Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Lyme disease spreading, but better testing could be coming
The current two-tier testing system is too time consuming for clinicians, now there could be a novel approach.
Conference Coverage
CANVAS: Canagliflozin improved renal outcomes in diabetes
Austin, Tex. – This is in addition to reducing the risk of cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, or nonfatal stroke.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Heart rate variability a risk factor for depression?
Some have thought that depression may lead to unfavorable effects on heart rate variability, but new research seems to point in the opposite...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Doctor groups float APM for treating opioid addiction
Two groups released an APM framework and are now seeking comments on how to make it better.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Suicide prevention gets ‘standard care’ recommendations
The recommendations specify interventions for four separate settings
Feature
Surgical specialists are top earners
Neurosurgeons and thoracic surgeons topped $600,000 in average compensation last year.
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MDedge Daily News: Gun ownership, suicide link largely ignored
And parents are more into pot than tobacco.
Conference Coverage
Design limitations may have compromised DVT intervention trial
WASHINGTON – The preferred evaluation – intravascular ultrasound – was not used.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Many moms with postpartum depression go untreated
The White House unveils plans to improve drug transparency.
News from the SVS
Check SVS Website for New Research Opportunities
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Submit a case to VAM's “Ask the Experts"
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For Members Only: View “Negotiations” Webinar Materials
Feature
White House pushes transparency in drug price plan
American Patients First aims to bring the cost conversation into the exam room, as well as to cut out the middleman in the pharmaceutical economy...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Do HPV vaccines really cut cancer risk?
And Zika's had a costly effect on blood donor screening.
From the Journals
Interventionalists skeptical about public reporting of PCI
Survey shows that avoidance and upcoding are fairly common among interventional cardiologists.
Feature
HHS says no to lifetime limits on Medicaid
The Trump administration’s promise of unprecedented flexibility to states in running their Medicaid programs hit its limit on May 7.
From the Journals
Adding vasopressin in distributive shock may cut AF risk
Adding vasopressin cut risk of atrial fibrillation, compared with catecholamine vasopressors alone.
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MDedge Daily News: Where the latest HCV drug combos fit in
The two latest treatment regimens for HCV close the circle on treatment.
Feature
New BP guidelines synergize with transformed primary care
The new ACC/AHA BP guidelines fit the system approach to primary care that has transformed U.S. medicine over the past decade.
News from the SVS
Research Opportunities Page Updated
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
- 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
- Point/Counterpoint: Is endograft PAA repair durable?
