Will You Get a COVID-19 Vaccine?
When a COVID-19 vaccine becomes available, will you get it and recommend it to your patients? Medscape Reader Polls …read more
Do Your Patients Know You’ve Left Their Network?
Changes to health plan networks occur all the time as doctors retire, relocate, or leave networks. Providers or insurers are not always required to inform patients. Kaiser Health News …read more
Will Vaccine Trials Reflect America’s Diversity?
Clinical trials need to include representative numbers of African Americans, Latinos, other racial minorities, as well as older people, and those with underlying medical conditions. Kaiser Health News …read more
What Docs Hate: Every Specialty Has Its Thing
A recent lively discussion on Twitter encouraged clinicians in all specialties to note the one thing that most gets their hackles up. Some of them will surprise you. Medscape Family Medicine …read more
Some Women Use Prescription Opioids During Pregnancy
Of women with self-reported prescription opioid use during pregnancy, 32% said they had not been counseled about the drugs’ effect on infants. Medscape Medical News …read more
AAP Releases New Policy on Barrier Protection for Teens
This is key because CDC 2017 data showed that in the US, 456,000 adolescent and young women less than 20 years became pregnant; 448,000 were 15- to 19-year-olds, and 7,400 were 14 years and younger. Medscape Medical News …read more
New Osteoporosis Recommendations From AACE Help Therapy Selection
The AACE 2020 updates to diagnosis and treatment guidelines for osteoporosis include recommendations on drug switching and new agent romosozumab. Medscape Medical News …read more
Abaloparatide Shows No Effect on CV Risk in Postmenopausal Women
The osteoporosis treatment did not increase cardiovascular risk in postmenopausal women in a post hoc analysis of two trials. Medscape Medical News …read more
How Not to Miss Something
As doctors, we’ve gotten proficient at being triage nurses, examining each appointment request, and sorting who should be seen in person and who could be cared for virtually. Medscape Dermatology …read more
‘Worldwide Prevalence’ of OCD Higher in Women vs Men
Although men and women both experience OCD, the condition is more common in women, a large, worldwide meta-analysis suggests. Medscape Medical News …read more