Perspectives

• Is Ketamine Living Up to the Promise for Depression?   Columbia psychiatrist Lloyd Sederer talks with his colleague J. John Mann, a leading ketamine researcher and clinician, about the promise surrounding this treatment and the questions that remain.
  October 26, 2020
• Establishing a Strong and Lasting Mentor/Mentee Relationship It is important to do some background work and ask around about potential mentors. Often, resident colleagues and fellows have a good sense of current projects and which faculty work well with learners.
  The Hospitalist, October 26, 2020
• Acute Pharyngitis: Tips From the Author of the Centor Criteria   Hosts of the popular pediatric podcast The Cribsiders preview their discussion with Dr Robert Centor, creator of 'eponymous' criteria for risk stratification of bacterial pharyngitis.
  Medscape Pediatrics, October 26, 2020
• When It's Assumed That You're the Cleaner, Not a Cardiologist   Backstage at a cardiology conference, Michelle O'Donoghue was handed the dirty coffee mugs; the AV tech assumed she was the cleaner and not one of the late-breaking trial discussants.
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 26, 2020
• Medical Student Life & Education Report 2020 We surveyed current students regarding key factors affecting their education. From the COVID-19 pandemic to harassment and bias, the next generation of physicians weighs in on the challenges they face.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, October 23, 2020
• Oct 23 2020 This Week in Cardiology   COVID, tocilizumab, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, cerebral microbleeds, and surrogate endpoints are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, in this week’s podcast
  theheart.org on Medscape, October 23, 2020
• Inroads Into Natural Killer Cell Immunotherapy: Targeting NK Cell Checkpoints   Immune checkpoint blockade has revolutionized cancer. In this episode, Dr Sandip Patel of UCSD discusses current clinical research into targetable NK immune checkpoints unique to NK cells.
  Medscape TV, October 23, 2020
• Pandemic Epiphany: Medicine Isn't Worth It The pandemic has many doctors reconsidering whether a life in medicine is worth all the missed soccer games and family dinners.
  Medscape Oncology, October 23, 2020
• What Is LADA and How Should We Treat It?   A new consensus statement on LADA, or latent autoimmune diabetes in the adult, attempts to define this perplexing disease and give guidance on management.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, October 23, 2020
• Opinion: Scoundrels, Saints, and the Fiction of Individual Genius Science would be even greater if we reckoned with its racist and misogynist past, reclaimed its forgotten players, and acknowledged how science is collectively done.
  Undark, October 23, 2020
• Any Merit to Quercetin's Anticancer Claims? As the use of quercetin for preventing cancer grows in popularity, it may not yet be borne out by the data.
  Medscape Oncology, October 22, 2020
• Why Are COVID Patients Returning to the ER After Discharge?   Drs Robert Glatter, Austin Kilaru, and Ali Raja discuss a recent study related to monitoring patients with COVID-19 who have been discharged from the hospital to determine risk factors for readmission.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, October 22, 2020
• Teen Finds 'Better Way' to Test for COVID   WebMD chief medical officer John Whyte talks with Taft Foley III, an 18-year-old high school senior and the youngest EMT in Texas, about his decision to launch his own mobile COVID-19 testing lab.
  WebMD, October 22, 2020
• Gabapentin: Before Using for Pelvic Pain, Read This   A recent study might cast doubt on a practice bulletin's suggestion to prescribe gabapentin for chronic pelvic pain.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, October 22, 2020
• Why Don't White House Cooks and Housekeepers Get Contact Tracing?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the healthcare gaps revealed during the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of contact tracing to help protect populations that may be at high risk.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 22, 2020
• Will People Embrace a COVID Vaccine? It Depends   What percentage of the US population will get the COVID vaccine when one becomes available? A study shows that characteristics of the vaccine may affect uptake.
  Medscape, October 21, 2020
• 12 End-of-Year Tax Tips: How COVID-19 Could Lower Your Tax Bite COVID-19 has affected medical practices and income; and taking key actions now can help with your tax bite next April
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 21, 2020
• Born Into Pain: Pushing for Progress in Sickle Cell Disease: Seasons of Disease   Experts discuss debilitating symptoms experienced by persons with sickle cell disease and the role of primary care physicians in co-management of this disease.
  Medscape TV, October 20, 2020
• Is Med Ed Changing for Better or Worse? From inserting social justice into curricula to changes in licensing examination, medical training is much different from how it was just a few years ago. Are things improving or has something been lost?
  Medscape Med Students, October 20, 2020
• Payment for Doc-Doc Consulting; Pre- and Postvisit Coding Consulting with other physicians is common. Coding expert Betsy Nicoletti tells how to code for this and describes new coding rules covering activities before and after a face-to-face visit.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, October 20, 2020