Perspectives

• Don't Equate Mass Shootings With Mental Illness Dinah Miller speaks about the frustration and sadness around mass violence among psychiatrists.
  Medscape Psychiatry, May 27, 2022
• Update on Rabies, TBE, and Cholera Vaccines Before Travel Healthcare providers should be aware of important updates to vaccine recommendations that could affect patients preparing to travel internationally this summer.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 27, 2022
• Curiosity: The Sixth Sense in Science Curious much? Curiosity plays a key role in science.
  Medscape Blogs, May 27, 2022
• COVID-19 Vaccines Work Better Than Expected COVID vaccines are said to "wane" in efficacy but that refers to only one arm of the immune system.
  Medscape Blogs, May 27, 2022
• More Practice Merger Options for Small Practices Joseph S. Eastern, MD, discusses several practice merger options for doctors with small practices, including forming a cooperative group and joining an independent practice association.
  Medscape Dermatology, May 27, 2022
• Chronic Heart Failure Worsening After Hospitalization Cardiology experts discuss guideline-directed treatment as well as follow-up care for a patient with a history of myocardial infarction whose heart failure recently has worsened after hospitalization.
  May 26, 2022
• The Whitest Specialty: Bias More on orthopedics, which has been called The Whitest Specialty.
  Medscape Orthopedics, May 26, 2022
• What Can We Do About Mass Shootings? Is mental illness the reason for mass shootings? A psychiatrist weighs in.
  Medscape Blogs, May 26, 2022
• Metaverse: Where Are the Medical Ethics?   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the future of healthcare in the context of the metaverse and virtual reality.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 26, 2022
• Bullying People With Hidden Disabilities Creates Misery, Fear Bullying is a problem for people whose disabilities are not obvious; is there a way to prevent this?
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 26, 2022
• Monkeypox: What Do Experts Actually Think?   How much do we really know about the emerging risk of monkeypox? Join experts as they discuss the current situation, what people should focus on, and what to expect going forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 25, 2022
• This Is Your Brain on COVID-19   Do we know how COVID attacks the brain, producing symptoms such as distorted sense of smell? F. Perry Wilson comments on the data we have so far.
  Medscape, May 25, 2022
• Eliminating Central Line–Associated Bloodstream Infections Central line–associated bloodstream infections (CLABSIs) are a seemingly intractable problem, and reporting requirements complicate the situation. How can a hospital's medical staff respond to this challenge?
  Medscape Infectious Diseases, May 25, 2022
• Why Is Long-term Weight Loss So Difficult? Understanding the biologic and physiologic defense of body fat mass is essential to understanding weight regain and helping patients succeed with long-term maintenance of weight loss.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 25, 2022
• The Medical Student Teaching Medicine About Structural Racism   Robert A. Harrington interviews LaShyra Nolen, a medical student and the 2021 recipient of the American Medical Student Association's Racial Justice in Medicine Award.
  theheart.org on Medscape, May 25, 2022
• Infographic: Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 The five best and worst states for physicians to practice medicine are evaluated based on 12 criteria such as compensation, burnout, and malpractice payment amounts, among others.
  Medscape, May 25, 2022
• What It's Like to Be a Cancer Physician in America Our nation's culture of exceptionalism has set the stage. Belief in alternative theories is less distressing than facing the truth of our mortal condition.
  Medscape Blogs, May 25, 2022
• The History Behind the Current Monkeypox Outbreak There are now more than 100 cases of monkeypox in Europe, Canada, and the United States.
  Medscape Blogs, May 24, 2022
• Is It Time to Broaden Use of Multigene Panel Testing in CRC? Dr Sarah Coughlin shares results from the largest study to date examining multigene panel testing in colorectal cancer, presented at this year's Digestive Disease Week.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, May 24, 2022
• 'Bright Lights': Why This Physician Still Loves Family Medicine "Seeing opportunities to practice preventative medicine in family medicine made me realize the specialty was the perfect fit for me."
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 24, 2022