The gunshot victim who became a trauma surgeon, the radiologist author of the Atlantic article on the AR-15, and a surgeon who treats gunshot violence victims join Dr Glatter in this panel discussion.

Echo Case: Not Just Another Left Atrial Appendage

Nov 6th, 2017 6m 23s

This narrated case proves that no matter the indication for the echo, it pays to be thorough.

Men With Prostate Cancer Receive Inadequate Counseling

Nov 2nd, 2017 4m 53s

Research finds that men have poor understanding of treatment outcomes for localized prostate cancer. It's a serious problem, says Dr Chodak.

Imaging Innovations: New Techniques to Aid Clinicians

Oct 12th, 2017 22m 30s

Drs Potter and Nwawka from the Hospital for Special Surgery share their thoughts on the latest in ultrasound, MRI, and CT.

ACOG Hits Home Run With New Mammography Screening Guidelines

Aug 8th, 2017

ACOG no longer recommends breast self-exams to average-risk women, but it does recommend breast education and awareness.

Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines: More Harm Than Good?

Aug 22nd, 2016 3m 4s

Dr Kenny Lin discusses the cautious advice many family physicians are giving to their patients.

Making Sense of Information Overload

May 10th, 2016 16m 53s

Drs Harrington and Butte discuss the overwhelming amount of data generated in contemporary healthcare and how it can be harnessed to deliver precision medicine.

Ovarian Cancer Screening: Resist the Temptation -- For Now

Jan 12th, 2016 3m 44s

New findings from the UK show multimodal ovarian cancer screening to be highly effective in reducing mortality, but Dr Andrew Kaunitz urges clinicians to await guidelines for routine screening.

Emperor's Mukherjee on the Three Laws of Medicine

Oct 12th, 2015 29m 53s

Eric Topol speaks with author Siddhartha Mukherjee about his latest book, The Laws of Medicine, and how uncertainty, imperfections, priors, outliers, and biases affect these laws.

Is Fast MRI Better Than Mammography?

Aug 18th, 2014

Dr. Kathy Miller reports on a study showing 'fast' MRI is faster, cheaper, and more accurate than conventional MRI, and is better than mammography for screening certain women for breast cancer.

Is the PA Pressure High or Low?

Jun 19th, 2014

Dr Ronald Wharton was stumped by the pulmonary-artery-pressure findings in this 61-year-old woman. Do you agree with his proposed explanation?

Serial Screening for Intracranial Aneurysms?

May 28th, 2014

A new study looks at the yield of serial aneurysm screening in people with family history of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage.

Mukherjee on Practicing Oncology, the Pulitzer, and New Book

Apr 23rd, 2014

Medscape Editor-in-Chief Eric J. Topol, MD, talks with Siddhartha Mukherjee, MD, PhD, about his career as a researcher and doctor, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and the topic for his next book.

Imaging Case: Making the Diagnosis in Vein

Feb 18th, 2014

Dr Ronald Wharton reviews a cryptic case of an enlarged right ventricle on Doppler imaging. Can you guess the cause?

The SOTU Address: What the President Got Right on Healthcare

Jan 30th, 2014

Dr. George Lundberg analyzes President Obama's State of the Union address in regard to healthcare.

IMRT Self-referrals Hurting Our Credibility

Nov 18th, 2013

Some urologists are boosting their bottom lines by referring prostate cancer patients to their own radiation centers. Conflict of interest? Dr. Gerald Chodak discusses the issue.

CT Screening in Lung Cancer: Risk and Benefit Analysis

Sep 4th, 2013

Do the benefits of low-dose CT screening in former smokers really outweigh the risks? Pulmonologist Andrew Shorr, MD, MPH, offers his analysis of a recent study

Cancer? Not!

Aug 29th, 2013

What's in a word? Enough to 'set your hair on fire' if the word is cancer, says Dr. George Lundberg, who comments on the importance of not calling a lesion 'cancer' when it is not.

Topol on Replacing Clinicians With Algorithms

Jul 1st, 2013

Is the nation on the verge of a healthcare provider shortage, or are clinicians being phased out by algorithms?

Many Studies Have 'Elementary Statistical Errors'

May 23rd, 2013

Can the clinician and the statistician be friends? Andrew Vickers argues that they must work together more closely in order to conduct reliable, useful research that improves patient care.

Chemo Still King in Lung Cancer

Apr 8th, 2013

Dr. Mark Kris underscores the value of chemotherapy in lung cancer patients, including those receiving targeted therapies -- a message brought home at the Targeted Therapies in Lung Cancer meeting.

Topol and Reed on a More Collaborative Drug Pipeline

Mar 28th, 2013

Dr. Eric Topol interviews Dr. John Reed on his big decision to change careers and move to Switzerland.

Topol on Why Medical Gutenberg Is Important for Clinicians

Feb 15th, 2013

No longer are medical data available only to clinician providers. Why is this important? Dr. Eric Topol explains.

Personalizing Radiation in Lung Cancer

Jan 28th, 2013

Tailoring radiation, like chemotherapy, is key to the curative treatment of lung cancer and requires close collaboration among medical, surgical, and radiation oncologists, says Dr. Mark Kris.

Topol: Hospitals, Office Visits of Little Use in the Future

Jan 14th, 2013

Dr. Eric Topol wonders why anyone would want to visit a hospital or waste time at a physician office visit in the future and offers ways to improve on these models of patient care.