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ISHLT 2018Inconsistent Ranking of Heart Transplant Recipients UnjustIt's difficult to create a system that is perfectly fair, investigators acknowledge, but the system that prioritizes heart transplants in the US according to need is not as objective as intended.
Medscape Medical News, April 16, 2018
ISHLT 2018Molecular Diagnostics Pinpoint Heart Transplant TroubleThe molecular diagnosis of biopsies to assess reduced function after heart transplant reduces errors and curbs unnecessary treatment, INTERHEART study investigators report.
Medscape Medical News, April 12, 2018
Six Billboards Draw 60 Kidney Donors for Ailing Oregon NurseOne year after the first billboard, the Oregon nurse, who had been on dialysis for 4 years and living with failing kidneys for 10, got her transplant. A company donated the space for five of the ads.
CMS to Recast 'Meaningful Use' Data Reporting RulesMedicare officials also are using the update of an annual payment to compel hospitals to put their standard charges on the
Internet and to address price of costly CAR T cancer treatment.
VA Nominee Hearing Delayed After 'Serious Allegations' AriseThe top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs jointly called for information from the White
House on 'allegations' regarding Trump's VA nominee Rear Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD.
New AAN Guidelines Advocate Early MS TreatmentNew guidelines update recommendations on starting, switching, and stopping disease-modifying therapies in multiple sclerosis
and recommend an earlier start to treatment.
Medscape Medical News, April 23, 2018
High Cesarean Delivery Rates Disputed at ACOGAn 'epidemic' of cesarean delivery will be debated at the upcoming American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)
meeting, where strategies will be discussed to bring these numbers down.
Senate Panel Advances Sweeping Opioid Bill to Full Senate A Senate panel on Tuesday unanimously approved a wide-ranging package of legislative proposals to address the opioid crisis. Its House counterpart is slated to consider on Wednesday more than 60 separate bills addressing painkillers and substance abuse.
Beware of the Agreeable, Noncompliant PatientMany physicians are caught off guard when they face a malpractice lawsuit from a seemingly agreeable patient whom they have known for years. Is there any way to prevent this from happening?
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.
Medscape, March 15, 2018
Goodbye, With GratitudeDr Jeffrey Berns is moving on to a new position and retiring as editor-in-chief of Medscape Nephrology.
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
