Internal Medicine Perspective

• Talking to Teens Duy Nguyen, MD, discusses his experience in speaking to and relating to teenagers as a high school teacher and clinician.
  MDedge, September 27, 2022
• Natural Fertility: When Less Can Be More Experts discuss the pros and cons of natural fertility.
  MDedge, September 27, 2022
• New Nonstatin Cholesterol Lowering Drugs: How to Use Them   Dr Skolnik gives a quick summary of guidance on incorporating new agents that provide alternatives to statin monotherapy.
  Medscape Family Medicine, September 27, 2022
• Could a Vaccine Fix the Fentanyl Crisis?   Drs Robert Glatter and Paul J. Christo discuss the ongoing and worsening fentanyl crisis in the United States.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, September 27, 2022
• Learning From Patient Experiences in Major Depressive Disorder   Joseph Goldberg, MD, reflects on the patients with major depressive disorder who have made a meaningful impact on his approach.
  Medscape, September 27, 2022
• Problem-Solving in the Treatment of Major Depressive Disorder   Joseph Goldberg, MD, reflects on the mentors who have shaped his approach to solving complex problems from an empirical perspective.
  Medscape, September 27, 2022
• Major Depressive Disorder: A Complex Disease Requiring a Compassionate Response   Joseph Goldberg, MD, reflects on how experience shapes achievable goals in the treatment of major depressive disorder.
  Medscape, September 27, 2022
• Sugar-Free Paradox: Do Artificial Sweeteners Help or Hurt?   Dr David Johnson on the paradoxical findings that the sugar-free options we recommend to patients may end up producing similarly negative effects.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, September 26, 2022
• Decline in Pediatric Vaccinations: What Does It Mean for Flu? An influenza expert and pediatrician weighs in on why we must not be complacent about routine vaccinations
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, September 26, 2022
• Why Neurologists Should Care About Reproductive Rights   Many neurologic conditions require treatment with teratogenic agents. Abortion bans complicate these treatment decisions.
  Medscape Neurology, September 26, 2022
• Will Factor XI Be the Goldilocks Anticoagulant Target?   Bleeding remains a challenge with anticoagulation. Could investigational agents targeting Factor XI, which is higher up the clotting cascade deliver efficacy, without the cost of bleeding.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 26, 2022
• Yes, We Should Talk Politics and Religion With Patients Avoiding these formally taboo topics can put our patients at risk, argues this cardiologist.
  Medscape Blogs, September 26, 2022
• Infographic: Incomes Climb for Young Physicians For physicians younger than 40 years, average compensation rose in 2021 at rates even faster than for their older peers. However, a pay gap persists between younger male and female doctors.
  Medscape, September 23, 2022
• Young Physicians Compensation Report 2022 Medscape's Young Physician Compensation Report 2022 explores changes in overall income, incentives, and attitudes about work amid recovery from a very tough year.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, September 23, 2022
• Sep 23 2022 This Week in Cardiology   The PROTECTED TAVR trial of an embolic protection device, renal denervation for hypertension, percutaneouls left atrial appendage closure, and deprescribing aspirin are discussed in this weeks podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 23, 2022
• How an Expert Would Manage Her Own Advanced Cancer   Dr Lundberg is hosting a series of Q&As with cancer experts on his blog, Curious Dr. George.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, September 23, 2022
• Supply Situation Improved but Medical Challenges in Ukraine   Miriam E. Tucker interviews Ukrainian Diabetology Association President Boris Mankovsky, MD, regarding the current state of healthcare in Ukraine.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, September 23, 2022
• TCT 2022 Neutral Trial, Positive Spin: PROTECTED TAVR The primary endpoint was negative for a trial of embolic protection during transcatheter aortic valve replacement, yet the paper's conclusion emphasized the potential benefit.
  theheart.org on Medscape, September 23, 2022
• How to Make the Best of Your Worst Reviews Physicians try hard to engage with patients but do not always succeed. Though patient reviews can occasionally provide helpful feedback, they also can be nonspecific and nonactionable.
  Medscape Blogs, September 23, 2022
• Episode 6: Managing Crohn's Disease After Surgery   Drs Peter Higgins and Michael Chiorean discuss risk stratification, monitoring, and treatment of Crohn's disease after surgery.
  Medscape, September 22, 2022