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Wednesday, September 24, 2014

Top Medical News from Across Medscape

  • 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.
    Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2014
  • New Journal in New Year: JAMA OncologyThe publishers of JAMA are extending their specialist network with a new oncology journal, due in early 2015.
    Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2014
  • Chikungunya Virus Concern GrowingExperts express growing concern about the spread of chikungunya virus, alert providers about its presentation, diagnosis, and management.
    Medscape Medical News, September 23, 2014

Special Report

Antimicrobial Resistance -- Time for Change
  • President Obama just signed an order directing federal action to combat the rise of antibiotic-resistance. What do you need to know?
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Business of Medicine

  • The Maddening Way That TV Docs Affect Your Practice From Dr. Oz, to Drew Pinsky, to 'infomercial' physicians, patients take TV doctors' words to heart. How does it affect you, and what should you do?
    Medscape Business of Medicine, September 18, 2014
  • Behind on Retirement Savings? Here's How to Catch Up Many 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.
    Medscape Business of Medicine, July 31, 2014

Medscape Editor-in-Chief

  • Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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