Perspective

• The Week That Wasn't: 5G Scare, Brain Hacks, Artificial Kidney A quick overview of three medical stories that are worth a mention.
  Medscape, July 2019
• Jul 19 2019 This Week in Cardiology   Deprescribing beta bockers, interrupting oral anticoagulants, sudden death, quality measures, and acute stroke care are the topics John Mandrola, MD discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 2019
• Lost in Translation: Learning to Be a Medical Communicator Medical students are taught various skills, but the most important one may be learning to serve as a translator in both a literal and figurative fashion.
  Medscape Med Students, July 2019
• Advancing American Kidney Health: The Ultimate RCT? President Trump's Executive Order puts nephrology center stage. Tejas Desai, MD, reviews what the initiative entails for kidney disease clinicians and what details are yet to come.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 2019
• Exploiting the CCR5 Receptor: Potential Avenue for HIV Cure?   CCR5- delta 32 mutation homozygosity is associated with increased mortality but may lead to a potential cure for HIV. Is it worth the risk?
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, July 2019
• Do We Need to Rethink Acute Heart Failure?   Patients with acute heart failure may comprise more than one single group, says Dr Piña.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 2019
• Prader-Willi Syndrome: Overview Video  
  Osmosis, July 2019
• ECTRIMS 2019 Featured News
  Medscape, July 2019
• Pupil Expansion Rings Have Advantages in Cataract Surgery Dr Sumit (Sam) Garg on how a recent case series underlines their relative benefits compared with iris hooks.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, July 2019
• Is the 'Value' Movement Affecting Everyday Oncology Practice?   'It's finally starting to happen.' Drs Miller, Saltz, and Schwartzberg discuss how the concept of value is both changing and challenging the cancer care community.
  Medscape Oncology, July 2019
• Framework Ranks 'Actionability' of Genetic Mutations   Dr David Kerr discusses the use of the ESMO Scale for Clinical Actionability of molecular Targets (ESCAT) for determining the level of evidence for actionability of genomic alterations.
  Medscape Oncology, July 2019
• AI in GI: The Future of Diagnosing Disease in Gastroenterology   Artificial intelligence may eventually improve disease detection in the gastrointestinal tract. Dr Alok Patel talks with Dr Sushovan Guha about where we're at now and where we're headed in the future.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 2019
• Fournier Gangrene, Genitourinary Infection With SGLT2i: ADA 2019 SGLT2 inhibitors carry warnings about Fournier gangrene (a necrotizing fasciitis of the genitalia), genital fungal infections, and UTIs. What new data were presented at the 2019 American Diabetes Association meeting?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 2019
• Surgery for Persistent Symptoms in Hashimoto's Thyroiditis? A recent study compared thyroidectomy with medical management for persistent symptoms of Hashimoto's thyroiditis. But is surgery really the answer?
  American Thyroid Association, July 2019
• What Doctors Need to Know About the Activated Charcoal Trend 'A lot of people don't understand what they're trying to detox from,' says one expert--and the fad has risks.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 2019
• Should Docs Rethink Saying 'I'm Sorry' After a Medical Error? The majority of US states have laws to protect doctors who apologize after a medical error, but experts say many are ineffective. Here are other strategies if you find yourself in this situation.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 2019
• Why Doctors Need to Mourn Dealing with the death of a patient can be difficult for physicians, each of whom may respond differently to a loss. Here's how some physicians manage to cope with this situation.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 2019
• The Genetics of Anorexia: A Disorder of Metabolism?   A genome-wide association study of anorexia nervosa suggests that its origins may not be purely psychiatric.
  Medscape, July 2019
• Bright Future: APA's Saul Levin on What's Coming in Psychiatry   At this year's annual meeting, Dr Angela Coombs sat down with the APA's CEO and medical director to discuss why he envies young psychiatrists.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 2019
• This Interview Will Kill You 'This Podcast Will Kill You' is an attempt to humanize infectious disease ecology and epidemiology. We spoke with the hosts about medical education and the increasing need for information advocacy.
  Medscape Med Students, July 2019