Diabetes & Endocrinology Perspective

• 100 Years of Insulin, but Millions Still Without Access  
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 02, 2021
• Does Vitamin D Have a Role in Cancer, CVD, and COVID?   Drs Pam Taub, JoAnn Manson, and Michael Holick discuss vitamin D and the importance of maintaining sufficient levels for overall health.
  American College of Cardiology & Medscape , December 01, 2021
• Malpractice Case: What Really Killed This Patient? Experts Disagree An obese patient goes under anesthesia for knee arthroscopy. What led to his fatal complication?
  The Doctors Company, November 25, 2021
• 20 Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Doctors For many people, gift-giving can be a time-consuming ordeal. Here are 20 gifts sure to please your favorite physician.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 24, 2021
• AHA 2021 CHIEF-HF: No-Touch Initiation of Canagliflozin Improves QoL   Ileana Piña and Eldrin Lewis discuss a novel, all-virtual trial of the SGLT2 inhibitor canagliflozin in patients with heart failure.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 24, 2021
• Obesity or Psoriasis: What Comes First? Many psoriasis patients present with associated comorbidities such as obesity, and while the former is not currently deemed a risk factor for COVID-19, adiposity is.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 24, 2021
• 5 Things: What the Pandemic Has Made Me Most Thankful For As the year draws to a close, family medicine physician Sophia Tolliver reflects on what she's most grateful for.
  Medscape, November 22, 2021
• Artificial Hearts: One Size Does Not Fit All The story of the first woman to receive an Aeson, an investigational, implantable artificial heart, prompted this cardiologist to reflect on the low use of bridging devices and heart transplants in women.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 22, 2021
• Medscape Malpractice Report 2021 Read about physicians' malpractice experiences and the latest lawsuit trends discovered in our 2021 survey.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 19, 2021
• AHA 2021 PCI vs CABG for Left Main CAD: A Never-Ending Debate? Controversies surrounding the EXCEL trial left questions about the data on stents vs bypass surgery in left main CAD. John Mandrola, MD, reviews a new independent meta-analysis presented at the 2021 AHA.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 19, 2021
• COVID-19 Booster Vaccination in Older Adults: Who, Why, and How Dr William Hung reviews recent key findings about COVID-19 booster vaccinations in patients over age 60.
  Medscape Family Medicine, November 16, 2021
• EASD 2021 Final Roadmap on Type 1 Diabetes Management in Adults   Anne Peters, MD, discusses the consensus statement on managing type 1 diabetes in adults from the American Diabetes Association and the European Association for the Study of Diabetes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 15, 2021
• A Thyroid Antibody Primer in Five Quick Cases What do thyroid antibodies tell us? These five clinical scenarios will teach you what you need to know.
  American Thyroid Association, November 15, 2021
• Episode 3: Improving Dyslipidemia Care in Underresourced Populations   Drs Laurence Sperling and Karol Watson discuss health equity and social determinants of health for populations with dyslipidemia.
  Medscape, November 15, 2021
• AHA 2021 Questions Remain on Tricuspid Repair at Time of Mitral Surgery The Cardiothoracic Surgical Trials Network trial on repair of mild-to-moderate tricuspid regurgitation in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery leaves this cardiologist with more questions than answers.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 13, 2021
• 20 Handy ICD-10 Codes for Thanksgiving and the Holidays The holidays are upon us, and with festivities come injuries. Here are 20 ICD-10 codes physicians should know for possible patient visits.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 12, 2021
• Dr Kimberly Manning on Twitter Teaching, Vaccine Deliberation, and Her Own 'Secret Sauce’   Her message to academia: If you really want diversity, equity, and inclusion in medicine, put your money where your mouth is.
  Medscape, November 09, 2021
• Early Detection May Define the Future of Pancreatic Cancer Care   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Lynn Matrisian, PhD, MBA, chief science officer of the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN), about new screening tests for pancreatic cancer and the hope of finding this hard-to-diagnose condition earlier.
  WebMD, November 05, 2021
• How a Low-Protein Diet Can Delay Dialysis The low-protein PLADO diet can boost the effects of medications and help preserve renal function.
  Medscape Nephrology, November 05, 2021
• The MI–Mortality Mismatch: When Lowering MI Doesn't Extend Life An analysis challenges the notion that cardiovascular therapies that lower myocardial infarction extend survival. John Mandrola, MD, sees lessons for clinicians, patients, and researchers.
  theheart.org on Medscape, November 04, 2021