Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Perspective

• Ketamine, Pain, and Depression: A Special Connection   Ketamine may be a potent analgesic, but its effects on chronic pain may have more to do with its antidepressant effects, according to a recent study. F. Perry Wilson comments.
  Medscape, May 24, 2023
• S3 Episode 4: PsA Pipeline Evaluation: Progress and Unmet Needs   Drs Stanley Cohen and Philip Mease review the 2022 ACR meeting topics, including new treatments, trial data, and what they think are the most pressing unmet needs in the field.
  Medscape, May 24, 2023
• Automated Insulin Delivery System, Not an Artificial Pancreas   Anne L. Peters, MD, explains why the term artificial pancreas is wrong and why automated insulin delivery system is correct.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 24, 2023
• Overcoming Death Anxiety: Understanding Our Lives, Legacies "If I died today, would my life have been good enough?"
  MDedge, May 23, 2023
• S2 Episode 3: Personalized Medicine in Bladder Cancer: Inflection Point   Drs Cheryl Lee and Tom Powles talk about ctDNA and personalized medicine approaches for advanced bladder cancer as we sit at the precipice of change.
  Medscape, May 23, 2023
• Medications Within Borders: Canada Limits Ozempic Purchase A growing influx of US residents purchasing Ozempic in Canada led to a move to limit sales to Canadian residents. Dr Jain questions whether it's time to reevaluate prescription costs in the US.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 22, 2023
• Hemochromatosis: What We Should Have Learned About It   The Curbsiders share expert tips on this common disorder, its presentation, diagnosis, and approach to treatment.
  The Curbsiders, May 22, 2023
• Prior-Authorization Woes? These Tools May Change the Game   Alok S. Patel, MD, discusses prior authorizations and the potential use of artificial intelligence.
  Medscape Hospital Medicine, May 22, 2023
• The New Vaccine Your Patients May Not Want An additional routine vaccine for adults is now on the horizon. How can we incorporate it into our practices and overcome patient hesitancy?
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 22, 2023
• NSCLC e-Tumor Boards: Case 5: Squamous Cell Carcinoma with TP53 Mutations   This case focuses on a 54-year-old man diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma with TP53 mutations. After two courses of neoadjuvant chemotherapy with immunotherapy treatment, he underwent surgery. The team discusses best next steps with possible chemoradiation or surveillance.
  Medscape, May 22, 2023
• Why I Will Recommend Mammograms at Age 40   But screening interval will continue to be a shared decision, says Dr Andrew Kaunitz.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 19, 2023
• May 19 2023 This Week in Cardiology   When to use an ICD, risk stratification for HCM, blending EP and structural cardiology to improve care in post-TAVI patients, and hsTroponins are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 19, 2023
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2023 Check out our 2023 choices for the best and worst communities, based on such factors as income, malpractice climate, lifestyle, and health indicators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 18, 2023
• No Expiration Date for Sex Clinicians frequently overlook sexual health in their older patients. That should change.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 18, 2023
• Can't Stop the Hyperbole About Diet Interventions The news proclaiming the success of the UK's diet-based protocol in weight mitigation in people with type 2 diabetes overexaggerates the findings. Yoni Freedhoff, MD, expounds on why it's misleading.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 18, 2023
• Risk for Mpox Resurgence Rises With the return of summer festivals, public health experts are renewing calls for mpox vaccination and prevention efforts.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 18, 2023
• HSS, Arthritis Foundation Spotlight Neglected Hip OA Research Convenors of a recent hip osteoarthritis (OA) conference discuss current state-of-the-art practices in hip OA and identify clinical research gaps to advance clinical understanding and treatment.
  Hospital for Special Surgery, May 18, 2023
• How to Stay Healthy at 17,500 mph: A Space Doc's Insight   Physician astronaut Frank Rubio on staying healthy in space and what NASA's research may bring medicine, in an interview with terrestrial cardiologist Melissa Walton-Shirley.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 17, 2023
• Top 5 Movement Disorders Highlights From AAN 2023   Kathrin LaFaver discusses the movement disorders presentations that piqued her interest at the 2023 American Academy of Neurology meeting with fellow neurologist Indu Subramanian.
  Medscape Neurology, May 17, 2023
• Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation During Pregnancy? Where does TMS fit into the algorithm for treating depression during pregnancy? Where is it appropriate to be thinking about TMS in pregnancy, and should it perhaps be deferred at this moment?
  MDedge, May 17, 2023