General Surgery Perspective

• Where Are Checkpoint Inhibitors Standard of Care for NSCLC?   Dr Mark Kris discusses the use of checkpoint inhibitors in the adjuvant and neoadjuvant settings for patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, December 09, 2022
• New Indications for Bariatric Surgery: My Reservations   It's great having updated recommendations for bariatric surgery, but they fail to take new effective weight loss drugs into account, says Dr Neil Skolnik.
  Medscape Family Medicine, December 08, 2022
• We Must Close the Global Innovation Gap in Surgery Dr Richard Brady, of the European Society of Coloproctology, makes a case for how to better share surgical breakthroughs with our global colleagues.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 08, 2022
• Right or Wrong in Medicine: Tricky Patient Situations Physicians reveal how they would choose in difficult decisions and scenarios involving patient interactions that test both professional and personal relationships.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 07, 2022
• Cultural Differences Drive Kids' Thyroid Cancer Management The lack of supporting evidence in the management of pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma means cultural divergences and expert opinion drive the differences between US and European guidelines.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, December 07, 2022
• Infographic: How Well Nurse Practitioners Work With Doctors Nurse practitioners (NPs) discuss how well they work with physicians and with other nurses and give their opinions about doctors' patient treatment.
  Medscape, December 07, 2022
• How a Cheap Liver Drug May Be the Key to Preventing COVID   A common and readily available drug to prevent or treat COVID may have been under our noses all along.
  Medscape, December 05, 2022
• PAs and Physicians: The Changing Scope of Practice Physician assistants (PAs) discuss their evolving professional relationships with physicians and shifting boundaries in practice responsibilities.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 02, 2022
• Infographic: Holiday Gifts to Please the Pickiest Physicians Physicians can be choosy, so they aren't the easiest person on your holiday gift list. Check out this creative roster of possibilities, from personalized whiskey glasses to a priority airport pass.
  Medscape, December 02, 2022
• Infographic: Winter Vacation Spots That Doctors Will Love What are some spots to tempt physicians who need a late-year vacation to recharge their batteries? Here are suggestions on great US destinations for activities from downhill skiing to Sunbelt kayaking.
  Medscape, December 02, 2022
• Influencer 'Doctor Mike' Shares His Social Media Tips   Robert Glatter, MD, and Mike Varshavski, DO, discuss medical misinformation and communicating with patients about healthcare.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, December 01, 2022
• Top 10 Unproven Infertility Tests and Treatments Mark P. Trolice, MD, discusses popular but unproven fertility methods.
  MDedge, December 01, 2022
• Infographic: How Well Doctors Work With NPs and PAs Physicians reveal how effectively they think they work with nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs), and how they feel about those coworkers' expanding practice abilities.
  Medscape, December 01, 2022
• NPs and Physicians: The Changing Scope of Practice Nurse practitioners (NPs) discuss their evolving professional relationships with physicians and shifting boundaries in practice responsibilities.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 30, 2022
• Physicians on PAs and NPs: Evolving Scope of Practice Report Physicians discuss evolving professional relationships with physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs), shifting boundaries in practice abilities, and what it means for patient care.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 29, 2022
• We Have an Amputation Epidemic Changing the paradigm from "amputate first and ask questions later" will benefit patients with diabetes and is a key initiative of the American Diabetes Association.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 29, 2022
• Debating the Clinical Trial Upending Colonoscopy Practices   Is a first-of-its-kind study on colorectal cancer screening flawed and misleading or a welcome invitation to rethink discussions with patients?
  WebMD, November 28, 2022
• Alcohol, Melatonin, and Other Top Clinical Topics of 2022 See which studies led to the most popular clinical topics of the year, with an infographic on each of the key findings.
  Medscape, November 28, 2022
• 20 Best Holiday Gift Ideas for Doctors It's holiday season. Here are some great and innovative suggestions for finding that perfect gift for the physician in your life.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 23, 2022
• Infographic: Trusted Healthcare Professionals Who Deliberately Killed Patients Over the decades, physicians, nurses, orderlies, and other trusted healthcare professionals have sometimes grabbed headlines and horrified the public when they were charged with murdering patients.
  Medscape, November 23, 2022