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• New Health Cybersecurity Rule: What Docs Should Know A proposed federal rule would require hospitals and physicians’ groups to beef up health cybersecurity measures to protect patient privacy and prevent ransomware attacks. Some changes could be expensive, experts said.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2025
• Dry January: Should Doctors Make It Year-Round? Have sobering studies on alcohol caused physicians to drink less themselves or changed the way doctors counsel patients on booze? The answer is complicated.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Kidney Transplant Program Drops Patient Notification Rule The CMS finalized its kidney transplant program designed to increase kidney transplants but dropped a rule requiring centers notify patients of kidneys declined on their behalf.
  Medscape Medical News, January 07, 2025
• Medscape 2050: The Future of Medicine As Medscape marks its 30th anniversary, we are collaborating with physicians, scientists, and futurists to envision the future of medicine in the year 2050.
  Medscape, January 01, 2025
• 10 Kidney Transplants in 2 Days: Coordination Matters Vanderbilt University Medical Center rose to the challenge of performing 10 kidney transplants over a holiday weekend.
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2024
• Stem Cell Transplant Effective for Children With Arthritis Children with refractory systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis–related lung disease had complete remission after stem cell transplantation.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2024
• New Directions in Anemia and Related Disorders From ASH 2024   Strategies to reduce disease burden in alpha- or beta-thalassemia, sickle cell disease, and polycythemia vera, and insights into anemia in IBD, are among anemia highlights from ASH 2024.
  Medscape, December 23, 2024
• AHA 2024 Soaring Pacemaker Demand Spurs Controversial New Approach When there aren't enough cardiac devices for everybody who needs one, does it make sense to start refurbishing older technology and reusing it?
  Medscape Medical News, December 23, 2024
• Heart Failure Drug Development Over the Eras A summary of current efforts of the Heart Failure Collaboratory that highlights important concepts in the contemporary landscape of HF drug development.
  JACC: Heart Failure, December 20, 2024
• What Role Can GLP-1s Play in Treating MASLD/MASH? Dr Nancy Reau speaks with hepatologist Dr Sujit Janardhan about the “groundswell of excitement” surrounding GLP-1s in this indication.
  Medscape Gastroenterology, December 19, 2024
• “I Had No Words”: The Patient Gifts Doctors Never Forget   These doctors were surprised and moved by very personal gifts given to them by grateful patients. Enjoy some good vibes this holiday season.
  Medscape, December 19, 2024
• Alert FDA OKs Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy for GVHD Remestemcel-L (Ryoncil) is an allogeneic bone marrow‒derived mesenchymal stromal cell therapy for steroid-refractory acute graft-vs-host disease in pediatric patients as young as 2 months.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• ASH 2024 MCL: Post-Remission, Skip Stem Cell Transplant? Patients who had MRD negativity in first remission and randomly assigned to stem cell transplant or maintenance therapy alone showed no differences in survival outcomes.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• Skin Cancer Risk Increased After Blood or Marrow Transplant A study reported a cumulative incidence of over 25% for skin cancer after bone or marrow transplant.
  Medscape Medical News, December 19, 2024
• Weight-loss Drugs Draw Americans Back to the Doctor Powerful weight-loss drugs are expanding use of U.S. health care as patients starting prescriptions are diagnosed with obesity-related conditions or take the drugs to become...
  Reuters Health Information, December 16, 2024
• How to Avoid Freaking Out About Kidney Function   According to kidney expert Dr Joel Topf, albuminuria is a better prognostic indicator of kidney function than eGFR.
  The Curbsiders, December 13, 2024
• Good and Bad: Medscape Nurse Career Satisfaction Report 2024 Most nurses say they are happy with their career choice and would make it again. They also list their biggest job rewards and headaches, and recount experiences with abuse.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 12, 2024
• Medscape Female Physician Career Tracks Report 2024 From mentorship to leadership, female physicians navigate unique challenges as they build thriving medical careers.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, December 11, 2024
• Radiology Residencies: Hard to Find, Hard to Land Interest is up for radiology residencies, but available positions don’t match demand. Radiologists say the problem can be fixed.
  Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2024
• How Do Rheumatology PAs Stand Out Among Their Peers? An analysis indicated that physician assistants in rheumatology are growing at a modest pace and can positively affect the rheumatology workforce if utilized properly.
  Medscape Medical News, December 11, 2024