018

Senator Schumer to Introduce Bill to Decriminalize Marijuana The proposed legislation would also call for further research into the drug's potential benefits and risks.
Medscape Medical News, April 20, 2018
Opioid Prescriptions See Largest Annual Drop in 25 Years
Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2018
Alert FDA Warns About 24-Hour Multipatient Endoscope Connectors
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018
Medicare Paid for Telehealth Services That Didn't Meet Rules
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018

Would You Report an Impaired Physician? Many Doctors Won't Research shows that although most doctors say they'd report an impaired colleague, many fail to do so when confronted with the situation. What is their reasoning?
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 11, 2018
Are Pharmacists Your Competitors or Your Collaborators? As physicians struggle to keep up with demand for their services, pharmacists are picking up some of that business. Many physicians are comfortable with this, but others feel differently.
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 11, 2018

Should Older Patients With Pancreatic Cysts Have Surgery? Dr Lowenfels comments on a meta-analysis examining whether older patients with high-risk intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms should be subjected to surgery.
Medscape General Surgery, April 13, 2018
The Future of Medicine From a Leader in Biosensors Dr Eric Topol talks with pioneering researcher John Rogers about how his flexible electronic devices are being used in medicine and what further developments lie ahead.
Medscape, March 15, 2018

Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Executive Vice President and Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

What Gunshots Do to Bodies: Docs Speak Out The gunshot victim who became a trauma surgeon, the radiologist author of the Atlantic article on the AR-15, and a surgeon who treats gunshot violence victims join Dr Glatter in this panel discussion.
Medscape Emergency Medicine, April 17, 2018
Life and Times of Leading Cardiologists: Robert Guyton
theheart.org on Medscape, April 19, 2018
Medscape General Surgeon Compensation Report 2018
Medscape Features Slideshows, April 18, 2018
Teen Surgery and Persistent Opioid Use
Medscape Pediatrics, April 18, 2018