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Opioid Prescriptions See Largest Annual Drop in 25 YearsFactors driving the decline in opioid prescriptions include major clinical guideline shifts, payer reimbursement controls,
and regulatory and legislative restrictions; meanwhile, overall use of medications continued to rise in 2017, a new report
shows.
Medscape Medical News, April 19, 2018
What's Hot at AAN 2018?'Interaction and innovation' is the theme of this year's AAN Annual Meeting, says the vice chair of the meeting's science
committee, who hints of other hot topics to be presented.
First-Ever Suicide Prevention Recommendations ReleasedEvidence-based guidance for behavioral health, primary care, and emergency department settings is aimed at making healthcare
safe for people at high risk for suicide.
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018
Mild TBI May Elevate Parkinson's Disease RiskVeterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury have a 56% increased risk for Parkinson's disease, a large retrospective
cohort study shows.
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2018
Wachter: Why Home Hospitals Are Not a ThreatThe future of hospitalists is safe because factors other than the lower cost of care seem to be affecting the uptake of the
home hospital, experts report.
Should Clinicians With Conscientious Objections Be Protected?HHS' Conscience and Religious Freedom Division is intended to protect healthcare professionals who want to opt out of performing certain procedures or providing certain medications. Is this necessary?
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 30, 2018
The Future of Medicine From a Leader in BiosensorsDr Eric Topol talks with pioneering researcher John Rogers about how his flexible electronic devices are being used in medicine and what further developments lie ahead.
Opioid Prescriptions See Largest Annual Drop in 25 YearsFactors driving the decline in opioid prescriptions include major clinical guideline shifts, payer reimbursement controls, and regulatory and legislative restrictions; meanwhile, overall use of medications continued to rise in 2017, a new report shows.
Are Pharmacists Your Competitors or Your Collaborators?As physicians struggle to keep up with demand for their services, pharmacists are picking up some of that business. Many physicians are comfortable with this, but others feel differently.
OsteoarthritisReviews have questioned the quality of studies of stem cell therapy for knee osteoarthritis, citing high risk of bias, low quality of evidence, only modest improvement reported, and possible placebo effect.
April 2018
Quiz: UrticariaAcute urticaria may be associated with life-threatening angioedema and/or anaphylactic shock. Do you know key aspects of presentation, workup, and treatment? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
Eric J. Topol, MDDirector, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Executive Vice President and Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape
For the Quadruple Aim to Succeed, Keep Doctors DoctoringAn article by the ACC president on helping cardiologists find work-life balance leads Dr Walton-Shirley to detail what exactly needs to happen to make it a reality vs wishful thinking.
