Mammography is currently the most widely used technique for breast cancer screening – but there may be better ways, according to new findings published in Elsevier’s influential publication, The American Journal of Medicine. Jennifer S. Drukteinis, MD, lead author of “Beyond Mammography: New Frontiers in Breast Cancer Screening”, discusses the cons of mammography: reduced sensitivityMORE

Don’t miss out! Editor of the Competency-Based Companion series, Dr. Barry Mann, along with several other distinguished physicians and educators, will be discussing a new resource and approaches to clinical problems using the ACGME competencies. During this roundtable discussion, you will walk through actual cases to learn techniques on how to identify high-yield core knowledgeMORE

Earlier this week, Elsevier Author Dr. Eric Topol, was a guest on the talk show, The Colbert Report. During the segment, Dr. Topol discussed the collaboration between medicine and technology and its future. He even demonstrated life-saving procedures you can do with your smartphone. Dr. Topol used funny-man Stephen Colbert as his guinea pig andMORE

Congratulations to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute Physicians and Elsevier Authors recently awarded the prestigious “Top Doctors” title by Boston Magazine. Stanley W. Ashley, MD Dr. Ashley is an attending surgeon in the Gastrointestinal Cancer Center at Harvard’s Dana-Farber Cancer Institute as well as the Frank Sawyer Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School. He isMORE