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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
COVID-19: Convalescent Plasma Falls Short in Phase 2 Trial Convalescent plasma may not prevent progression to severe disease or reduce mortality risk in hospitalized patients with moderate COVID-19, based on a phase 2 trial involving more than 400 patients.
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
Trump and Biden Face Off Over COVID-19, ACA in Final Debate Healthcare once again had its time in the spotlight in the final debate between the two leading presidential candidates in Nashville.
Medscape Medical News, October 23, 2020
HIV Drugs Prevent Type 2 Diabetes, May Be Path to New Therapy An analysis of five databases shows that the NRTIs used to treat HIV and hepatitis B infection are able to prevent diabetes by blocking inflammasone activation; discovery may pave way for new therapeutics.
Medscape Medical News, October 22, 2020

Doctors: Lonely and Burned Out in COVID-19. How Are They Coping? A recent Medscape survey found high levels of loneliness, stress, and burnout in physicians during COVID-19. Isolation and relationship stress add to the problem.
Medscape Medical News, October 2020
Physicians React: End Retaliation Against Docs Who Speak Out Physicians are calling out administrators who are retaliating against their peers for speaking out on safety issues such as the lack of PPE during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Medscape Medical News, October 2020
Women Physicians 2020: The Issues They Care About More than 3000 women physicians described their key concerns, including career, parenting, and burnout.
Medscape Features Slideshows, July 2020
Payment Problems as Patients Lose Coverage due to COVID Patient visits are back, but many have lost insurance or have a lesser plan. Here's what physicians can do to increase their revenue in this situation.
Medscape Medical News, July 2020
6 Snags Docs Hit When Seeing Patients Again Physicians have been reopening their offices, but many have made some mistakes or have run into unexpected stumbling blocks that could foul up their best plans.
Medscape Medical News, July 2020

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US Records More Than 71,000 Cases on Thursday New coronavirus statistics bear out experts' predictions that the coronavirus will tighten its grip on the United States in the fall and winter.
WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
Moderna Might Seek Government OK for Vaccine in December In a news release issued Thursday, Massachusetts-based Moderna said it had enrolled all 30,000 volunteers and had administered the second dose of the vaccine to 26,650 of them.
WebMD Health News, October 23, 2020
ICNA-CNS 2020 Long-Term Benefits From Nusinersen for Presymptomatic SMA Nusinersen provides continued, long-term benefits to infants with spinal muscular atrophy who begin treatment before symptom onset, according to an analysis.
Medscape Medical News, 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
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