USPSTF: Counsel Young Adults on Risky Behaviors to Curb STIsSexually active young people should undergo intensive counseling, and young women should be screened for chlamydia and gonorrhea
to lower risks of getting or spreading sexually transmitted infections.
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2014
Silicon Valley Primer on the Democratization of MedicineWhat do the Google self-driving car and healthcare's future have in common? Dr. Eric Topol speaks to inventors and the business
community in the California cradle of computer innovation.
Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2014
Treating Mild Hypertension With Drugs May Be MisdirectedExperts have suggested that treating mild hypertension with drugs has unclear benefits and huge costs; priorities should shift
to society-wide measures that promote lifestyle modification.
Chikungunya Virus Concern GrowingExperts express growing concern about the spread of chikungunya virus, alert providers about its presentation, diagnosis,
and management.
Behind on Retirement Savings? Here's How to Catch UpMany physicians start to realize, as retirement gets nearer, that they may have too little in savings to fund a comfortable retirement lifestyle. There are steps to take to improve the situation.
Eric J. Topol, MDDirector, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
Perspective
Dr Emanuel's Death Wish Harms Rather Than HelpsWhile Dr Mandrola agrees with much of what Dr Emanuel wrote, his lapse into "hubris and nonsense" provides fodder to the death-panel
fearmongers.