Internal Medicine Perspective

• Side Gigs: Physicians Seek Extra Income; More Satisfaction Medscape's national survey shows how many physicians have side gigs, what they're doing, how much they earn, and their side-gig goals.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, July 01, 2022
• Time to Put Elle Woods on the Supreme Court? The overturning of Roe v Wade has enormous implications for how the legal system treats women, according to Judge Rosemarie Aquilina.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 01, 2022
• Infographic: PAs Like Their Career Choice and Would Make It Again Job satisfaction is not a problem with physician assistants. PAs overwhelmingly say they are glad for their career choice, and if they had the chance, most would make it again.
  Medscape, July 01, 2022
• 'Not Their Fault': Obesity Warrants Long-term Management   Dr Ania Jastreboff discusses obesity as a chronic disease and the need for long-term management.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, July 01, 2022
• Stop Calling Nurses Superheroes Chronic understaffing and impossible demands make bedside nursing untenable. Hospitals need to recognize this, or risk losing even more of their dwindling workforce.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 01, 2022
• Roe v Wade Reversal is Our Opportunity to Address the Issues The SCOTUS Roe v Wade decision compels physicians on both sides of the debate to join a national conversation to bring about solutions to the complex problems around abortion.
  Medscape Blogs, July 01, 2022
• For the Fourth of July, a Neuroscientist Reflects on Patriotism As America celebrates its birthday, neuroscientist Michael Merzenich examines the brain science behind patriotism.
  Medscape Neurology, June 30, 2022
• Medication Use and Diagnostic Updates in Geriatric Care An expert provides perspective on the most discussed topics at the 2022 American Geriatrics Society annual scientific meeting.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 30, 2022
• Mosquitoes Go Viral if They Smell This on You   Human hosts could be giving off a scent that powerfully attracts these little bloodsuckers.
  Medscape, June 30, 2022
• The Medicine of Social Cohesion Asking for help, and providing help and companionship, can increase a sense of belonging and of fulfillment, says Dr Marieke Geijsels. Reducing isolation could help the whole community, she says.
  Medscape Public Health, June 30, 2022
• No More Anonymity for Sperm Donors: Will That Hurt Donations?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the need to end anonymity in sperm donation.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 30, 2022
• Betrayed by a Reactionary SCOTUS SCOTUS's regressive decisions will lead to many needless deaths, particularly of women.
  Medscape Blogs, June 30, 2022
• Murder of Physician Raises the Stress Level for All Clinicians Patient violence against physicians creates a sense of chill and dread for all healthcare professionals.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 30, 2022
• Key Data on Insulin in Type 2 Diabetes From ADA 2022   Key findings on insulin in type 2 diabetes from ADA 2022 include data on an insulin biosimilar, management of hypoglycemia, and development of weekly insulin, as reported by Dr George Grunberger.
  Medscape, June 29, 2022
• A Golden Era of Atopic Dermatitis: New Therapies Address Unmet Needs   Jonathan Silverberg, MD, PhD, MPH, discusses exciting new oral, injectable, and topical therapies that have the potential to significantly alter the treatment landscape for atopic dermatitis.
  Medscape, June 29, 2022
• Management of Atopic Dermatitis: Bringing Therapy Into Focus   Saakshi Khattri, MD, recounts the evolution of treatments for atopic dermatitis (AD), from the widespread use of general immune suppressants such as methotrexate and cyclosporine, to more recent, targeted agents.
  Medscape, June 29, 2022
• Back to 1973: Family Practice and the Abortion Crisis These family practice scenarios reveal how comprehensive reproductive healthcare for women is tossed overboard with the reversal of Roe v Wade.
  Medscape Family Medicine, June 29, 2022
• National Clinical Care Commission offers T2D Recommendations   William Herman, MD, MPH, discusses the National Clinical Care Commission recommendations on how to better prevent and treat type 2 diabetes.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 29, 2022
• Why Empathy Is More Helpful Than Sympathy for My Patients A psychiatrist reflects on how they learned about the difference between sympathy and empathy, and how empathy is a learnable skill which one develops by practicing repeatedly.
  Medscape Blogs, June 29, 2022
• Physician Friendships: The Joys and Challenges Physicians discuss the importance and roles of their friends, where and how those relationships arose, and the greatest challenges they face in building and maintaining friendships.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2022