Residents Perspective & Journal Articles

• Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: Moving Toward a New Array of Therapeutics   "It is really refreshing and wonderful that our patients have so many more options than we had 20 years ago," says Sandra Quezada, MD, on advances in ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• Lessons Learned on Guiding Ulcerative Colitis Patients Through Difficult Treatment Decisions   Sandra Quezada, MD, reflects on the lessons and language she learned from her mentor, Raymond Cross, MD, to help patients with ulcerative colitis face difficult treatment decisions.
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• TV Doctors: I'd Like to Have a Word With You Hollywood needs to hold health professionals to higher standards.
  Medscape Blogs, May 05, 2022
• In Service to Others: APRNs as Leaders During the Pandemic During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, APRNs have risen to the challenge to provide effective nursing leadership.
  OJIN: The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, May 05, 2022
• Pharmacological Treatments of Neuropathic Pain How effective are recommended drug treatments for neuropathic pain? A new study compares four different options.
  Pain, May 05, 2022
• ACC 2022: Unmet Needs and Emerging Therapies in Lipid Management   Erin D. Michos, MD, reflects on ACC 2022 and the clinical implications of the APOLLO trial and the CANTOS study.
  Medscape, May 04, 2022
• Aspirin in Primary Prevention of CVD: Rational Use   The aspirin question returns as the balance of benefits vs harms for some patient groups is reassessed.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 04, 2022
• Key Points From the New Heart Failure Guidelines   Dr Ileana Piña discusses the 2022 AHA/ACC/HFSA heart failure guidelines and how they compare with the European guidelines and recent data on heart failure.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 04, 2022
• Is the AMA Irrelevant or the Main Player? Books and articles expose the problems inside medicine but solutions don't seem to follow.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 03, 2022
• Episode 1: Screening for Early-Stage Multiple Myeloma   Joseph Mikhael, MD, and Irene Ghobrial, MD, discuss screening high-risk populations for early-stage multiple myeloma and new techniques to detect it.
  Medscape, May 03, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness CDC answers questions about how effective vaccines are against preventing serious illness with newer COVID variants.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 03, 2022
• An Advanced Remote Monitoring Platform for COVID-19 in LTCFs This study evaluated the feasibility of remotely deployed wireless sensors to measure vital signs and to track and mitigate COVID-19 outbreaks in high-risk older adults in long-term care facilities..
  Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, May 03, 2022
• Early Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: HER2-negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma   The e-Tumor Boards, a video series collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gives physicians an inside look into a virtual, multidisciplinary renal cell carcinoma tumor board case discussion.
  Medscape, May 02, 2022
• Infographic: Burnout and Depression Hit Physicians Hard Physicians reveal the impacts of burnout and depression on their work and personal lives, where they turn for help, and whether the issues affect patient care.
  Medscape, April 29, 2022
• Strangers Donating Kidneys: 'Important Contributions' Kidney donations from strangers have been increasing, but there is still need for more. Dr Divyanshu Malhotra reviews current programs and offers ways to increase 'Good Samaritan' donations.
  Medscape Nephrology, April 29, 2022
• How Medical Training Can Help Students Process Patient Deaths Medical students learn to save lives, not how to respond to death. But med schools should place more emphasis on the mental health challenges that arise from coping with dying patients.
  Medscape Med Students, April 29, 2022
• SARS-CoV-2 Infection Among Adults by Vaccination Status This study confirms that COVID-19 vaccination protects against severe COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 variants, including Omicron, especially for those who have received a booster.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, April 29, 2022
• It's Time to Shame the Fat Shamers People with obesity are more likely to receive substandard treatment from their healthcare providers. Is bias toward people with obesity affecting your treatment of these patients?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 28, 2022
• What Explains 'Sobering' Variations in Breast Cancer Care?   Kathy Miller discusses results from a recent study illustrating the impact of geography on breast cancer care.
  Medscape Oncology, April 28, 2022
• Tenure: A System Built on Coercion Academic medicine depends on us giving away our labor for free. Why do we keep doing it?
  Medscape Blogs, April 28, 2022