Ob/Gyn and Women's Health Perspective

• The Case for Post-COVID Steroids   Dr F. Perry Wilson cautions against changing practice on the basis of a single study.
  Medscape, May 12, 2022
• New HIV PrEP Guidelines This update gives healthcare providers the latest guidance on prescribing HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) -- a powerful tool for HIV prevention -- to their patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, May 11, 2022
• Episode 2: The Role of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation in Major Depressive Disorder   Madhukar Trivedi, MD, and Jonathan Downar, MD, review the evidence on the efficacy of transcranial magnetic stimulation as a treatment for major depressive disorder.
  Medscape, May 11, 2022
• Episode 1: Novel Treatments in MDD: Ketamine and Esketamine   Madhukar Trivedi, MD, and Manish Jha, MD, MBBS, review the evidence on the efficacy of esketamine and ketamine as a treatment for major depressive disorder.
  Medscape, May 11, 2022
• Online Physician Reviews: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly More patients are finding their healthcare providers online on the basis of physician reviews and ratings. But what if those results are completely misleading or inaccurate?
  Medscape Blogs, May 11, 2022
• Stimulating Inadequate Neonatal Respiration at Birth Every frontline pediatrician has sweated through those minutes that seemed like hours in the delivery room when some little rascal has decided that breathing isn't a priority.
  Medscape Pediatrics, May 10, 2022
• Sleep More, Weigh Less? Dr Aaron Holley looks at the current association of weight gain with sleep deprivation.
  Medscape Critical Care, May 10, 2022
• Why Iodized Salt Is Important for You and Your Thyroid Lack of iodine can lead to thyroid deficiency disorders. Dr Elizabeth Pearce discusses iodized salt, its importance, and how to increase iodine intake.
  Endocrine Society, May 10, 2022
• Finding Your Wolfpack in Academic Medicine How I learned to surround myself with like-minded people in academic medicine to no longer feel "out of place."
  Medscape Blogs, May 10, 2022
• Are You Eligible for a New Therapy That Might Prevent COVID-19? Learn More On Evusheld   WebMD's Chief Medical Officer, John Whyte, MD, discusses the new FDA-authorized preventative drug for COVID-19 called Evusheld.
  WebMD, May 09, 2022
• Why Are We a 'Loss Leader' for Procedural Subspecialties? Dr Kenny Lin wishes he could say that family medicine and primary care are in a better position today than a decade ago.
  Georgetown University Family Medicine, May 06, 2022
• Our Biggest Mistakes During the COVID-19 Pandemic   Bioethicist Art Caplan shares his list of mistakes made and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 04, 2022
• You vs Us: Whom Did COVID Vaccines Protect?   Throwing a spanner into the hopes for high levels of population immunity.
  Medscape, May 04, 2022
• Aspirin in Primary Prevention of CVD: Rational Use   The aspirin question returns as the balance of benefits vs harms for some patient groups is reassessed.
  Medscape Ob/Gyn, May 04, 2022
• Key Studies in Migraine From AAN 2022   Dr Jessica Ailani reports key studies in migraine from AAN 2022, including a potential biomarker for migraine progression, analyses of the CaMEO study, and pregnancy outcomes in migraine patients.
  Medscape, May 03, 2022
• Paxlovid Is Here: A Pharmacist's Prescribing Pearls An effective oral medication for COVID-19 is now available. Michael Ganio, PharmD, offers tips on how to prescribe it safely, where to find it in your area, and how it works with the Test to Treat program.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 03, 2022
• Why I Recommend Hepatitis B Vaccination to All My Patients   New age-based hepatitis B vaccine recommendations and available vaccine products are reviewed by Dr Sandra Fryhofer.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 03, 2022
• Is the AMA Irrelevant or the Main Player? Books and articles expose the problems inside medicine but solutions don't seem to follow.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, May 03, 2022
• Episode 1: Screening for Early-Stage Multiple Myeloma   Joseph Mikhael, MD, and Irene Ghobrial, MD, discuss screening high-risk populations for early-stage multiple myeloma and new techniques to detect it.
  Medscape, May 03, 2022
• Early Breast Cancer e-Tumor Boards: Case 1: HER2-negative Invasive Ductal Carcinoma   The e-Tumor Boards, a video series collaboration with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, gives physicians an inside look into a virtual, multidisciplinary renal cell carcinoma tumor board case discussion.
  Medscape, May 02, 2022