The Need for a US Health Television Network
Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD, Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, proposes a new health and medicine TV network. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 4, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Lawrence Grouse, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

Stroke Treatment and Prevention Are Not the Same in Men and Women
Helmi Lutsep, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University and Editor-in-Chief of Neurology for eMedicine, explains sex differences in preventing and treating stroke. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - February 1, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Helmi L. Lutsep, MD Source Type: podcasts

Esoteric or Exoteric? Music in Medicine
Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD, Senior Surgical Resident, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department Boston, MA, describes a surprising relationship between music and medicine. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 28, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

ePatients: Engaging Patients in Their Own Care
Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, Senior Medical Informatics Director, Cisco, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, updates the status of online healthcare. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 25, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH Source Type: podcasts

Reimbursement for New Technologies: The GERD Maze Is Not Patient-Friendly
Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS, Chief of Surgery, Cambridge Health Alliance; Visiting Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, discusses the problem of doctors not getting paid to treat GERD. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 18, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Steven D. Schwaitzberg, MD, FACS Source Type: podcasts

Ending the Tobacco Problem
Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD, President, Institute of Medicine, Washington, DC, explains how the IOM is building a new fire in the war against tobacco. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 14, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Harvey V. Fineberg, MD, PhD Source Type: podcasts

Mother Was Right About Cod Liver Oil
George Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine, St. Louis University, and Editor in Chief of Internal Medicine for eMedicine, explains the truth about cod liver oil. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 11, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George T. Griffing, MD Source Type: podcasts

Physician Performance Measurement: Potential Benefits Outweigh the Challenges
Carolyn Clancy, MD, Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, tells us more about measuring physician performance. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 7, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Carolyn Clancy, MD Source Type: podcasts

Time to Heal?
Karen Donelan, ScD, Senior Scientist in Health Policy, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, discusses how much time it takes to be sick, screened, and healthy and about making the system better. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 4, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Karen Donelan, ScD Source Type: podcasts

Fifteen Reasons Why You Should Submit Your Best Work to The Medscape Journal of Medicine
George Lundberg, MD, Editor-in-Chief, The Medscape Journal of Medicine, explains why you should submit your best work to the journal. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 3, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

Announcing The Medscape Journal of Medicine
George Lundberg, Editor-in-Chief, The Medscape Journal of Medicine, explains why the name change in our original, open-access primary source general medical journal. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - January 2, 2008 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD; Steve Zatz, MD Source Type: podcasts

Medscape General Medicine: April 9, 1999-December 31, 2007. This Epilogue Is not an Epitaph
Be sure to come back to see The Medscape Journal of Medicine in January 2008. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - December 28, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

Making Payment Reform in the US Healthcare System Possible
The next WVE on December 21 proposes how US MDs and hospitals should be paid. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - December 21, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Karen Davis, PhD Source Type: podcasts

A Conversation About Sudden Unexpected Death (SUDA) in "Healthy" Adults, Adults With Known Heart Disease, Athletes, Adolescents, and Infants (SIDS)
Drs. Eric Prystowsky and George Lundberg discuss sudden death in many different clinical populations at the recent American Heart Association meeting. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - December 19, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Eric N Prystowsky, MD; George D. Lundberg, MD Source Type: podcasts

We Physicians Preach What We Practice, and That Matters
Erica Frank, MD, MPH, President, Physicians for Social Responsibility; Professor and Chair, University of British Columbia, tells doctors why their preaching should match their practicing. (Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com)
Source: MedGenMed Weekly Editorials from Medscape.com - December 17, 2007 Category: Journals (General) Authors: Erica Frank, MD, MPH Source Type: podcasts