Geriatrics Perspective

• 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
• Should Physicians Be Tested for Age Competency? Pros and Cons   Two surgeons--one at the beginning of his career and one nearing the end--discuss topics regarding the aging physician, including mandatory retirement, competency assessment, and disclosure.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, September 13, 2019
• For-Profit Dialysis Units Referring Less for Transplant?   A recent study shows that patients at for-profit dialysis units are less likely to be placed on the transplant waitlist than patients at non-profit units. What's going on?
  Medscape, September 11, 2019
• 'Making Room' for a New Generation of Medical Leaders Vinay Prasad outlines 10 ways that senior faculty members can help junior researchers advance professionally.
  Medscape Oncology, September 05, 2019
• Staying Golden: Aging With HIV: Finding True North   Experts address HIV prevention and screening in the older adult population, as well as strategies for assessing complications in aging HIV patients.
  Medscape TV, August 29, 2019
• Med Student Recalls Being Kidnapped and Thrown Into a Trunk A former undercover police detective tells how his harrowing exploits as a cop now help him in medical school.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, August 13, 2019
• 'How Long Do I Have?' Tackling Oncology's Most Difficult Question Physicians discuss how they navigate the difficulties of giving an accurate prognosis in the rapidly changing field of oncology.
  Medscape Oncology, August 12, 2019
• Slowing the Clock: Managing Type 2 Diabetes as Patients Age   Leading endocrinologists at Montefiore Medical System in New York City discuss strategies to slow progression of type 2 diabetes and manage age-related comorbidities.
  Medscape TV, July 26, 2019
• In Defense of Digoxin -- No, It's Not a Killer Drug The much-maligned cardiac glycoside has been skewered by weak observational data, according to a clever analysis of the DIG trial.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 26, 2019