Medscape Podcast

An Indiana outbreak of HIV/HCV coinfection serves as a cautionary tale to other regions of the United States.

Dr Andrew Kaunitz summarizes the issues you need to be aware of before prescribing flibanserin (Addyi).

CDC director Tom Frieden reports that heroin is cheap, potent, and available, all of the prerequisites for a widespread epidemic of abuse.

Research trials of psychedelic drugs were truncated by the politics of the 1960s. Dr Lieberman explains why we need to begin studying them again, before public opinion gets ahead of what we know.

Experts take on the issue of value in cancer care -- among the hottest topics of ASCO 2015 -- and what is at stake if efforts to ensure value do not succeed in containing healthcare costs.

The CDC is exploring ways to help millions of Americans with prediabetes avoid progressing to the next disease stage.

Paul A. Offit, MD, describes new research on a vaccine for shingles that could be a great step forward.

The benefits of reducing saturated fat intake have recently sparked controversy. Experts review the scientific evidence.

Dr Peter Yellowlees comments on a large study investigating the prevalence of PTSD in patients who spent time in the ICU.

Dr Yellowlees discusses findings of a Cochrane Review that checks the value of the Mini-Mental State Examination for predicting which patients will advance to dementia.