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Identifying and addressing risk factors for cognitive disorders shared within couples may reduce the risk for these disorders in the spouses of those with dementia, according to results of a prospective cohort study in JAMA Network Open.

Many young physicians, fellows and residents look at their financial situation and do not think of themselves as owning any significant assets, never mind being wealthy. This may be understandable, as most young doctors have low income during their training years and, even when having higher incomes once they are in practice, may be saddled with significant debt from student loans.

Newly minted physicians can often be idealistic when looking for their first jobs. After years of hard work, relocation and delayed gratification, it is natural that new doctors and their spouses seek a career opportunity that is perfect and permanent.

Many experienced physicians, at one time or another, have worried about being sued for malpractice (or another risk) because of a bad patient outcome or something similar that a colleague of theirs experienced. Millennial physicians would be wise to recognize that all areas of medicine have inherent personal liability risks and take reasonable steps to mitigate and protect against such risks.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — In light of a worsening rheumatologist shortage in the United States, practices that wish to not only recruit physicians, but also retain them, will have to offer competitive compensation with personalized incentives, and potentially look internationally to widen the talent pool, according to a presenter here.

Editor’s Note: The number of patients on PD in the United States has historically outnumbered those patients choosing home hemodialysis. In Nephrology News & Issues’ 2019 dialysis provider survey, for example, growth in the PD population among the 10 largest providers was quadruple that of home hemodialysis, representing 28% of new patients who started dialysis among these providers from 2018 to 2019 (see page 30 of this issue for the complete survey results).

Targeted therapies appeared associated with modest improvements in OS compared with nontargeted therapies among elderly patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, according to results of a retrospective study published in JAMA Network Open.