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How Helpful Are Task Force Statements About "Insufficient Evidence"?
Michael LeFevre, MD, MSPH, Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri School of Medicine, provides our first summary US Preventive Services Task Force report.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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CME Professional? What's That?
Judith G. Ribble, PhD, Executive Director, National Commission for Certification of CME Professionals (NC-CME), describes certified CME professionals.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Castle Connolly "Top Doctors" Ratings
John Connolly, EdD, President and CEO of Castle Connolly, New York, NY, explains how to find "the best doctors."
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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How Not to Harm Your Patients When Inserting Chest Tubes
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, points you to an excellent source to learn the right way to insert a chest tube.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Physicians Pay Attention: You Aren't Testing Your Patients Adequately for Kidney Disease!
Herman Hurwitz, MD, FCAP, Senior Medical Director, Quest Diagnostics, Mid Atlantic BU Philadelphia Campus, explains why you should be looking more for CKD.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Poetry and Medicine
Rose Bromberg, Resident Poet with the Program in Narrative Medicine, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, NY, discusses adding poetry to art and music in medicine.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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Patient Handoffs, or Walking Along a Narrow Mountain Ledge
Sandeep Jauhar, MD, PhD, Director, Heart Failure Program, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New York, and best-selling author, reminds us of our internship problems.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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The Ethics of Outsourcing Surrogate Motherhood to India
Josephine Johnston, LLB (hons), MBHL, Associate for Law and Bioethics, The Hastings Center, New York, explores the ethics of renting Indian uteri.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, March 2008
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The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of the Year
Elizabeth M. Whelan, ScD, MS, MPH, President, Founder, American Council on Science and Health, New York, compares notes on the top 10 health-scare myths of 2007.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Fibromyalgia Is Not a Rheumatologic Disease Anymore
George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, Missouri; Editor-in-Chief, Internal Medicine, eMedicine, discusses whether we should believe in fibromyalgia.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Clinicians Must Reinvent the Medical Record to Stimulate the Adoption of Electronic Medical Records
Blake Lesselroth, MD, MBI, Assistant Professor of Medicine and Medical Informatics, Portland VA Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, proposes a radical reform for electronic medical records.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Navigating in the Sea of Healthcare
Karen Donelan, ScD, Senior Scientist in Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, addresses the morass of navigating healthcare.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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In Memoriam: Judah Folkman, MD (1933-2008), A Giant of Cancer Therapy
Dov Michaeli, MD, PhD, CEO, Madah Medica, California, eulogizes his mentor, the father of angiogenesis study, Judah Folkman.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Physicians and Nurses Together Can Improve Patient Safety
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, continues her educational series.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Spread of MRSA: Past Time for Action
Thomas Ward, MD, Chief, Infectious Diseases, Portland Oregon VA Medical Center, teaches us how to prevent MRSA.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Stroke Treatment and Prevention Are Not the Same in Men and Women
Helmi Lutsep, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University and Editor-in-Chief of Neurology for eMedicine, explains sex differences in preventing and treating stroke.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, February 2008
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Esoteric or Exoteric? Music in Medicine
Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD, Senior Surgical Resident, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department Boston, MA, describes a surprising relationship between music and medicine.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2008
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ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care
Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Informatics Director, Cisco, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, updates the status of online healthcare.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2008
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Reimbursement for New Technologies: The GERD Maze Is Not Patient-Friendly
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS, Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance; Visiting Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses the problem of doctors not getting paid to treat GERD.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2008
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Ending the Tobacco Problem
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, explains how the IOM is building a new fire in the war against tobacco.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2008
