Medscape Today Perspective

• A Look Back at the Rapidly Evolving Treatment Landscape for Early-Stage NSCLC   Mark Socinski, MD, recalls the limited scope of lung cancer staging that he witnessed early in his career.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Woman Recovers and Rock Climbs After Severe Electrocution of Hands   Melissa Strong’s last name is quite fitting. A plastic surgeon reconstructed her fingers after a woodworking accident involving a live current.
  WebMD, January 30, 2023
• Does Evidence Support Pharmacologic Treatment for Dementia? Although patients and their family members long for effective treatments for dementia, high-quality evidence on the benefits of the drugs already available is lacking.
  Medscape Neurology, January 30, 2023
• How Opportunity and Mentorship Launched a Career in Thoracic Oncology   Mark Socinski, MD, recalls what drove him toward working in lung cancer during his fellowship.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Advice to Oncologists Beginning Their Careers   Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, remarks on the costs of an excess of professional aspiration.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• The Impact of Social Determinants of Health on Epilepsy Treatment   Andrew N. Wilner, MD, and Joseph I. Sirven, MD, discuss the impact of social determinants of health on epilepsy.
  Medscape Neurology, January 30, 2023
• Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Addressing the Imperfections   Thomas Stinchcombe, MD, reflects on the successes and deficiencies of treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Thinking Big Picture in the Management of Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer   Kristin Higgins, MD, offers advice to early-career oncologists.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Witnessing Advances in Management Options for Patients With Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer   Kristin Higgins, MD, thinks back to early experiences in treating patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and the advances that have been made since.
  Medscape, January 30, 2023
• Are We Transfusing Too Much Blood? Pathologist George Lundberg questions the necessity of administering 16 million units of blood or blood products in a single year.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 30, 2023
• Managing Respiratory Symptoms in the 'Tripledemic' Era Readers weighed in on Dr Charles Vega's approach to a patient whose symptoms could be from COVID-19, flu, or RSV.
  Medscape Family Medicine, January 30, 2023
• Infographic: How Bad Are Burnout, Depression for Physicians? Physicians reveal that burnout and depression continue to act as anchors on their mental health. Doctors discuss what's causing the problem and how they try to relieve it.
  Medscape, January 27, 2023
• Jan 27 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Exercise for AF, drugs have more than one effect, AI bots and the future of medicine, and the good and bad news about prognosis in HF are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, January 27, 2023
• The Challenge of Incidental Interstitial Lung Abnormalities A recent study moves us closer to identifying a valid model for risk-stratifying incidental interstitial lung abnormalities, but we've still got a long way to go, says Dr Holley.
  Medscape Critical Care, January 27, 2023
• Novel CPR for Patients With Nonshockable Rhythms   Robert D. Glatter, MD; Paul E. Pepe, MD, MPH; and Ryan P. Quinn, BS, EMS, discuss and provide a demo of a novel resuscitation technique for patients with non-shockable rhythms in cardiac arrest.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, January 26, 2023
• Weight Bias Affects Views of Kids' Obesity Recommendations New recommendations for "aggressive treatment" for children with obesity have sparked outrage among many. Dr Yoni Freedhoff says the extreme reaction doesn't surprise him but is unwarranted.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, January 26, 2023
• Study Finds Faster Recovery With FLACS In Vitrectomized Eyes Dr Garg discusses a paper from Cai and colleagues comparing femtosecond laser-assisted cataract surgery (FLACS) to conventional surgery for complex cataracts in eyes with prior vitrectomy.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, January 26, 2023
• Analyzing Disparities in the Treatment of Mantle Cell Lymphoma   Yazeed Sawalha, MD, discusses a study that analyzed how health disparities affect the likelihood of undergoing consolidated autologous stem cell transplant for mantle cell lymphoma.
  Medscape, January 26, 2023
• Should You Seek 'Operative Request' Rather Than 'Informed Consent'? Patients undergoing surgical procedures need to be made aware of the risks and benefits -- and confirm that awareness in writing.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, January 26, 2023
• ChatGPT: To Bot or Not to Bot? Chatbots are taking the information world by storm, including medicine and scholarly medical publications.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, January 25, 2023