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January 2015

Cholesterol Screening: What’s the Right Approach?
 Cholesterol Screening: What’s the Right Approach? 150 150 Dave Ghose
By: Dave Ghose

The jury is still out on whether universal testing of children is a good thing. To screen or not to screen? For pediatricians, that question is far from answered when it comes to universal cholesterol testing. Despite an endorsement of the practice from an expert panel at the end of 2011, controversy continues to shroud…

How to Build and Lead a Successful Medical Department
 How to Build and Lead a Successful Medical Department 150 150 V. Rama Jayanthi, MD
By: V. Rama Jayanthi, MD

Fostering an environment that supports evidence-based medicine, professional development and equal footing for clinician-researchers is a critical challenge for medical leadership. You can spot the collaborative leader because he’s rejected the heroic, solitary model of leadership. He doesn’t try to dominate his organization as its all-seeing visionary, leading idea generator and controlling intelligence. Instead, he…

Be Your Own Career Advocate
 Be Your Own Career Advocate 150 150 Linda Cripe, MD
By: Linda Cripe, MD

A successful cardiologist and neuromuscular disorders researcher shares her hard-won tips for getting what you want out of your career in academic medicine. The road to securing your first faculty position is long and frequently marked with significant personal and financial sacrifice. It is a rare individual who at some point does not ask the…

Probing for Links Between Psychotropic Drugs and Severe Liver Disease
 Probing for Links Between Psychotropic Drugs and Severe Liver Disease 150 150 Kevin Mayhood
By: Kevin Mayhood

Drugs that help minors with severe mental health disorders may put overweight and obese patients at risk for severe liver disease. In a paper that appears to be the first to suggest the connection, the authors point out that youths who suffer from psychiatric illnesses are already at greater risk for obesity and its comorbidities.…