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Opinions Vary on New Vagal Blocking Device for Weight Loss Five obesity experts with different viewpoints weigh in on the new implantable device that promotes weight loss by intermittently blocking the vagal nerve.
Medscape Medical News, March 2, 2015

Alert EU Gives Green Light to Toujeo, a Better Insulin Glargine? Sanofi's U-300, or ultralong-acting insulin glargine, Toujeo has been given a positive opinion by the CHMP of the European Medicines Agency. The product is designed to improve on Lantus.
International Approvals, February 27, 2015
ENDO Menopause, Obesity, and Diabetes Top ENDO 2015 Agenda The Endocrine Society's annual meeting, which has moved to March, will feature new clinical guidelines for menopause treatment, a look at diabetes drug safety, and precision medicine in endocrinology.
Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2015
Metformin Prevents Type 2 Diabetes After Gestational Diabetes Metformin and intensive lifestyle intervention both halt progression to diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes; strangely, though, metformin flops for women who didn't have GDM.
Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2015
Link Between HbA1c and Mortality in Diabetes Not Clear-cut A large population-based Danish registry suggests that glycemic targets for people with type 2 diabetes may need to be individualized.
Medscape Medical News, February 25, 2015

Tailoring Type 2 Diabetes Treatment: Updated Guidance Updates to the ADA/EASD guidance on treating hyperglycemia in type 2 diabetes include a discussion of SGLT-2 inhibitors.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2, 2015
The Endocrinologist's Role on the Psych Floor Providing medical care to patients on the hospital's psychiatry unit offers lessons that extend beyond that floor.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, November 4, 2014
Dosing at Night to Cause BP 'Dipping' Prescribing short-term blood pressure medication could help patients achieve 'dips' overnight and reduce their risk for cardiovascular events, reports Dr George Bakris.
Medscape Nephrology, November 17, 2014
HFpEF: The 'New' Heart Failure Henry Black interviews Bert Pitt on the rise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and what to do in the absence of effective treatments.
Medscape Cardiology, February 17, 2015
Topol: Doctors Are Getting Squeezed As a practicing physician, Dr Eric Topol is well aware that doctors are getting squeezed. Here is his solution on how to fix it.
Medscape, February 18, 2015

Can Prolonged Recovery From Concussion Be Predicted?Data from almost 250 concussions reveal that no single feature -- such as loss of consciousness -- can predict recovery.
Medscape Pediatrics
Prosthetics and More: Is 3D Organ Printing Next?
Medscape General Surgery
The Future of Fertility: Womb Transplant, Embryo Freezing
Medscape Ob/Gyn
The Skinny on Next Generation Weight Loss Treatments
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology

Locum Tenens Goes From Career Closer to Career Path The number of brand-new and midcareer physicians choosing to work as substitutes is on the rise. "They're exiting the politics and business of medicine," said the president of the firm taking the survey.
Medscape Medical News, March 2, 2015
Supreme Court Hearing on ACA Subsidies Will Be 'Such' Drama
Medscape Medical News, February 27, 2015
Supreme Court Insurance Subsidies Decision Could Trigger Price Spikes
Kaiser Health News, February 26, 2015
CMS Extends Meaningful Use, PQRS Deadlines
Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2015

Smartphone Medicine: How It's Saving Lives Physicians increasingly are using smartphones to monitor patients with life-threatening conditions and to diagnose more common conditions such as earaches.
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 2, 2015
Wireless Medicine: From Digital Otoscopes to Smart Beds From smart beds to wearable fitness devices to EEG headbands, new technologies promise to improve sleep, fitness form, and help reduce blood pressure, anxiety and depression, and pain.
Medscape Business of Medicine, March 2, 2015

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

The Skinny on Next Generation Weight Loss Treatments Fascinating new devices and treatment approaches are giving patients options in overcoming obesity.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2, 2015
Tailoring Type 2 Diabetes Treatment: Updated Guidance
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2, 2015
A Pacemaker for the Stomach?
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, March 2, 2015
NephMadness 2015: Nutrition
The National Kidney Foundation, March 2, 2015