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JAMA's 16th Editor and the Digital Age
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/jamas-16th-editor-and-the-digital-age/6435/For 127 years, the Journal of the American Medical Association has been one of the nation's best-known medical journals. This summer, its 16th editor, pediatrician Dr. Howard Bauchner, takes over editorial oversight from Dr. Catherine DeAngelis, who has served as the Journal's editor since 2000. Dr.From Georgia — A Physician's Immersion Into Organized Medicine and Health Policy
https://reachmd.com/programs/voices-from-american-medicine/from-georgia-mdash-a-physicians-immersion-into-organized-medicine-and-health-policy/6356/Georgia neurologist Dr. M. Todd Williamson rose through the ranks of his local physician organizations, before serving as president of his state’s medical association during 2009, as national healthcare reform was being debated in Washington, DC. He discusses the role of organized medicine in shapinThe Henrietta Lacks Foundation Gives Back
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-henrietta-lacks-foundation-gives-back/6325/In 1951, cancer killed an impoverished young African American mother named Henrietta Lacks. Cells biopsied from her tumor, without her or her family's knowledge, went on to be critical in establishing an important cell line, known as HeLa, that has been part of a medical revolution. HeLa cells haveAlzheimer's and Driving: When It's Time to Take the Keys
https://reachmd.com/programs/neurofrontiers/alzheimers-and-driving-when-its-time-to-take-the-keys/6299/Nationwide there are an estimated several hundred thousand licensed drivers with Alzheimer's disease. A new study shows that more than half can still pass a road test, leaving physicians to help patients and caregivers decide when it's time to stop driving. Dr. Donald Iverson, lead author of the AmeThe Fine Art of Extraction & Other Remarkable Undertakings
https://reachmd.com/programs/second-opinion-live/the-fine-art-of-extraction-other-remarkable-undertakings/6298/Second Opinion Live looks at the future of robotics in medicine, with Dr. Joseph Kim; the naming of famous murmurs; and the pioneering work of endoscopist Dr. Chevalier Jackson, the subject of author Mary Cappello's book Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor WA More Resilient Health System in Katrina's Wake
https://reachmd.com/programs/focus-on-disaster-medicine-and-preparedness/a-more-resilient-health-system-in-katrinas-wake/5903/Five years after Hurricane Katrina, the horrific memories of disaster and devastation remain, but the healthcare system has created a legacy of resilience for the city's safety net and a potential national model beyond the primary care medical home. Dr. Karen DeSalvo, professor of medicine at the TuPro Football Players and Brain Injury: New Guidelines
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/pro-football-players-and-brain-injury-new-guidelines/5109/The National Football League has placed its strictest rules yet on managing concussions. What is the medical profession to make of such a policy and what are its broader implications for players' long-term health and for future medical research? Dr. Julian Bailes is a founding member of the Brain InThe Movement to Ban Drug Industry Gift-Giving to Doctors
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/the-movement-to-ban-drug-industry-gift-giving-to-doctors/4726/More and more states, and even the federal government, are moving to ban drug industry gift-giving practices. So how is this legislation working, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Sharon Anglin Treat, executive director of the National Legislative Association on Prescription DDo Our Professional Organizations Represent Our Interests?
https://reachmd.com/programs/second-opinion-live/do-our-professional-organizations-represent-our-interests/4721/President Obama recently gave a speech at the annual meeting for the American Medical Association (AMA) in Chicago. The speech thrust the AMA squarely into the national spotlight as an organization that represents physicians around the country. While the president's discourse with the AMA drew a lotUrban Hospital Closings: What Lies Ahead?
https://reachmd.com/programs/clinicians-roundtable/urban-hospital-closings-what-lies-ahead/4452/Hospitals are closing nationwide, but is it really a case of here-we-go-again because of reductions in reimbursement? This time, we are in the most serious recession in decades. Dr. Alan Sager, professor of health policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health, tells the Chicago