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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. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - March 2, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Personalized Medicine: Great, but Some Really Serious Issues
Personalized medicine will take some time to live up to its promise, but meanwhile, many concerns and potential problems are likely to arise. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - February 24, 2015 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Terminally Ill Woman Chooses Suicide
A 29-year-old woman with brain cancer has moved to Oregon and vowed to kill herself, with her doctor's help. Her youth and appeal may change the nature of the debate on physician-assisted suicide. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - October 28, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Why Is There More Moral Outrage for a Dog Than for Humans?
Art Caplan explains why we need to have a national conversation about the consequences of Ebola -- what to do with pets, and what it means to be in quarantine. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - October 22, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Do We Still Need the VA? Or Is It Getting a Bad Rap?
Bioethicist Art Caplan asks Dr Dave Chokshi, an expert on VA issues, about the VA's recent challenges and whether the situation is fixable. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - October 16, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Have We Overlooked Palliative Care?
Palliative care is not just for patients in hospice, explains Dr. Diane Meier; good palliative care can help relieve the suffering of people with chronic or disabling illnesses. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - September 25, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Physician-Assisted Suicide: Only As a Last Resort
Many doctors support the idea of physician-assisted suicide, but, says bioethicist Art Caplan, no one should move as speedily as Jack Kevorkian, and doctors should try palliative care first. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - September 24, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Shopping Online for the Best-Priced Doctors: A Good Trend?
Consumers can now search online for physicians and healthcare services that will bid for their business, offering a dollar amount. Is this good for patients or the medical profession? (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - September 17, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

It's Nuts! Cute Baby Photos in the Doc's Office Are Illegal?
Doctors involved with fertility often receive photos of the infants born to patients they've helped. Now some people are worrying that displaying those (voluntary) photos could be invading privacy. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - September 11, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Ebola: Is It Fair That Americans Received the Treatment?
Many are worried about a potential spread of Ebola, but another challenge is determining who would get treatment or vaccines that might prevent transmission down the road. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - August 21, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Does Google Glass Belong in a Hospital?
Thanks to Google Glass, doctors can use a camera in their glasses to see what is going on and show other people. But should Google Glass be allowed in surgery or other places in the hospital? (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - July 30, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Are We Overprotecting Kids From School Problems?
Glenn Saxe, MD, child psychiatrist, shares provocative opinions about the mental health of youth, and how we may be overprotecting kids and giving them too much medication. (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - July 23, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts

Can One Person Use a Frozen Embryo After a Couple Splits?
A woman asked her boyfriend to donate sperm to create frozen embryos. The couple split, but the woman aimed to use the embryos. Her ex-boyfriend said no, but a judge ruled in her favor. Is this right? (Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast)
Source: Medscape Business of Medicine Podcast - July 10, 2014 Category: Health Management Authors: Medscape Source Type: podcasts