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• Tragedy, Hope, and a Medical Mystery: 'The Covenant of Water'   Dr Eric Topol and Dr Robert Harrington interview Dr Abraham Verghese about his fiction writing methods and Oprah's enthusiasm for his latest novel.
  Medscape, June 07, 2023
• Episode 3: Immunotherapy in Advanced and Metastatic Breast Cancer   Drs Banu Arun and Kevin Kalinsky discuss immunotherapy in the treatment of advanced and metastatic breast cancer, including recent studies, side effects, access to treatment, and disparities in care.
  Medscape, June 07, 2023
• Does Weight Loss Surgery Up the Risk for Bone Fractures? Studies have shown a link between weight loss surgery and subsequent loss of bone density. Madhusmita Misra, MD, MPH, explains why this occurs and offers recommendations to reduce the risk.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, June 07, 2023
• Antibiotics for AECOPD: It's Still Controversial The Rome criteria aren't evidence-based; rather, they're a necessary first step toward creating the evidence.
  Medscape Critical Care, June 06, 2023
• How Can We Make Medical Training Less 'Toxic'?   Robert D. Glatter, MD; Amy Faith Ho, MD, MPH; and Júlia Loyola Ferreira, MD, discuss ways to address and reform the toxic culture associated with medical training.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, June 06, 2023
• NSCLC e-Tumor Boards: Case 6: NSCLC with Multiple Primaries   This case is about a 75-year-old woman with poor performance status with multiple primary lung cancers, the highest stage being IIIA-N2, with multiple recurrences after various local therapy modalities since 2006. The team highlights the power of pathology and the value of molecular diagnostics in distinguishing between the lesions.
  Medscape, June 06, 2023
• Episode 4: Medical Evaluation of the Patient Who Presents With Obesity   How do you medically evaluate a person who presents with obesity? Drs Robert Kushner and Amanda Velazquez share practical tools and pearls for community clinicians.
  Medscape, June 06, 2023
• Transplant Centers Often Skip the Top Spot on the Kidney Waitlist   How donor kidneys are allocated to waiting patients isn't as straightforward as it might seem.
  Medscape, June 05, 2023
• Game-Changing Alzheimer’s Research: The Latest on Biomarkers Dr Bradford Dickerson discusses the current framework for defining Alzheimer’s disease biologically, and the potential for emerging plasma biomarkers.
  Medscape Neurology, June 05, 2023
• Medscape Physician Assistant Compensation Report 2023 Physician assistants (PAs) seem increasingly dissatisfied with their compensation, even though it rose last year. Gender and age made a difference, with male and older PAs earning more on average.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 02, 2023
• Jun 02, 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Listener feedback on the most important study in a decade, MONITOR-HF, a flawed paper and analysis, and the tension between pathos and logos are the topics John Mandrola, MD discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 02, 2023
• Is the Field of Electrophysiology Stuck? The 2023 Heart Rhythm Society meeting featured hot topics such as pulsed-field ablation and late-breaking "trials" on conduction system pacing, but the data gave this electrophysiologist pause.
  theheart.org on Medscape, June 01, 2023
• What's Wrong With Cancer Clinical Trials? Look at Olaparib Oncologist Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, discusses problematic reporting of olaparib trials.
  Medscape Oncology, June 01, 2023
• Doctors, Nurses Striking -- Is It Ethical?   Art L. Caplan, PhD, discusses strikes among physicians and nurses, and the need to stand for professional rather than business ethics.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, June 01, 2023
• Episode 2: Quality of Survival: Colorectal Cancer in Older Adults   When you see an older adult with colorectal cancer, how do you fit your care to their needs? Join Dr Benjamin Schlechter and geriatric medical oncology expert Dr Nadine McCleary for clinical pearls.
  Medscape, June 01, 2023
• S2 Episode 6: What's Next? Emerging Trends in Type 2 Diabetes Management   Join Drs Carol Wysham and Silvio Inzucchi as they discuss how type 2 diabetes management has evolved over the years, and the most promising developments on the horizon.
  Medscape, June 01, 2023
• Change Makers: FDA Commissioner Dr Califf on Public Health WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte, MD, MPH, speaks with FDA Commissioner Robert Califf, MD, about the vital role of the FDA in protecting public health and how it is responding to recent issues.
  Medscape, May 31, 2023
• COVID Boosters Effective, but Not for Long   Dr F. Perry Wilson explains a unique study design that helps answer questions about the effectiveness of COVID booster vaccines.
  Medscape, May 30, 2023
• The Costs of Disparities in the Treatment of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia   Seema Bhat, MD, reflects on the inequities of access to treatment and deficiencies in research for chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
  Medscape, May 30, 2023
• Learning to Appreciate the Impact of CLL on the Lives of Patients   Kerry Rogers, MD, reflects on what she underestimated about CLL when she first started seeing patients as a fellow.
  Medscape, May 30, 2023