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Music Can Help Doctors Develop Relationships With Patients

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Cardiologist describes how showing her vulnerability through music has made her a better doctor
For patients with lipoedema

Liposuction Offers Long-Lasting Benefits for Lipoedema

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Improvements in specific complaints, reduction in conservative treatments persist through eight years
Patients have a lack of understanding about spine surgeons' compensation

Patients Lack Understanding of Spinal Surgeon Compensation

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Survey shows discontinuity between spine surgeon compensation and patients' perceptions
Diabetes mellitus is associated with worse prognosis in terms of progression-free

Diabetes Predicts Worse Survival in Renal Cell Carcinoma

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For patients with diabetes, poor glycemic control linked to higher risk of postoperative progression
Electronic portfolios are being used to transform medical students' assessments and track progress as students advance through medical training

E-Portfolio Developed to Assess Millennial Med Students

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Vanderbilt University School of Medicine has developed complex system to chart performance
For women with uterine cancer

Robotic Surgery May Be Superior to Laparoscopic for Uterine CA

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Robotic is more costly, but results in shorter length of stay and greater rate of lymph node dissection
A small but promised Medicare pay increase has effectively been reduced to zero for all physician specialties

AAFP: Expected 0.5 Percent Pay Increase Reduced to Zero

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Medicare physician fee schedule shows expected Medicare pay increase reduced for all specialties
Occupational burnout appears to reduce clinical faculty members' readiness to change teaching approaches

Burnout Reduces Readiness to Change Teaching Approaches

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Clinical faculty with low occupational burnout more likely to be in action stage of change
A case of a woman with an accessory breast in the inframammary fold is described online Nov. 5 in BMJ Case Reports.

Accessory Breast Described in Left Inframammary Fold

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Case report describes accessory breast, distinct from left breast, with accessory nipple areola complex
For patients with ovarian cancer

Pre-Op Blood Tests May Predict Post-Op Morbidity in Ovarian CA

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Pre-op thrombocytosis, leukocytosis tied to post-op morbidity; increased mortality for patients with both