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Stem Cell Gene Therapy Might Guard Against HIV Research in monkeys suggests that hematopoietic stem/progenitor Cclls (HSPCs) in concert with chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cells could provide long-lasting protection against HIV.
Reuters Health Information, January 16, 2018

Hospitals Hone New Message in Wake of Opioid Epidemic: Expect Pain “We really do have a lot of responsibility and culpability,” says one hospital official who is part of a working group trying to address the opioid epidemic. Patients have to expect more pain after surgery and understand the risk of addiction, says another doctor.
Kaiser Health News, January 16, 2018
Complete Handoffs by Anesthesiologists Tied to Poor Outcomes Complete handovers during anesthesia care are associated with adverse postoperative patient outcomes, new data showed.
Medscape Medical News, January 10, 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

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
Goodbye, With Gratitude Dr Jeffrey Berns is moving on to a new position and retiring as editor-in-chief of Medscape Nephrology.
Medscape Nephrology, January 13, 2017

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