Nurses Perspective

• Prostate Cancer Screening Guidelines: To PSA or Not to PSA As primary care physicians, a large part of our role is to prevent or detect cancers early. Patients look to us for this guidance.
  MDedge, 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
• S2 Episode 4: Chronic Kidney Disease: FSGS, Genetic Testing, and APOL1   Join Drs Matthew Sparks and Kirk Campbell as they dive into the murky waters of focal segmental glomerular sclerosis. How do you diagnose? How do you treat? Tune in to find out.
  Medscape, September 26, 2023
• Long COVID: When Doctors Become Patients About 60% of doctors with long COVID have fatigue when pursuing their daily activities, and only 31% currently have a full-time job.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 25, 2023
• Psychedelic Experience and 'Oneiroid' State It is widely acknowledged that psychedelics can temporarily induce dreamlike states, but this article focuses specifically on the naturally occurring endogenous dreamlike state.
  MDedge, September 25, 2023
• Don't Assume Newer Is Better for All -- Randomize: FRAIL-AF   John Mandrola interviews the FRAIL-AF researchers who tested whether switching from a vitamin K antagonist to a direct-acting oral anticoagulant was safe in frail older adults with atrial fibrillation.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 25, 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
• New ACG Guidelines Offer Key Advice on Acute Liver Failure Dr Nancy Reau speaks with Dr Alexandra Shingina, lead author behind the guidelines, about the special considerations required for managing this rare condition.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, 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
• Fighting Disparities in Palliative and End-of-Life Care Health disparities such as access, quality of care, and health outcomes among minority groups exist in delivery and receipt of care within the healthcare system.
  MDedge, September 22, 2023
• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for TBI: Wishful Thinking? A recent review recommending HBOT for traumatic brain injury prompted this neurologist to revisit a treatment he trained in decades ago.
  Medscape Neurology, 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
• Universal Anxiety Screening Recommendation Is a Good Start A very good thing happened this summer for patients with anxiety and the psychiatrists, psychologists, and other mental health professionals who provide treatment for them.
  MDedge, 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
• 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
• Episode 4: New Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Therapies   Drs Sandhya Srinivas and Oliver Sartor discuss the VISION study, new therapies for patients with metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer, and PSMA biomarker-based imaging.
  Medscape, September 21, 2023
• Episode 5: Myasthenia Gravis: Exercise and Lifestyle Considerations   Drs Nicholas Silvestri and Kelly Gwathmey discuss how exercise and other modifiable lifestyle factors can influence how patients experience the burden of myasthenia gravis.
  Medscape, 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