Perspective

• EAN 2021 Featured News
  June 18, 2021
• Walter Isaacson on CRISPR and the People Behind the Revolution   Talking with Eric Topol and Abraham Verghese, Walter Isaacson describes the stories behind his latest book, 'The Codebreaker,' including how he contrived a Zoom meeting between key players who'd drifted apart.
  Medscape, June 18, 2021
• Jun 18 2021 This Week in Cardiology   COVID vaccine myocarditis, Christian Eriksen and sudden cardiac death, therapeutic hypothermia, and revascularization of stable CAD are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 18, 2021
• Incorporating Routine Self-care Can Prevent Doctors' Burnout As the world starts emerging from the COVID-19 chaos, one expert recommends a 5-minute wellness check and notes that "when we give time to ourselves, we can give time more freely to others,"
  Medscape Psychiatry, June 18, 2021
• Peters on Tirzepatide: 'Impressive, but We Need to Know More'   Dr Anne Peters discusses tirzepatide and the topline results from the SURPASS trials.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 18, 2021
• Why Do Communities of Color Still Face Health Inequities?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Karyne Jones, President & CEO, National Caucus and Center on Black Aging (NCBA), about the health inequities that communities of color still face.
  WebMD, June 18, 2021
• Success for a New Type of Checkpoint Inhibitor Promising results in a study of >700 treatment-naive advanced melanoma patients.
  Medscape Blogs, June 18, 2021
• Understanding the Grieving Process Leif Hass, MD, offers advice on coping with loss of a loved one or a colleague to COVID-19.
  Medscape, June 18, 2021
• New ACG Guidelines on 'C difficile': Key Takeaways   Dr David Johnson highlights the practice-changing implications of expert recommendations on diagnosing and managing these common infections.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, June 17, 2021
• Key Strategies for Managing Breast Cancer Brain Metastases Breast cancer specialist Kevin M. Kalinsky, MD, discusses the interplay of tumor characteristics and treatment options.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2021
• The Cost of More Surveillance Scanning: Patients' Mental Health We think scans reassure patients. But in reality, every scan is also a chance for a patient to realize their cancer has come back.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2021
• ECG Challenge: Lightheadedness and Slow, Irregular Pulse A middle-aged man with CAD visits the emergency department with lightheadedness, and his pulse is slow and slightly irregular. What does his ECG show?
  Medscape Cardiology, June 17, 2021
• CPAP Continues to Underperform Dr Aaron Holley stresses that not all patients with a sleep-related breathing disorder will benefit from CPAP.
  Medscape Critical Care, June 17, 2021
• Canceling Ultra-processed Foods Won't Solve Obesity   Dr F. Perry Wilson comments on a study examining the effect of ultra-processed food consumption on BMI and body weight.
  Medscape, June 16, 2021
• Has COVID-19 Changed the FDA's Regulatory Process?   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, speaks with Patrizia Cavazzoni, MD, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER), FDA, about the impact of COVID-19 on the FDA's regulatory process.
  WebMD, June 16, 2021
• Protecting Your Cancer Patients From the Plague Should your cancer patients get the COVID vaccine? Short answer: yes.
  Medscape Blogs, June 16, 2021
• Should COVID Vaccine Patents Be Made Public?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses Biden's proposal to make drug companies reveal their COVID vaccine patent information, and its goal of increasing the availability of COVID-19 vaccines.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 16, 2021
• 10 Killer Steps to Writing a Great Medical Thriller Many physicians have thought about writing a medical novel, often based on their own experiences. An author tells what he learned while writing his novel.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 16, 2021
• New! Spotlight on Medical Power Couples: Their Extraordinary Lives Infectious disease experts and spouses juggle their personal lives with major disease outbreaks; plus the only married couple in the United States to lead separate medical schools.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 16, 2021
• Is Your Patient Having an Existential Crisis? The news is portraying our modern time as an existential crisis, as though our very existence is threatened.
  Medscape Pediatrics, June 16, 2021