Medscape Journal Articles

• A Multistate Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated With Vaping What do we currently know concerning the possible etiology of the recent outbreak of over 800 cases of vaping-related lung injury, with several deaths? The investigation is ongoing.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 21, 2019
• Flavored Tobacco Product Use in Middle and High School How prevalent is the use of flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, hookahs, pipe and smokeless tobacco, bidis, and menthol cigarettes among U.S. middle school and high school students?
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, October 18, 2019
• Mind, Body, and Spirit Wellness Through Walking and Running This brief report describes a Native Health Initiative program to incentivize patients and communities to improve their mind, body, and spirit wellness through movement.
  Annals of Family Medicine, October 09, 2019
• Conversations About Financial Issues in Oncology Practices Despite the very real risk of financial burden, cost is discussed only in about 1 of 4 visits to the oncologist.
  Journal of Oncology Practice, September 23, 2019
• Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors for Lung Cancer: IMMUNOTARGET When should immunotherapy be considered in patients with NSCLC and actionable driver mutations?
  Annals of Oncology, September 23, 2019
• Interprofessional Shared Decision-Making in the ICU Find out how interprofessional collaboration can help improve processes and outcomes in the ICU.
  Critical Care Medicine, September 02, 2019
• Gastric Bypass Surgery in the Treatment of GERD Symptoms Has the beneficial effect of gastric bypass on GERD symptoms been overestimated?
  Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics, August 21, 2019
• Risk of Melanoma and Skin Cancers in Airline Pilots and Crew Airline pilots and cabin crew have increased exposure to cosmic ionizing radiation, with pilots exposed to UV rays as well. How might that impact their risk of melanoma and keratinocyte cancer?
  The British Journal of Dermatology, August 05, 2019
• Association of Low Fasting Glucose and HbA1c With CVD Chronic low fasting glucose or HbA1c averages may be associated with an increased risk for cardiovascular disease.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, July 12, 2019
• Long-Term Experience With Apremilast in Psoriatic Arthritis A new analysis shows that apremilast may be safe and effective for longer-term treatment of psoriatic arthritis.
  Arthritis Research & Therapy, July 05, 2019
• Imaging vs Adrenal Vein Sampling in Primary Aldosteronism A new study finds a lack of consistency between imaging and adrenal vein sampling for the subtyping of primary aldosteronism. What may account for the differences in findings?
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, July 05, 2019
• Utility of Biochemical Screening for Pituitary Deficiencies Biochemical screening is routinely used to identify pituitary hormone deficiencies and adverse effects of growth hormone therapy, but is it really necessary?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, July 05, 2019
• Sleep and Cardiovascular Risk: How Much Is Too Much? Does daytime napping contribute to cardiovascular risk? A new study indicates that sleep duration of more than 6-8 hours a day is a CVD risk factor--no matter when you get it.
  European Heart Journal, July 03, 2019
• Intra-operative RBC Transfusion and Mortality After Surgery Transfusion of red blood cells during cardiac surgery is common, but does it increase risk?
  BMC Anesthesiology, July 02, 2019
• Artificial Intelligence-augmented ECG Assessment Might our current process for ECG analysis be transformed in the near future? A recent study which successfully used machine learning to detect patients with rLVEF provides compelling evidence.
  Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, July 01, 2019
• A COmplex Cloud: The Vascular Impact of Hookah Use Is hookah smoking any safer than cigarette smoking? A new study examined the vascular effects of electrically and charcoal-heated hookah smoking.
  Circulation, July 01, 2019
• Bone Mass Effects of Hormone Therapy in Transgender People In what ways might long-term cross-sex hormone therapy impact bone mineral density among transgender men and women?
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, June 28, 2019
• A Tool for Periodontitis Screening in a Medical Care Setting The authors present a quick and easy screening tool for periodontitis, intended for use by medical professionals in a non-dental setting.
  BMC Oral Health, June 17, 2019
• Avoidable Hospital Readmissions in Patients With Cancer Over one-third of readmissions to the hospital may be preventable in patients with advanced cancer. What can clinicians do differently?
  Journal of Oncology Practice, June 10, 2019
• Sperm Cryopreservation Prior to Gonadotoxic Treatment Sperm cryostorage may offer men facing gonadotoxic therapy an option to preserve fertility.
  Human Reproduction, June 05, 2019