Latest Residents News

• Breastfeeding: USPSTF Finds Poor Support in Primary Care A lack of primary care support, compounded by socioeconomic barriers, can interfere with a family’s desire to breastfeed a child.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Targeted Oxygen Support vs Standard Care: No Clear Winner Maintaining a targeted SpO2 of 90%-96% safely reduces oxygen use but does not significantly increase oxygen-free days in critically-ill patients, a randomized trial shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• ATTD 2025 GLP-1s Eyed as Key to Managing T1D With Obesity As obesity rates rise among individuals with T1D, GLP-1 agonist medications, indicated for T2D and weight loss, are increasingly viewed as adjuncts to insulin.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Treat or Refer? Pulmonologists Share Best Practices Pulmonologists share best practices on when primary care providers should consider sending patients with respiratory illnesses to a specialist.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Does AI Improve Paediatric Fracture Detection? A deep learning–based tool shows a high accuracy of fracture detection in children and may boost the diagnostic skills of emergency department residents, a real-world study suggests.
  Medscape News UK, April 11, 2025
• AAD 2025 As Dermatology Continues to Grow, Pediatric Derm Numbers Lag Pediatric dermatologists love what they do but struggle to attract others to their subspecialty.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Why Asking for Help Is a Strength in Medical Training Physicians and medical students offer advice on staying healthy during medical training. Setting boundaries and prioritizing self-care help combat the intense pressures faced by medical students.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• Med Students: Show Up and Speak Up Even if It’s Hard What doctors look for in medical students reveals.
  Medscape Medical News, April 08, 2025
• Andi Biotic: Cartoon Crusader Tackling Superbug Resistance Cartoon mascot ‘Andi Biotic’ is the face of a public health campaign to combat antimicrobial resistance, as data revealed 41% of young adults obtain antibiotics incorrectly.
  Medscape News UK, April 07, 2025
• Residency Advice: It’s OK to Be Unsure and Ask for Help Residency program directors offer advice to medical residents, emphasizing that it’s okay to be unsure, explore different specialties, and ask for help throughout one’s career.
  Medscape Medical News, April 01, 2025
• HLA-B27 Status Linked to Poor Outcomes in JIA After 18 Years HLA-B27 positivity is linked to higher odds of non-remission in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis at 18 years after disease onset, with the odds being higher in men than in women.
  Medscape News UK, March 31, 2025
• Why Some Ob/Gyns Are Walking Away High malpractice costs, restrictive legislation, and rising burnout are driving ob/gyns out. What can be done?
  Medscape Medical News, March 31, 2025
• ACC 2025 New Cardiology Board Dispute Intensifies at Town Hall A show of hands at the ACC town hall demonstrated unity as specialists investigate options for a new certifying board outside the current one or with two parent sponsors.
  Medscape Medical News, March 30, 2025
• Many Medical Schools Lacking Crucial Education on Autism Research suggests physicians feel largely unequipped to care for patients with autism, contributing to major health disparities, but change is here.
  Medscape Medical News, March 25, 2025
• Modern Specialist Training: Brainchild of a Cocaine Addict William Halsted’s dual legacy as a groundbreaking surgeon and a man deeply affected by addiction continues to shape residency training programs worldwide.
  Medscape Medical News, March 24, 2025
• Match Day: Anesthesiology Still Hot, Family Med Is Not With the largest-ever number of applicants, 94% of available residency slots were filled, on par with previous years.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2025
• When Your Match Is a Mistake Some doctors in training risk everything to change their residency program if their match wasn’t the right fit.
  Medscape Medical News, March 21, 2025
• A Mysterious 19th C. Primer on Surviving a Medical Career An enigmatic early-1800s author (or is it 1974?) writes defining principles on how to swim with literal sharks and in the process becomes a med school legend.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2025
• Provinces Help International Physicians Practice in Canada Several provinces have programs to help graduates of international medical schools practice in Canada, but a lawmaker says that a national strategy is lacking.
  Medscape Medical News, March 20, 2025
• New Cardiology Board Denied but ‘Not Done With This Fight’ The American Board of Medical Specialties rejected the application for a new board and invoked a 2-year wait to resubmit. But “we are not done with this fight,” cardiology leadership said.
  Medscape Medical News, March 19, 2025