Hospital Medicine Perspective

• 'Residents From Hell': Indignities and Outcomes in Medical Training A psychiatrist grapples with the often harsh realities of modern medical education.
  Medscape Psychiatry, December 12, 2019
• Impella vs IABP: Urgent Need for RCT   An RCT data void on Impella vs intra-aortic balloon pump led to two observational studies at AHA showing worse outcomes for Impella. John Mandrola asks the investigators from one study, 'What now?'
  theheart.org on Medscape, December 12, 2019
• The Demise of Healthcare-Associated Pneumonia Why did the label 'healthcare-associated pneumonia' fall out of favor? Dr Holley shares his views.
  Medscape Critical Care, December 12, 2019
• The Headache Most Often Misdiagnosed Does this woman have sinusitis, migraine, medication overuse, or something else?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 11, 2019
• Know Your Worth: Negotiating a Job Offer When it comes to negotiating a job offer, there is no such thing as a small ask.
  Medscape Oncology, December 10, 2019
• Emergency Preparedness With Diabetes: Two Rules   Dr Anne Peters has two plans for making sure life-saving insulin and other necessities for diabetes are at the ready in case of evacuation or emergency.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 09, 2019
• Malpractice Case: Dangers When Taking Over a Patient's Care Accepting a transfer patient means accepting the issues and medication that come with that patient. Failure to understand that can result in a lawsuit if something goes wrong.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 09, 2019
• TWTW: Healing Honey, Restored Limb Function, Anti-Cancer Anthrax Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, December 06, 2019
• Systemic Sclerosis Highlights From 2019 ACR Annual Meeting   Dr Robert Spiera of the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York City reviews key studies related to systemic sclerosis, presented at the 2019 American College of Rheumatology annual meeting.
  Medscape, December 06, 2019
• SLE Highlights From the 2019 ACR Annual Meeting   Dr Michelle Petri of the Johns Hopkins Lupus Center reviews key studies related to systemic lupus erythematosus, presented at the 2019 annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology.
  Medscape, December 06, 2019
• Doctors Give Millennial Med Students a Bad Rap Millennial medical students have been increasingly criticized by many senior doctors who think that generation is overly sensitive. This misperception is a key obstacle in improving medical education.
  Medscape Med Students, December 03, 2019
• Rotavirus Vaccination: 5 Things to Know With rotavirus vaccination rates lagging behind those of other childhood vaccines, many children still suffer from severe rotavirus disease. Here are five things to know.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 02, 2019
• Mindsets Can Make the Difference in Clinical Medicine   'Stripping away those human qualities of warmth and competence in our study took away the entire benefit,' Alia Crum explains on this episode of 'Medicine and the Machine.'
  Medscape, November 27, 2019
• How About a Troubleshooting Guide for Patients? What would serve patients best would be a readily available checklist, says Dr Plotzker.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 27, 2019
• Americans Are Dying Younger--Why?   Is it stress? Obesity? Lack of healthcare? What's causing US life expectancy to fall?
  Medscape, November 26, 2019
• Making Room for New Drugs for Heart Failure   Drs Ileana Piña and Mary Walsh discuss the latest HF updates from the American Heart Association Scientific Sessions and ask where dapagliflozin and sacubitril/valsartan will fit in the armamentarium.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 26, 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Keto and the Flu, Human Cyborg, Duvet Disease Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, November 22, 2019
• ISCHEMIA-CKD PI Hopes Study Doesn't Fuel the Flames of Renalism   Principal investigator Sripal Bangalore discusses ISCHEMIA-CKD and its implications for the management of patients with chronic kidney disease and stable CAD.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 22, 2019
• From Licorice to Slippery Elm: What Works for GI Symptoms?   In the wake of recent concerns with ranitidine, Dr David Johnson shares the evidence (or lack thereof) for some popular alternative remedies that patients may turn to for upper GI diseases like reflux.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 22, 2019
• Will Smith's Colonoscopy Goes Viral, Sends Message   With Will Smith recently showing his fans how routine the procedure is, Dr David Johnson reflects on the unparalleled value that celebrities can have in raising health awareness.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, November 21, 2019