Geriatrics Perspective

• The 'Single Biggest Contributor' to Medical and Mental Illness   Dr Stephen Strakowski speaks with the authors of a recent review of how childhood maltreatment reshapes the body and brain.
  Medscape Psychiatry, January 24, 2020
• New Options in Adult AML: The Fit and the Frail   Duke oncologists discuss treatment options available to older AML patients, with considerations for fitness, comorbidities, and therapeutic goals.
  Medscape TV, January 14, 2020
• The Week That Wasn't: Pizza Hut Founder's Dementia, Kidney Stone Drug, Andrew Yang Three medical stories we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, December 20, 2019
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: Age Considerations   Goals of diabetes management shift as patients age. Experts discuss the increased risk for hypoglycemia and the effect of comorbidities on diabetes treatment.
  Medscape TV, December 20, 2019
• Hospital of the Future: 0% Autopsy Rate   Dr George Lundberg discusses the importance of autopsies as a requirement for hospital participation in Medicare.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 17, 2019
• Acute Leukemia: 5 Things to Know The latest findings to help keep you up to date on managing these rare, quickly progressing cancers.
  Medscape Oncology, December 13, 2019
• Colorectal Cancer: To Screen or Not?   Patient preferences and values matter as much--or more--than guidelines, argues Kenny Lin.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, December 05, 2019
• Iron Supplementation: How Much Is Enough? Iron supplements can be pretty miserable to take. What is the minimum amount that is both effective and tolerable?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, November 15, 2019
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: Slowing Progression   In their effort to slow diabetes progression, experts emphasize a personalized approach and discuss initiation of insulin therapy as well as bariatric surgery.
  Medscape TV, November 07, 2019
• 'Open Notes': Too Much Transparency With Patients? A new film about a terminal cancer diagnosis, along with his own institution's move to an open notes system, get Dr Jack West to thinking about how we disclose bad news to our patients with cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, November 07, 2019
• 'Don't Screw Anything Up': The Epidemic of Imposter Syndrome A newly minted oncologist faces the imposter syndrome that comes with giving patients life-and-death diagnoses early in one's career.
  Medscape Oncology, November 07, 2019
• Caregiving and the Soul of Medicine   'We have to return to certain core ideals of healthcare in which caregiving is crucial and in which doctors are able to participate,' says Arthur Kleinman.
  Medscape, November 01, 2019
• Damage Control: Managing Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis   University of California hepatologists examine the need for increased awareness of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and discuss key risk factors, management strategies, and emerging therapies.
  Medscape TV, November 01, 2019
• Should Docs Cash In Paid Time Off to Repay Student Debt?   A hospital in New York has a plan to allow employees to trade unused paid vacation for money to pay down student loan debt. Awesome idea? Maybe not, says Dr Patel.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, October 30, 2019
• Does Procalcitonin Fulfill the 'Biomarker Promise' in the ICU? A look at three meta-analyses of procalcitonin-guided antibiotic treatment proves one thing, says Dr Aaron Holley: 'Meta-analysis truly is a messy business.'
  Medscape Critical Care, October 25, 2019
• Deprescribing Antidiabetic Drugs: The Crowdsourced Opinion Did Medscape readers agree with Dr Vega's plan of care for an elderly woman who is experiencing hypoglycemia?
  Medscape Family Medicine, October 16, 2019
• Staying Golden: Aging With HIV: The Way Forward   A longtime HIV/AIDS researcher and clinician maps out potential ways to approach a curative strategy, and comments on the need for global resources and support.
  Medscape TV, October 07, 2019
• Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age: All-in Regimen   Diabetes experts discuss strategies to help patients meet management goals and stress the importance of patient education to achieve treatment adherence.
  Medscape TV, October 01, 2019
• New Options in Adult AML   Duke oncologists discuss expanded treatment options for older AML patients, including numerous targeted therapies and less intensive regimens that yield durable remissions and improve quality of life.
  Medscape TV, September 23, 2019
• The Local Hospital Closed. These Doctors Didn't Give Up. The loss of services provided by rural hospitals requires new strategies in patient care. And one size does not fit all.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 23, 2019