Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.
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Mental health services can be successfully integrated in primary care
CHICAGO – Yes, you can make a profit, says a pediatrician with 10 years of experience with this model.
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Talking with vaccine-hesitant parents takes training and finesse
CHICAGO – Assessing just how opposed a particular parent might be to vaccination could guide the communication strategy.
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New AAP policy recommends flu vaccination regardless of egg allergy
CHICAGO – There is “egg-citing” news about the flu vaccine for people with egg allergies.
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One in four ‘control’ mothers in NAS study tests positive for drug use
Researchers got a big surprise when they evaluated a control group of mothers in a study comparing their healthy newborns with infants who develop...
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Female physicians can face breastfeeding challenges at work
Breastfeeding physicians and medical students report multiple barriers to successful pumping of breast milk at work, according to a new survey.
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Subtle hearing loss after concussion could impair learning
Researchers assessed children with normal hearing after a concussion and found deficits in auditory processing that might not be apparent – and...
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EMR pop-up aims to boost HPV vaccination rates
An electronic pop-up placed on clinicians’ electronic medical record may have had a positive impact on the human papillomavirus vaccination rates...
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Duke’s Criteria help guide echocardiography decision in suspected infective endocarditis
A large number of echocardiograms ordered to detect infective endocarditis prompted investigators to look at appropriateness of this test.
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Buprenorphine linked to less neonatal abstinence syndrome than methadone
Duration of treatment and length of stay did not differ with the two opioids.
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ACS NSQIP pilot project IDs risks in older surgical patients
NEW YORK – The ACS National Surgical Improvement Program Geriatric Surgery Pilot Project, which was started in 2014, is beginning to bear fruit....
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Immobility implicated in increased complications after bariatric surgery
NEW YORK – Thirty-day mortality after bariatric surgery is higher in immobile patients than in ambulatory patients.
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Think beyond BMI to optimize bariatric patients presurgery
NEW YORK –'Prehabilitation' strategies could represent a new way of thinking for bariatric surgeons.
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MBSAQIP data helped target problem areas to cut readmissions
Readmissions after bariatric surgery dropped after a hospital targeted the top reasons identified in its MBSAQIP data.
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ERAS program cuts complications after radical cystectomy
NEW YORK – A large tertiary care hospital with a high rate of elective radical cystectomy postoperative complications implemented an ERAS protocol...
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Sodium fusidate noninferior to linezolid for acute skin infections
Sodium fusidate, a drug long approved in Europe and under development for U.S. approval, was noninferior to linezolid in a phase 3 study for...