Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: A call to push pause on a Medicare payment program
And are fast food swamps to blame for more type 1 diabetes?
Feature
Federal court puts chill on Maryland drug price-gouging law
Similar price-gouging legislation has been introduced in at least 13 states this year, though none of those measures became law.
Feature
Will patients get on board with CMS’s new health data approach?
CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, wants clinicians who still believe they can deny patients’ access to their own health records to change their...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Doctors say no to pot for sleep apnea
And what’s the best antithrombotic therapy after TAVI?
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Which diabetes drug boosts survival best?
And there’s new promise in early-stage lung cancer.
Conference Coverage
Clopidogrel flunks platelet reactivity control test in TAVI
WASHINGTON – For platelet reactivity after TAVI, ticagrelor is more effective than clopidogrel.
From the Journals
VIDEO: Meta-analysis: Mortality, safety data may favor SGLT2 inhibitors in T2DM
GLP-1 agonists were associated with a higher risk of adverse events that led to study withdrawal, compared with SGLT2 inhibitors.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Can a nasal spray reverse suicidality?
And pain relievers and inflammatory bowel disease? It’s complicated.
Opinion
Liability with nurse practitioners and physician assistants
How much legal responsibility does a physician have when a nurse practitioner is negligent?
Conference Coverage
Apixaban prevails in study of 163,000 DOAC users
ORLANDO – Apixaban had lowest rates of both stroke and major bleeding in ARISTOPHANES.
News from the SVS
Nominations open for the Academy of Master Surgeon Educators
News from the SVS
Send Us Your Photos of Your Vascular Team
News from the SVS
Learn to Negotiate Physician Compensation Agreements
News from the SVS
SVS 2018 Vascular Annual Meeting to Host Vascular Teams
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Shingles boosts stroke risk
And marijuana use may spur change in safety-sensitive industries.
Conference Coverage
Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Where doctors stand on Medicaid work requirements
And asthma is flourishing in a surprising location.
Conference Coverage
Herpes zoster boosts short-term stroke, TIA risk
ORLANDO – Risk of stroke and TIA – but not acute MI – is significantly increased with herpes zoster infection.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Is rosacea a red flag for deeper dangers?
And why reading aloud to kids can cut hyperactivity.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Diabetes patients ignore a deadly risk
And a three-in-one pill could change hypertension treatment.
From the Journals
PVT after sleeve gastrectomy treatable with anticoagulants
Portomesenteric vein thrombosis is a rare and difficult to diagnose complication after bariatric surgery.
Residents' News
- Taking a leap of faith
- Residency is like an IRONMAN
- Commentary: Should board exams include a technical skill assessment? A European perspective
- General surgeons getting less vascular training
- Shorter hours, longer breaks for surgery residents not shown to improve patient outcomes
- Vascular: The Final Frontier - Pushing vascular science where no science has gone before
- Residents’ Forum: Docs not at par on post-call days
- Analysis finds 28.8% prevalence of depression in residents
- The six Ps of vascular surgery
- Private-academic surgeon salary gap raises concerns Lifestyle choice important Not just the money
Commentary
- Liability with nurse practitioners and physician assistants
- Risking it all on the miracle of teamwork
- Preventive health: Getting rid of the middleman (uh-oh, that’s us!)
- Point/Counterpoint: Should FEVAR be used for a short neck?
- CMS clinical trials raise cardiac mortality
- Shinal v. Toms: It’s Now Harder to Get Informed Consent
- Letters to the Editor: 'Endo hubris' - We got letters
- Mitigating Burnout - Part 3
- Special Report II: Tackling Burnout
- Hard road disproving that statins make you dumb
