Staff News Writer

Could you be on your way to developing type 2 diabetes? Learn the signs of prediabetes, the precursor to diabetes that is reversible if caught early on, and what you can do to prevent type 2 diabetes.

A study looked at interest in training for clinical informatics—the study of health information and data to improve patient care. It found that medical students’ interest in learning more about health care data outpaces the number of opportunities to do so.

With the percentage of Americans with diabetes more than doubling in the past two decades, it’s important to know how to manage the disease’s complications. A continuing medical education activity can help.

When is “Googling” patient information appropriate for physicians? A recent case in the Journal of General Internal Medicine examines this question. Some researchers contend that professional medical societies must update or amend their Internet guidelines to address the ethics behind it.

As health care transforms to make population health management and patient-centered care some of its highest priorities, who is best suited to lead? An article in Becker’s Hospital Review discusses how the need for clinical leadership is becoming more apparent.

Do physicians owe a duty of care to someone other than their patients? This question is at the center of a case before the New York Court of Appeals after a bus driver was injured in a head-on collision with a car driven by a recently discharged patient.

For the second Medical Student Advocacy Day in a row, a snow storm that shut down Washington, D.C. didn’t deter more than 150 medical students from descending on Capitol Hill to ask Congress for new and innovative ways to fund graduate medical education.