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• A Doctor, a Poem, and a License to Reflect   The arts offer powerful ways to reconnect with the sentiments and motivations that brought us to medicine in the first place.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 05, 2022
• AANS 2022 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AANS 2022
  Medscape Neurology, May 04, 2022
• 3 Novels You Must Read (For Fun) Before Graduating Medical School Reading for fun isn’t often on the top of our to-do lists as medical students. But with more free time, I’ve found a few medical novels that offered insights into medicine and patient care.
  Medscape Blogs, April 15, 2022
• What Happens When Dr Google Is a Prime Referral Source Does Dr Google cramp your style as a physician or help promote meaningful conversations about truth, accuracy, and misinformation?
  Medscape Blogs, January 13, 2022
• 2021's Top Neurology Studies   Dr Christoph Diener highlights the data from this past year that you need to know going into 2022.
  Medscape Neurology, January 07, 2022
• AANS 2021 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AANS 2021
  Medscape Neurology, August 23, 2021
• The Cost of More Surveillance Scanning: Patients' Mental Health We think scans reassure patients. But in reality, every scan is also a chance for a patient to realize their cancer has come back.
  Medscape Oncology, June 17, 2021
• Biden's Real Moonshot to Prevent Cancer Dr George Lundberg argues that we can cut cancer mortality rates by 40% with better prevention, but we shouldn't exclude the elderly.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, June 11, 2021
• Lifestyle Alone Cannot Shield Us From Cancer   Dr Mark Lewis laments the tendency to look for preventable reasons why people get cancer.
  Medscape Oncology, March 15, 2021
• How Do You Tell Someone Over the Phone That They're Dying? Forced to deliver the worst news possible over the telephone, oncologist Bishal Gyawali experienced the limitations of virtual healthcare.
  Medscape Oncology, January 12, 2021
• The Man Behind the Brain: Harvey Cushing's Legacy Cushing was the father of modern neurosurgery, and his contributions still resonate in a cutting-edge field.
  Medscape Neurology, September 09, 2020
• A 46-Year-Old Woman With a Cerebral Mass A 46-year-old woman presents after having a seizure. MRI reveals a cerebral mass lesion. What is the most likely diagnosis?
  Osmosis, September 04, 2020
• In the Age of Digital Medicine, This Humble Medical Tool Hangs On The simple reflex hammer has a long, storied past and remains as relevant as ever in the neurology clinic.
  Medscape Neurology, August 27, 2020
• Hope Is Fine, but Reality Is Best in End-of-Life Care   Bioethicist Art Caplan, PhD, says we need to end the invasive and intrusive treatments for those on the verge of death.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 11, 2020
• AANS 2020 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AANS 2020
  Medscape Neurology, April 24, 2020
• Our Failures Demand a New Approach to Cancer Given the slow progress of the 'War on Cancer,' do we really expect that pouring ever-increasing amounts of money into the current treatment paradigm will provide a real solution?
  Medscape Oncology, December 05, 2019
• Glioblastoma Knowledge Shot   On August 25th, 2018, Senator John McCain died after battling with glioblastoma. Here is a quick look at what makes glioblastomas so deadly.
  Osmosis, September 19, 2018
• The Week That Wasn't: Students' Cancer Drug, Red Wine Microbiome, Vaccine Patch Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, September 02, 2019
• AANS 2019 Read clinically focused news coverage of key developments from AANS 2019
  Medscape Neurology, April 16, 2019
• Are We Relying Too Much on Biomarkers and Algorithms? In the age of biomarker-based risk assessment, oncologist Ravi Parikh gets 'a sobering lesson in what really matters when we talk about prognosis in oncology.'
  Medscape Oncology, March 01, 2019