Medicine

DENVER — A lifestyle medicine approach can address gaps in pediatric obesity care, according to presenters at the annual American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s annual meeting.

In this episode, Laura Enyedi, MD, and Cathleen McCabe, MD, and Dagny Zhu, MD, sit down and chat with guest Marguerite McDonald, MD, FACS, about her career as a woman in medicine and ophthalmology.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, Charu Gupta, MD, discusses the significance of highlighting research on gender equity in medicine at the Women in Medicine Summit.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, experts discussed the significance of men in leadership positions to be an ally to women in medicine.

CHICAGO — In this Healio video exclusive, Mark Shapiro, MD, discusses the importance of ensuring that the concept of male allyship is widely understood by all in medicine.

Many states have corporate practice of medicine prohibitions.

President Joe Biden on Friday officially announced that former North Carolina secretary of health Mandy K. Cohen, MD, MPH, will be the next director of the CDC.

Transplant medicine and the field of transplant infectious diseases have faced numerous disruptions and challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to experts.

Akebia Therapeutics’ formal dispute resolution request was denied by the Office of New Drugs of the FDA for vadadustat in the treatment of anemia due to for dialysis-dependent patients, according to a press release.

An exploration of a registry of patients undergoing continuous kidney replacement therapy revealed fluid management is a main indicator that a patient will initiate the therapy, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.