Internal Medicine Perspective

• New ACG Guidelines on 'C difficile': Key Takeaways   Dr David Johnson highlights the practice-changing implications of expert recommendations on diagnosing and managing these common infections.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, June 17, 2021
• Key Strategies for Managing Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Breast cancer specialist Kevin M. Kalinsky, MD, discusses the interplay of tumor characteristics and treatment options.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2021
• The Cost of More Surveillance Scanning: Patients' Mental Health We think scans reassure patients. But in reality, every scan is also a chance for a patient to realize their cancer has come back.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2021
• CPAP Continues to Underperform Dr Aaron Holley stresses that not all patients with a sleep-related breathing disorder will benefit from CPAP.
  Medscape Critical Care, June 17, 2021
• Canceling Ultra-processed Foods Won't Solve Obesity   Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study examining the effect of ultra-processed food consumption on BMI and body weight.
  Medscape, June 16, 2021
• Has COVID-19 Changed the FDA's Regulatory Process?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA, about the impact of COVID-19 on the FDA's regulatory process.
  WebMD, June 16, 2021
• Protecting Your Cancer Patients From the Plague Should your cancer patients get the COVID vaccine? Short answer: yes.
  Medscape Blogs, June 16, 2021
• Should COVID Vaccine Patents Be Made Public?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses Biden's proposal to make drug companies reveal their COVID vaccine patent information, and its goal of increasing the availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 16, 2021
• New! Spotlight on Medical Power Couples: Their Extraordinary Lives Infectious disease experts and spouses juggle their personal lives with major disease outbreaks; plus the only married couple in the United States to lead separate medical schools.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 16, 2021
• Concussion in Kids: Why Rest May Not Be Best   The Cribsiders reflect on the big changes that have taken place in the recommendations for pediatric mild traumatic brain injury.
  The Cribsiders, June 15, 2021
• Being Vaccinated Doesn't Mean You Must Go Maskless. Here's Why. It won't hurt to remain cautious, even as California reopens for business in response to mass vaccinations and diminishing cases of COVID-19.
  Kaiser Health News, June 15, 2021
• Making Sense of Antipsychiatry for the 21st Century Dr Nassir Ghaemi reviews an APA annual meeting presentation looking at the long history of antipsychiatry views, including the current embrace of nonscientific approaches to diagnosing mental illness.
  Medscape Psychiatry, June 15, 2021
• Be Like Naomi: Protect Your Residents' Mental Health Lack of sleep should not be a badge of honor during residency. Shobha Stack has more on why we need to just say no.
  Medscape Blogs, June 15, 2021
• A Headache Specialist's Advice to Those Early in Their Careers   "Headache medicine is actually pretty easy when you know all the tricks." Headache specialist Dr Stephanie Nahas reflects on expert advice she was given early in her career.
  Medscape, June 15, 2021
• Reflections on the Evolution of Ovarian Cancer Guidelines   Dr Robert Coleman recalls his fellowship and how ovarian cancer clinical practice guidelines changed practically overnight.
  Medscape, June 15, 2021
• SLEEP 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from SLEEP 2021
  Medscape Neurology, June 14, 2021
• A Quick Tour of the New Lyme Disease Guideline   Dr Paul Auwaerter highlights the major changes in this guideline, which was a collaboration of the IDSA, AAN, and ACR.
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 14, 2021
• Local Warming A perfect storm for heat stroke
  Medscape Blogs, June 14, 2021
• Dementia Made Simple   From simple subtyping to ground rules for patient visits, The Curbsiders share expert tips from geriatrician Dr Josh Uy.
  The Curbsiders, June 14, 2021
• Psoriasis Treatment With Biologics: 5 Things to Know With a number of these agents available and another pending FDA approval, determining the right drug for your patients may be challenging. Start with these key facts.
  Medscape Dermatology, June 14, 2021