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• Infographic: Is Your Pay Rising as Fast as Your Peers'?   Physicians report on what happened with their total compensation in 2022, which specialties pay the best, and whether the gender salary gap is closing in medicine.
  Medscape, April 20, 2023
• Episode 1: How to Provide Biopsychosocial IBS Care in Your Clinic   Drs Lin Chang and Douglas Drossman discuss the history of IBS, the gut-brain axis, the role of trauma and stress in IBS, and share pearls for implementing biopsychosocial care in the clinic.
  Medscape, April 19, 2023
• S2 Episode 4: Lung Cancer Screening   Drs Jacob Sands and Chi-Fu J. Yang discuss lung cancer screening trials and the intersection of guidelines and clinical judgment in evaluation of suspicious nodules.
  Medscape, April 18, 2023
• Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2023 Which specialties earn the most, and which physicians work the longest hours? Our 2023 Physician Compensation Report tells what's happening with doctors' income.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, April 14, 2023
• Apr 14 2023 This Week in Cardiology   SCAI consensus document on LAAC, semaglutide/tirzepatide disruption, NSAIDs, and interventional echocardiography are the topics discussed by John Mandrola, MD, on this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 14, 2023
• Healthcare in America: Let That Tapeworm Grow Our sickness care system is one helluva jobs program.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, April 11, 2023
• Apr 07 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Chat GPT, a relatively unknown therapy for HFpEF, and two fun studies on statins and secondary prevention are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week's podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 07, 2023
• Episode 2: Obesity as a Disease: Changing the Paradigm   How to change the paradigm on obesity as a disease? In this episode, Drs Robert Kushner and Donna Ryan dig into the science, speak about bias in the healthcare system, and advocate for better patient care.
  Medscape, April 05, 2023
• Episode 2: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Who Gets an Antifibrotic?   Drs Jeffrey Swigris and Ayodeji Adegunsoye discuss fibrosing interstitial lung disease and treatment challenges for individuals with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
  Medscape, April 04, 2023
• Autism: Is It in the Water?   Lithium and autism. An intriguing connection, but do we have enough information to make it?
  Medscape, April 03, 2023
• New Antiobesity Drugs Will Benefit Many. Is That Bad? New antiobesity medicines are being deemed too costly for insurers despite the success patients have had with losing weight and improving their health. Dr Yoni Freedhoff ponders why.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 31, 2023
• 'Excess' Deaths Surging, but Why?   We can't blame COVID for this. F. Perry Wilson comments on a new study of excess deaths in the United States compared with Europe.
  Medscape, March 29, 2023
• On Friendships: What Canadian Physicians Say Today Physicians may struggle to make and maintain friendships alongside work, family, and other responsibilities, according to our survey findings.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 28, 2023
• Don't Display Human Remains in Museums Without Consent   Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, discusses honoring values about consent and permissions related to displaying human remains in medical museums.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, March 28, 2023
• What Happens When Newer Weight Loss Meds Are Stopped? Anti-obesity meds are a "game-changer" for many people with obesity, but what happens when people stop taking them? Dr Jaime Almandoz explains.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 27, 2023
• Mar 24 2023 This Week in Cardiology   Exercise, sudden cardiac death in sports, new TAVI data, behavioral psychology, EHR doing good things, maybe, and coffee are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 24, 2023
• Reducing Lung Function Decline in a Patient With Progressive Fibrosing ILD   Experts evaluate a patient with progressive fibrosing ILD and provide recommendations for treatment and lifestyle modifications to reduce decline in lung function.
  Medscape, March 24, 2023
• A 'Game Changer' for Heart Transplant?   Dr DeVore, from the first US center to perform an adult heart transplant using an organ donated after circulatory death, explains the differences and similarities with brain-dead donation to Dr Piña.
  theheart.org on Medscape, March 24, 2023
• Celebrity Death Finally Solved -- With Locks of Hair   New techniques and old locks of hair allow researchers to get a little closer to solving an enduring medical mystery: What killed Ludwig van Beethoven?
  Medscape, March 22, 2023
• Robotic Peritoneal Vaginoplasty Dr K. Ashley Brandt discusses robotic peritoneal vaginoplasty and the advantages of robotic surgery.
  MDedge, March 22, 2023