Urology Perspective and Journal Articles

• Animal Reservoirs, Immunocompromised Hosts: COVID Dangers Ahead   Stanford's Benjamin Pinsky on the potential for even more transmissible and pathogenic versions of the SARS-CoV-2 virus to arise.
  Medscape, April 21, 2022
• Battling Obesity by Breaking Down Barriers Two primary care physicians detail their experiences in treating those with obesity through a community-based dedicated weight clinic after receiving their obesity medicine certification.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 19, 2022
• Do You Have PRRT FOMO? Targeted isotopes are kicking butt and taking names. Is your health center abreast of the crowd?
  Medscape Blogs, April 19, 2022
• Medscape Physician Compensation Report 2022: Incomes Gain, Pay Gaps Remain Income is starting to recover for many physicians, who are still trying to overcome a very tough year.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, April 15, 2022
• Convincing Patients That You Can't 'Starve' Cancer The notion that you can starve a tumor is one of the most pervasive misconceptions among cancer patients.
  Medscape Blogs, April 12, 2022
• Eric Topol: 'I Still Have My Guard Up'   Why we should be shifting into high gear on treatments for long COVID and a pan-beta-coronavirus vaccine.
  Medscape, April 08, 2022
• What Insight Does Big Data Offer Into Adrenal Insufficiency? Large, searchable clinical databases allow us to track outcomes in greater numbers of patients with adrenal insufficiency, but not without a few glitches, notes Dr Plotzker.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 08, 2022
• ACC 2022 SuperWIN: Supermarket Partnership Improves DASH Diet Score   In a novel trial, DASH diet scores improved after participants were taught how to shop for healthier food, whether online or instore. Investigator Dylan Steen shares the details.
  theheart.org on Medscape, April 06, 2022
• How to Prescribe Food as Medicine "Farmacy" prescriptions -- an idea whose time has come, says lifestyle physician Cate Collings.
  Medscape Family Medicine, April 04, 2022
• PDE5 Inhibitors for ED After Radical Prostatectomy Erectile dysfunction is a known complication of nerve-sparing radical prostatectomy. Could postoperative PDE5 inhibitor treatment help?
  Translational Andrology and Urology, March 31, 2022
• How and Why the Language of Medicine Must Change Words matter. Which of today's commonly used terms need updating, and what are better alternatives?
  Medscape Internal Medicine, March 30, 2022
• House of Medicine for Rent Yale scholar Peter A. Swenson, PhD, says financial conflicts of interest plague medical societies in the United States, warping healthcare politics and jeopardizing patient care.
  Medscape Family Medicine, March 29, 2022
• Treating Acne in Transgender Persons Receiving Testosterone Acne is a common adverse effect among transgender patients receiving testosterone. Review the special considerations for treating acne in these patients in this paper.
  American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, March 29, 2022
• The Medical Model Doesn't Work for Mental Health   Former NIMH Director Tom Insel explains how the medical model has failed the field of psychiatry.
  Medscape, March 25, 2022
• WebMD/Medscape Reveal Winners of 'Meddys' Film Awards Readers weighed in on Best Doctor, Best Medical Film, and other categories in our inaugural movie awards.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, March 25, 2022
• I Don't Have a Patient Portal. And I Probably Never Will Neurologist Allan Block on how to practice when patient portals aren't an option.
  Medscape Neurology, March 24, 2022
• Characteristics, Comorbidities and Testosterone Prescribing Certain factors may impact the decision of whether or not to prescribe testosterone replacement therapy. What are they?
  Clinical Endocrinology, March 24, 2022
• Why I Left Pharma -- After 'Leaving' Academia for Pharma Four years ago, psychiatric researcher Dr Nassir Ghaemi swapped academia for an industry job, seeking greater freedom to advance treatments. It didn't turn out as he expected.
  Medscape Psychiatry, March 16, 2022
• Intake of Soft Drinks and Testicular Function in Young Men This study investigated whether sugar-sweetened beverages or artificially sweetened beverages impact testicular function and fertility in young men.
  Human Reproduction, March 16, 2022
• Gonadotropin Suppression for 7 Years for Precocious Puberty This case report describes the outcomes of a patient with precocious puberty who had continuous gonadotropin suppression after a single histrelin implant.
  Journal of the Endocrine Society, March 15, 2022