Patient Safety Perspective

• Tirzepatide: 'Exciting' and Promising in Lowering A1c   Tirzepatide is the newest player in the quest for lowering A1c in people with type 2 diabetes. Dr Anne Peters describes the novel agent -- what it can do for patients now and in the future.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 23, 2022
• Unintentional Lessons of Third-Year Clinical Rotations Between delivering babies, running codes, and managing diabetes, there is a lot to learn from clinical rotations that I know will contribute to my future role as a resident physician.
  Medscape Blogs, May 20, 2022
• The Stigma Associated With Mental Illness and Antidepressants Let's have an open conversation about mental illness and antidepressants.
  Medscape Blogs, May 19, 2022
• At What Point Does Comfort Care Become Murder?   Drs Robert Glatter, Ferdinando Mirarchi, Lewis Nelson, and Thaddeus Pope discuss a recent legal case and how it may affect end-of-life care moving forward.
  Medscape Emergency Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Medical Error Shouldn't Be a Criminal Act: Here's What's Better   Bioethicist Art Caplan discusses the implications of the RaDonda Vaught case, and calls for an organization that can investigate incidents and recommend changes to prevent them in the future.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, May 18, 2022
• Episode 4: Better Ways to Sustain Weight Loss in Type 2 Diabetes   Patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity have more options today than ever before. Join host Dr Silvio Inzucchi and obesity expert Dr Ania Jastreboff as they discuss ways to support weight loss.
  Medscape, May 18, 2022
• Smoking Cessation Drug Side Effects Aren't as Bad as You Think There are many reasons why patients don't get smoking cessation counseling, but fear of drug side effects shouldn't be one, writes Chris Labos, MD.
  Medscape Blogs, May 17, 2022
• Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: Maximizing the Benefit to Patients   Miguel Regueiro, MD, reflects on the gradual shift away from treatments for ulcerative colitis, such as the long-term prescribing of steroids and surgery.
  Medscape, May 16, 2022
• Nurses Under Fire: The Stress of Medical Malpractice With more nurses facing litigation, a rising incidence of medical malpractice stress syndrome is expected.
  Medscape Nurses, May 13, 2022
• Attending ASCO in Person This Year? Remember These 14 Tips Bishal Gyawali, MD, PhD, provides guidance on how to get the most out of the upcoming ASCO meeting.
  Medscape Oncology, 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
• Letter to My Younger (MS-1) Self What if you opened a letter from yourself at the start of med school? From what I've learned about medicine and personal growth in the past 4 years, this is what I would say to my younger self.
  Medscape Blogs, May 06, 2022
• Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis: Moving Toward a New Array of Therapeutics   "It is really refreshing and wonderful that our patients have so many more options than we had 20 years ago," says Sandra Quezada, MD, on advances in ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape, May 05, 2022
• Therapies 'Not Used Enough' in Patients With T2D and CVD Risk   Dr Anne Peters discusses a paper demonstrating the low use of appropriate therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes and established cardiovascular risk.
  Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, May 04, 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
• The Case for 'Safe' Step Therapy   David Kerr discusses step therapy, focusing on the potential to provide more access to innovative cancer medicines globally.
  Medscape Oncology, May 02, 2022
• Cancer Data Reproducibility Problem Undermines Public Trust   Dr Maurie Markman discusses problems with the replicability of research published in high-impact medical journals and the potential implications.
  Medscape Oncology, April 27, 2022
• Think About Antibiotics Like We Think About Chemotherapy Healthcare providers can be somewhat cavalier about ordering antibiotics. Maybe if we thought about antibiotics like we think about chemotherapy, we'd do better with our prescribing practices.
  Medscape Blogs, April 27, 2022
• Managing Migraine in Primary Care: 5 Things to Know Key aspects and practical tips about migraine diagnosis and treatment for primary care physicians.
  American Headache Society and Medscape, April 25, 2022