Nephrology Perspective

• Jul 26 2024 This Week in Cardiology   Health and income, high BP in the hospital, and more on subclinical AF and when to use anticoagulants are the topics John Mandrola, MD, discusses in this week’s podcast.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 26, 2024
• How the New Vitamin D Guidelines Will, and Won't, Change My Practice Dr Kenny Lin explains why he might recommend vitamin D supplements for some groups, but not necessarily for others.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 24, 2024
• A Cash Giveaway to Improve Health   We can't just give cash to low-income folks instead of food to improve their health, can we? That's just what these researchers did.
  Medscape, July 22, 2024
• Laboratory-Developed Meat: Ethicist Says It's Worth Pursuing   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses considerations for laboratory-developed meat.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 22, 2024
• Avoid These Common Mistakes in Treating Hyperkalemia Asking patients to adhere to potassium restrictions for longer than needed is one frequent error, according to an experienced dietician.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 22, 2024
• Episode 3: SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Future in Cardiorenal Metabolic Syndrome   Join Drs Nihar Desai and Jay Udell as they discuss the role of SGLT2 inhibitors in the treatment of cardiorenal metabolic syndrome.
  Medscape, July 18, 2024
• Are US Electrophysiologists Too Easily Impressed? Electrophysiologists adopt new things a little too enthusiastically, writes John Mandrola, MD, of a new technique to treat atrial fibrillation.
  theheart.org on Medscape, July 17, 2024
• New Mid-Year Vaccine Recommendations From ACIP Important changes to vaccination recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV, and pneumococcal disease -- and what's behind the changes -- are summarized here.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 11, 2024
• New Vitamin D Recs: Testing, Supplementing, Dosing   Dr Neil Skolnik hits the highlights of the Endocrine Society's new guidance on who needs a vitamin D supplement (and who doesn't) and why testing isn't recommended.
  Medscape Family Medicine, July 11, 2024
• Splanchnic Nerve Ablation For Volume Redistribution in HFpEF A subgroup analysis found that some patients with HFpEF may respond to splanchnic ablation for volume management.
  ACC.org, July 09, 2024
• Be Alert for Conjunctivitis: New Human Cases of H5N1 Bird Flu   Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, July 09, 2024
• Infographic: PAs Feel Content With Jobs Despite Challenges A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
  Medscape, July 09, 2024
• Mounjaro Beats Ozempic, So Why Isn't It More Popular?   Effectiveness isn't the only factor determining choice of GLP-1 receptor agonist for weight loss.
  Medscape, July 08, 2024
• Hereditary RCC: Early Diagnosis and Management Karl J. D'Silva, MD, reviews the recommendations for early diagnosis and management of hereditary RCC.
  Medscape Nephrology, July 08, 2024
• Transplants Using Animal Organs: Research, Not Lifesaving   Ethicist Art Caplan discusses transplantation using organs from animals, and the need to be clear to patients that these early-stage procedures are research rather than lifesaving efforts.
  Medscape Business of Medicine, July 08, 2024
• How Facial Temperature Reveals Age and Disease Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."
  Medscape, July 02, 2024
• Q&A: Comorbidities in Myasthenia Gravis Nicholas Silvestri, MD, reviews the main comorbidities seen in myasthenia gravis.
  Medscape Neurology, July 01, 2024
• Retinitis Pigmentosa: 5 Things to Know Retinitis pigmentosa has a wide range of causes, may seriously affect quality of life, and could lead to blindness. These five things to know shed light on diagnosis and treatment.
  Medscape Ophthalmology, June 28, 2024
• Medscape Physician Assistant Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Despite overall career satisfaction among physician assistants, a minority express concerns about their relationship with doctors, patients, and administrators.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, June 28, 2024
• When Heart Failure Is Actually Cardiac Amyloidosis   Amyloidosis is an underrecognized cause of HFpEF. Pay attention to these red flags.
  The Curbsiders, June 27, 2024