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More Evidence Links Gum Disease to Stroke Risk A new study shows a relationship between severity of gum disease and increasing future stroke risk, and conversely that regular dental care was linked to a lower stroke risk.
Medscape Medical News, January 19, 2018

Alert New HHS Division to Protect Clinicians With Religious Objections The Trump administration opens the new unit within HHS to focus on claims of coercion on medical staff to perform abortions and other procedures over religious objections.
Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2018
Senate Committee Approves Alex Azar to Head HHS Only one Democrat on the committee joined the Republicans in confirming Alex Azar. The former HHS deputy secretary and pharmaceutical executive now goes to the Senate for a full vote.
Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2018

Alert New HHS Division to Protect Clinicians With Religious Objections The Trump administration opens the new unit within HHS to focus on claims of coercion on medical staff to perform abortions and other procedures over religious objections.
Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2018
Flu Intensity, IV Bag Shortage Have Hospitals Scrambling
Medscape Medical News, January 18, 2018
Health Programs Threatened by Possible Government Shutdown
Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2018
A Nudge May Be Enough to Change Healthcare Behavior
Medscape Medical News, January 17, 2018

Government Ban on Seven Words Creates Anger Among Physicians Last year, the Washington Post reported that the CDC was banned from using seven scientific words. What do physicians think of the ban?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 19, 2018
Burnout Might Really Be Depression; How Do Doctors Cope? Medscape asked physicians whether they experienced burnout, depression, or both. Some experts say that burnout is really a form of depression. Would that change the recommended treatment?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 17, 2018

Stories of Science Gone Wrong: Paul Offit on His New Book Looking back at history, how many scientific inventions end up doing more harm than good? In a new book, Paul Offit, MD, tells readers seven stories about when scientists got things very wrong.
Medscape Infectious Diseases, June 12, 2017
Should a Terminal Patient Receive Cataract Surgery? Should a terminally ill cancer patient who asks for cataract surgery to improve his quality of life be granted his wish?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 18, 2018
Eric Topol's Top 10 Tech Advances Shaping Medicine Dr Eric Topol identifies the latest tech advances in medicine that set the stage for the coming year.
Medscape, January 11, 2018
Heart Failure: Are Sodium and Fluid Restriction Necessary? Drs Ileana Piña and Charles Vega discuss the latest information on management of heart failure patients in the primary care setting.
Medscape Family Medicine, January 16, 2018
Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs The latest surveillance report reveals that sexually transmitted infections are again on the rise.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 16, 2018
Safety in Pediatric Imaging: FDA Releases New Guidance When it comes to pediatric imaging, new guidance from the FDA offers specific recommendations for both practicing clinicians and equipment manufacturers.
FDA Expert Commentaries and Interviews, January 5, 2018

Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Executive Vice President and Professor of Molecular Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape

Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs The latest surveillance report reveals that sexually transmitted infections are again on the rise.
CDC Expert Commentary, January 16, 2018
Musing on Sexual Ethics
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 16, 2018
Eric Topol's Top 10 Tech Advances Shaping Medicine
Medscape, January 11, 2018
An Outbreak of Hepatitis A Among the Homeless
Medscape Infectious Diseases, January 9, 2018