Perspective

 
 

  • Return to Play in Athletes With Acute Myocarditis An expert analysis of the recommended protocol.
  • Metastatic Kidney Cancer Highlights From IKCS 2023   Highlights on metastatic kidney cancer research from IKCS 2023 include data on zanzalintinib, a dose-finding study on belzutifan, and updates on CAR T-cell therapy, as reported by Dr Brian Rini.
  • Dr Christmas on Managing Menopausal Symptoms   Dr Monica Christmas's gift to The Curbsiders is expert advice on using hormonal and nonhormonal therapies in perimenopause.
  • Episode 6: Thinking Beyond TROP2 at ESMO 2023   What were the biggest takeaways from ESMO 2023 related to TNBC and IBC? Tune in to hear experts Drs Kevin Kalinsky and Filipa Lynce discuss.
  • Semaglutide Reduces Cardio Risk in Obesity Without Diabetes   Anne Peters discusses recent data on semaglutide and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with preexisting cardiovascular disease and obesity, but with no history of diabetes.
  • 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.
  • Are You Sure Your Patient Is Alive?   Someone knows when a person has died, but a shocking lack of sharing that news is causing problems for clinicians, families, and health systems.
  • ASH President Reflects Before Annual Meeting on Hematology   Robert Brodsky, MD, thinks back on his year as president of the American Society of Hematology and the latest advances in treating blood disorders.
  • How Do We Address the Epidemic of Loneliness and Isolation? The US surgeon general proposed a national strategy to promote social connection and combat loneliness.
  • Parenting the Addicted: Scenes From a Substance Abuse Clinic Parenting an adult child with a substance abuse problem often involves making painful choices that look senseless — or worse — to an outsider.
  • Pig Organs in Humans: We're Not Ready Yet, Says Ethicist   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the current status of using of pig organs for transplantation in humans.
  • Suits or Joggers? A Doctor's Dress Code I used to wear a tie and shoes that could hold a shine. Now I wear jogger scrubs and sneakers. Rather than be offended by the lack of formality though, patients seem to appreciate it. Should they?
  • Predicting HF Worsening: Speech Analysis Beats Weighing Scales   Heart failure experts, Ileana Piña and Bill Abraham, discuss the HearO study on the use of AI for detecting congestion remotely and other tips and tricks they have learned over the years.
  • Dec 01 2023 This Week in Cardiology   More from AHA including SGLT2 inhibitors, blood transfusion after MI; cracks in the armor of Factor XI inhibitors; and renal denervation are the topics John Mandrola, MD, covers in this week’s podcast.
  • Key Updates in Diabetes From AHA 2023   Highlights in diabetes from AHA 2023 include a meta-analysis of the DAPA-HF and DELIVER trials, therapeutic effects of SGLT2 inhibitors, and the lag in uptake of this therapy in the clinical setting.
  • How Low Should You Go? Is Very Low LDL-C Safe? Drs Connie Newman and Seth Martin highlight the evidence supporting the safety of very low LDL-C levels, and how maintaining low levels protects against CV events such as MI and stroke.
  • Artificial Intelligence in the Office: Part 2 Last month's column on the basics of AI sparked some interesting questions regarding the various generative algorithms and their usefulness to us in medicine.
  • Infographic: Doctors Grade Their EHR Systems Physicians reveal how well they think their employer's electronic health record (EHR) systems are or aren't delivering on certain key features.
  • Is Fructose All to Blame for Obesity? Recent studies have pinned the obesity crisis on fructose. Caroline Apovian, MD, argues that it may be time to ban it.
  • ASH 2023: Anticipating Impactful Data in DLBCL   Dr Suchitra Sundaram highlights key studies to be presented at ASH 2023.
  • BSR 2023