Medscape Internal Medicine Podcast

By leading an unprecedented group of companies, institutions, and scientists in Cancer Moonshot 2020, Patrick Soon-Shiong has set out to change cancer care forever. Here's how he plans to do it.

Dr Jeff Mechanick discusses how a decade of advances has changed the context in which bariatric surgeries are performed.

The 2016 USPSTF recommendations for use of aspirin for primary prevention are just out and should make life easier for primary care clinicians.

Dr Paul Biddinger discusses his team's emergency response during the Boston Marathon bombing and lessons learned from other similar terrorist attacks, including the recent bombings in Brussels.

The just-published ELITE trial suggests that coronary risk should not be a justification to deny hormone therapy to appropriate candidates in early menopause.

In the first installment of a series on patient engagement, Dr Weidner talks about how to build, promote, and get the most use out of patient portals.

Eric Topol talks with pioneering geneticist George Church about his many research interests, including his central role in developing CRISPR, a gene-editing tool that stands to revolutionize medicine.

Dr Barry Carter discusses a trial suggesting that pharmacists working in primary care offices can help with difficult hypertension cases, and the cost-effectiveness of bringing on a pharmacist.

New preclinical data show that ghrelin may play an important role in food behaviors and that blocking these receptors may reduce food foraging, hoarding, and intake.

Dr Cheryl Pegus discusses the growth of hospital medicine and how to overcome some of the inherent problems in communication between the two groups.