Perspectives

• Emergency Preparedness: Where Did We Go Wrong With COVID-19?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Luciana Borio about the failures of the US response to the coronavirus pandemic and how much longer physical distancing will be necessary.
  WebMD, May 27, 2020
• Let's Stop the Draconian Visiting Restrictions One physician's thoughts on how to loosen visitation restrictions responsibly during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 27, 2020
• Bellevue Starts to Reopen After COVID Peak   After a month that felt like years, Bellevue hospital staff are starting to reform their daily routines in a changed world. Dr Danielle Ofri shares her insights.
  Medscape, May 27, 2020
• COVID 'Immunity Passport' No More Reliable Than a Coin Flip   For most of us, a positive COVID-19 antibody test would correspond to a 50/50 chance that we actually have antibodies against the virus. Dr F. Perry Wilson explains.
  Medscape, May 27, 2020
• A COVID Commencement Speech: What New Docs Have Lost, Gained Restrictions due to the pandemic resulted in the cancellation of traditional medical school commencements. One speaker reflects on what new doctors gain from losing these important celebrations.
  Medscape Med Students, May 27, 2020
• COVID-19 and Mental Health Awareness Month May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the Mental Health Coalition has launched a campaign called #howareyoureally? to allow people to more genuinely share their feelings during the pandemic.
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 26, 2020
• COVID-19 Data Dives: Airborne Transmission and Crowding Does risk for airborne transmission change according to how many people are in the room?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 23, 2020
• Explaining the Association Between COVID-19 and Stroke   Drs Mark Alberts and Jesse Weinberger discuss the mysterious association between COVID-19 and cerebrovascular disease in younger patients.
  Medscape Neurology, May 22, 2020
• Virtual ASCO Levels the Playing Field for Oncologists Everywhere Like everything in oncology, a virtual ASCO meeting is a tradeoff between benefits and disadvantages. But it may be a big win for oncologists in resource-strapped settings, argues Dr Bishal Gyawali.
  Medscape Oncology, May 22, 2020
• The Week That Wasn't: Cannabis, Hamster Masks, Another 'Cure' Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, May 22, 2020
• The Future of Therapeutic Hypothermia for Stroke Renewed interest and recent data suggest that hypothermia may be neuroprotective in patients suffering from stroke.
  Medscape Neurology, May 22, 2020
• How to Prepare Yourself for a Virtual ASCO Dr Lidia Schapira on how she and her colleagues are preparing to get as much out of the newly virtual meeting as possible.
  Medscape Oncology, May 22, 2020
• Diagnosis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What Every Cardiologist Needs to Know Although it is the most common inherited monogenic cardiac disorder, affecting up to 0.5% of the population, there is a gap in the recognition of this condition.
  ACC.org, May 22, 2020
• Happy 25th Birthday, Medscape, From Our Founder Medscape launched on May 22, 1995. It was the first site with a radical concept: anyone who registered would have free access to trusted information previously available only through subscriptions.
  Medscape, May 21, 2020
• COVID-19 and Healthcare Rationing: A Disabled Doc's View A disabled emergency medicine physician offers himself as an example of the tough choices COVID-19 may force doctors to make when it comes to healthcare rationing.
  Medscape Med Students, May 21, 2020
• Novel Anti-VEGF Delivery System Aims to Reshape AMD Treatment Early results highlight the promise of a permanent, refillable port implant, which allows sustained delivery of ranibizumab.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, May 21, 2020
• COVID 'Ground Zero': How Can We Reduce Nursing Home Deaths?   Two nursing home experts tell Dr John Whyte, chief medical officer at WebMD, how to reduce the catastrophic nursing home deaths from COVID-19 and what it will take to open up nursing homes.
  WebMD, May 20, 2020
• Is COVID-19 the Catalyst We Needed for Positive Change?   WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Murray Aitken of IQVIA and Bob Brisco about human data science, discussing trends that could have positive effects on healthcare and patient outcomes.
  WebMD, May 20, 2020
• Revolutionizing Medicine With a Simple Touch and a True Exam   How the simple idea of touch could start a revolution to take back medicine. The Lancet editor-in-chief Richard Horton explains.
  Medscape, May 20, 2020
• Bariatric Surgery in Teens: 7 Things Every PCP Should Know   Bariatric surgery is one of the few strategies shown to be effective in treating severe obesity in children. Dr Elizabeth Parks Prout provides key information, including new AAP recommendations.
  CHOP Expert Commentary, May 20, 2020