Perspective

 
 

  • Precision Cardiology: Spotlight on ATTR Cardiac Amyloidosis Watch international cardiology experts discuss CRISPR/Cas9 and other emerging therapeutic and investigational approaches in heart failure.
  • No Expiration Date for Sex! Clinicians frequently overlook sexual health in their older patients. That should change.
  • ACC HFpEF Guidance: What to Know   Ileana Piña, MD, MPH, discusses the Expert Consensus Decision Pathway from ACC focused on the definition, diagnosis, and treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.
  • 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.
  • Risk for Mpox Resurgence Rises With the return of summer festivals, public health experts are renewing calls for mpox vaccination and prevention efforts.
  • Episode 5: First 72 Hours: Inpatient Care for Patients With UC   Drs Sunanda Kane and Peter D. Higgins discuss the first 72 hours of inpatient UC care. What are best practices for diet and painkillers? When should your patient see a surgeon? Tune in to find out.
  • 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.
  • Medscape Medical Minute   Dr Perry Wilson highlights the day's top news stories, produced by Medscape, the leading source of information for medical professionals. From new clinical evidence to breaking policy news, stay on the pulse of medicine with Medscape Medical Minute.
  • Age-Related Macular Degeneration Highlights From ARVO 2023   From ARVO 2023, Dr Neena Haider reports on treatment options for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration, including aflibercept and newer TKI and gene therapies.
  • Human Health in Space: One Small Step for Manikin-kind As NASA plans a return to the Moon, Dr Walton-Shirley explores how space travel affects the body , medical emergencies, and what we will learn from Commander Moonikin Campos and the Artemis mission.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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?
  • What to Expect in the New Concussion Guidelines   Andrew N. Wilner, MD, and Shae Datta, MD, discuss recent developments in sports neurology.
  • Expunging 'Penicillin Allergy': Your Questions Answered Dr Vega responds to reader questions about delabeling penicillin allergy in a patient who reports a childhood rash after taking amoxicillin.
  • S2 Episode 5: Immunotherapy and Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer   Drs Jacob Sands and Stephen V. Liu discuss immunotherapy, biomarkers, next-generation sequencing, shared decision-making, and improving outcomes in the treatment of non–small cell lung cancer.
  • The BOX Trial: Do Higher Blood Pressure Targets After Cardiac Arrest Improve Outcomes? This review explores outcomes of the BOX trial, which found that targeting a mean arterial blood pressure of 77 mm Hg or 63 mm Hg in patients who had been resuscitated from cardiac arrest did not result in significantly different percentages of patients dying or having severe disability or coma.
  • Has Emergency Medicine Residency Lost Its Appeal for Good?   Drs Glatter, McNamara, and Ho discuss the high number of unmatched emergency medicine positions, what's behind it, and whether it can be fixed.
  • Is Parkinson's a Military Base's Toxic Legacy?   Exposure to groundwater contaminated with TCE could explain higher rates of Parkinson's disease in those who spent time at Camp Lejeune.
  • Emotional Eating Isn't All Emotional Often clinicians dismiss emotional eating and its impact on patients, but it's common and leads to weight gain. Dr Sylvia Gonsahn-Bollie offers tips to help patients overcome emotional eating.