Gastroenterology Perspective

• Medicine Must Dismantle Racism With Academic Rigor Pediatrician Patricia Poitevien says she experienced race and gender discrimination in both her training and later career. Now she is careful to ensure her advisees know that possibilities abound.
  Medscape Pediatrics, July 13, 2020
• When a White Coat and Badge Don't Protect You Samuel Kebede is a Black internal medicine resident who is often mistaken for cleaning staff or asked to show his ID. “Racism permeates all institutions,” he says. ”Medicine is not immune.”
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 10, 2020
• Past 3 Months of COVID Interviews: What We've Learned   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte reflects on the past 100 episodes of 'Coronavirus in Context' and what we have learned as a country.
  WebMD, July 10, 2020
• Obeticholic Acid for NASH: Revolution or Just a Ripple? With FDA approval likely by year's end, Drs Jason Kramer and Nancy Reau consider what obeticholic acid may mean for this increasingly prevalent disease.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, July 10, 2020
• Gaslighting Syndrome: A True Story of Abuse A late night phone call tipped off this psychiatrist that his patient's psychosis might not be quite as it seemed.
  Medscape Psychiatry, July 09, 2020
• Patients Who Refuse Masks: Responses That Won't Get You Sued A patient refuses to wear a mask in your office. Can you refuse to provide care?
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 09, 2020
• How Medicine Is Clearing Up Mixed Messages on Masks Medical professionals are exerting their social media influence to send a clear message on how mask wearing can prevent the spread of coronavirus.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 08, 2020
• COVID News: Perspective From a Physician Journalist   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Jonathan LaPook, chief medical correspondent for CBS News, about his experience as a physician journalist.
  WebMD, July 08, 2020
• New Study Supports Treating Cancer Now   Dr David Kerr comments on a recent study that looked at one of the big unknowns when COVID-19 started: whether there is an increased risk for mortality for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
  Medscape Oncology, July 01, 2020
• Should ADAURA Trial Results Change Practice in NSCLC?   Dr Mark Kris says yes and explains why he thinks 3-year treatment with osimertinib should become the new standard of care for patients with EGFR mutation–positive NSCLC.
  Medscape Oncology, June 30, 2020
• Share Your Voice: Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 We'd like your thoughts on this inaugural report, in which PAs share what they like best and least about the job, current scope of practice, and other factors that influence how PAs feel about their careers.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 30, 2020
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2020 How happy are PAs with their career choice? Do they feel that their compensation is fair for the work they do? Our survey has the answers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 30, 2020
• Anatomy Factoids Do Not Create Great Physicians As he cleans out his house before a move, Vinay Prasad wonders whether medical school curricula could use a similar decluttering.
  Medscape Oncology, June 29, 2020
• ASCO 2020: GI Cancer Highlights From David Kerr   Dr David Kerr discusses recent data on colorectal cancer, presented at the virtual ASCO meeting.
  Medscape Oncology, June 26, 2020
• NY Psych Residents Describe 'Tsunami' of COVID-19 Patients   Dr Jeffrey Lieberman speaks with three Columbia residents about the lessons imparted by training during a pandemic.
  Columbia University Psychiatry, June 26, 2020
• Breakthroughs in HCC and Liver Cancer From ASCO 2020   Highlights in HCC and liver cancer from the ASCO 2020 virtual annual meeting include first- and second-line therapies in Chinese HCC patients, and two novel combinations in advanced disease.
  Medscape, June 25, 2020
• PrEP Is Highly Effective; How Can We Increase Adoption? Preexposure prophylaxis has been proven to be effective when taken consistently, but treatment uptake and retention are low. What can clinicians do to expand HIV prevention?
  Medscape HIV/AIDS, June 25, 2020
• Colorectal Cancer Highlights from ASCO 2020   New standards of care for patients with MSI-H or MMRd metastatic colorectal cancer, and other key CRC results presented during the ASCO 2020 virtual meeting are discussed by Dr Benjamin Weinberg.
  Medscape, June 24, 2020
• Many People Lack Protective Antibodies After COVID-19 Infection   A new study on antibodies raises new concerns but also suggests that there may be light at the end of the (longer) COVID-19 tunnel.
  Medscape, June 24, 2020
• Wastewater Testing May Help Predict Coronavirus Hotspots   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Mariana Matus, CEO and co-founder of Biobot Analytics, a company that develops cutting-edge technology to bring wastewater epidemiology to cities.
  WebMD, June 24, 2020