Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Perspective

• Should Physicians Push for Bigger Families? If you are a pediatrician, babies are your bread and butter. In fact, they are the whole enchilada. Without them, you are going to starve.
  MDedge, September 29, 2023
• When to Prescribe Semaglutide? Semaglutide produces significant weight loss in most people with obesity. When should it be prescribed, and what are the pitfalls?
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 29, 2023
• The Differential Diagnosis You're Missing I often get requests for a second or third opinion, with hope that somehow, I'll discover a diagnosis that others missed. Sometimes, there's real diagnostic dilemmas; oftentimes, they're just itchy.
  MDedge, September 28, 2023
• De-escalating Cancer Tx Should Be Celebrated, Not Criticized   Mark A. Lewis, MD, discusses the controversy around studies of de-escalated cancer therapy presented at ASCO 2023.
  Medscape Oncology, September 28, 2023
• Episode 5: Monitoring and Diagnostics in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia   Drs Michael J. Mauro and Jerald P. Radich discuss monitoring and diagnostics in chronic myeloid leukemia, including the Philadelphia chromosome and how it plays into the current treatment of CML.
  Medscape, September 28, 2023
• How Baseball Led Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to His AFib Diagnosis It wasn’t like one of basketball’s greatest to feel lightheaded, tired, and short of breath. But did he brush off these serious cardiovascular symptoms?
  WebMD, September 28, 2023
• Statin Use Disparities: Time to Close the Gaps   Certain groups are significantly less likely to benefit from statin therapy in primary and secondary prevention, but there are ways to reverse this.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, September 27, 2023
• Artificial Intelligence in Your Office There are many near-term opportunities for AI to improve healthcare and reduce tedious and time-consuming tasks.
  MDedge, September 27, 2023
• Medscape Young Physician Compensation Report 2023 Doctors younger than 40 years enjoyed healthy pay increases on average in 2022. They reveal how salary gains affected their job satisfaction as well as the gender pay gap.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 26, 2023
• Managing Arrhythmias in Pregnancy: The State of the Art   The highly anticipated international multidisciplinary expert consensus statement from the Heart Rhythm Society provides comprehensive guidance on managing cardiac arrhythmias in both patient and fetus.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 26, 2023
• Healthcare Workers More Likely to Die by Suicide   Who has the highest suicide rate among all healthcare provider types? A new study answers this question.
  Medscape, September 26, 2023
• The 'Triple G' Agonist for Obesity Management: 5 Things to Know Anti-obesity medication (AOM) can be an invaluable tool for individuals who are unable to sustain long-term weight loss through lifestyle changes alone. Recent groundbreaking findings from a phase 2 trial have shown immense potential for a new AOM.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 25, 2023
• Sep 22 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Coronary calcium, cardiac arrest survival, Factor XI drug findings, APCs and a potential new board certification in cardiology are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 22, 2023
• COVID, Flu, RSV: How the Tripledemic Impacts Your Practice   This fall's ‘tripledemic’ is already filling offices with COVID-19, flu and RSV patients. Renowned expert Dr. Eric Topol discusses the vaccine landscape to help you tackle your patients' questions.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Hormone Replacement Therapy for Postmenopausal Osteoporosis Postmenopausal women are at increased risk for fractures. Hormone replacement therapy, particularly estrogen, can be beneficial.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 21, 2023
• Love and Sex in the Nursing Home? Ethicist Says, 'Why Not?'   Art Caplan, PhD, discusses when to intervene and when to stay out of it regarding sexual relationships in a nursing home.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Infographic: Residents' Bank Accounts Fatten After Lean Years Medical residents report on their average compensation, what they earn at different stages of residency, how much pay they think they deserve, and how much student loan debt they carry.
  Medscape, September 21, 2023
• Italy's Resilience Plan for Healthcare Is Falling Apart A plan intended to bolster Italy's healthcare system immediately attracted critics and is now the target of funding cuts.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 21, 2023
• Beyond A1c: Implementing the New ESC 2023 Guidelines Recent evidence for newer diabetes therapies has prompted a shift from a glucocentric approach to the management of type 2 diabetes to one of overall cardiovascular risk reduction.
  Medscape Cardiology, September 20, 2023
• Reignite Professional Passion Through Lifestyle Medicine In this age of ubiquitous burnout in the health professions, lifestyle medicine fosters clinician healing.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 20, 2023