Webcast Video Editorials

• A Diabetes Drama for President Obama Michael Dansinger, MD, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, composes a poem that sets priorities for President Obama.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Regenerative Medicine: Of Hopes and Challenges Claudius Conrad, MD, PhD, of Harvard Medical School and Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses the clinical use of stem cells.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Public Health and the Menace of Markets Anthony Robbins, MD, MPA, Co-Editor of the Journal of Public Health Policy, explains how the "marketplace" of capitalism is harmful to the public health.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Global Maternal Mortality: An Unspeakable yet Avoidable Human Tragedy Eli Y. Adashi, MD, MS, FACOG, Professor of Medical Sciences and Outgoing Dean, Medicine and Biological Sciences, Brown University, Providence, RI, discusses the global tragedy of maternal mortality.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Seven Habits (to Break) of Highly Effective People George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine at St. Louis University in Missouri and Editor-in-Chief of Internal Medicine at eMedicine, encourages us to stop these unhealthy habits.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Let's Teach Moral Reasoning to the Next Generation of Doctors Stuart A. Green, MD, Clinical Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery, University of California, Irvine, discusses a new way to teach doctors ethics.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Open-Access Medical Knowledge: Where Are We Currently and Where Should We Be Going? Rick Kulkarni, MD, Medical Director, eMedicine.com, and Assistant Professor of Surgery, Yale University School of Medicine, discusses open-access publishing.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• Born at the Wrong Time? Timing of Infant Birth and the Risk for Childhood Asthma Tina Hartert, MD, MPH, of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, discusses whether the date of conception predicts childhood asthma.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• The Doctor-Patient Relationship III: A Way of Listening -- The Balint Group Revisited, 2008 Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, explains how we can truly improve our listening with this method.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, January 2009
• The Doctor-Patient Relationship II: Not Listening Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, NY, teaches us how to improve our listening skills.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• The Doctor-Patient Relationship I: The Web Underscores the Divide Ursula Snyder, PhD, Former Editor, Medscape Ob/Gyn & Women's Health, New York, NY, explains how to improve physician-patient conversation.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Infectious Antigens May Play a Role in the Pathogenesis of Sarcoidosis Wonder Drake, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, teaches us about sarcoidosis.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Using COURAGE to Treat Angina David J. Maron, MD, Assoc. Professor of Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, explains why we need COURAGE to administer the right cardiology therapy.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Doctor, You Should Now Measure Abdominal Height George T. Griffing, MD, Professor of Medicine at Saint Louis University in Missouri and Editor-in-Chief of Internal Medicine at eMedicine, teaches us about abdominal height.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Reempowering Primary Care Brian Klepper, PhD, a healthcare analyst from Atlantic Beach, Florida, offers a solution to the primary care problem.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Why Youth Mental Health Is So Important Stan Kutcher, MD -- Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health, IWK Health Centre, and Dalhousie University -- explains how to improve youth mental health.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Better Care, Better Bottom Line for Hospitals R. Sean Morrison, MD, Prof. of Geriatrics and Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Director of the National Palliative Care Research Center, discusses an economic reason for palliative care.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Prescriptions for Survival Nancy Covington, BSc, MD, President of Physicians for Global Survival, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, invites us to reconnect with the physicians' movement against nuclear war.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, December 2008
• Perforator Flaps: A Microsurgical Innovation Steven Morris, MD, Professor of Surgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, teaches us about plastic surgery flaps.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, November 2008
• Failed Connections: Why Connecting Humans Is as Important as Connecting Computers Daniel Z. Sands, MD, MPH, of Cisco and Harvard Medical School, explains why we need to learn to communicate better.
  The Medscape Journal of Medicine, November 2008