Born Too Late? Young Doctors Speak Out on the ‘Golden Age’ https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/born-too-late-young-doctors-speak-out-golden-age-2026a1000t7d?src=rss They entered medicine amid COVID, prior authorizations, corporate ownership, and collapsing public trust. Some mourn what disappeared. Others wonder whose golden age it was. Medscape Medical News

Channel
MEDSCAPE Medical News
@MEDSCAPEnews
On this record: Growth · Engagement · What this channel posts · Reactions · Posts · Telegram's recommendations · Cite this entry
17,189subscribers
+126 since we began measuring on 7 August 2026
Risers and fallers across the register · movement among entries of 10,000–31,623.
Register entry
| Telegram ID | -1001400637571 |
|---|---|
| Type | Channel |
| Username | @MEDSCAPEnews |
| Description | LATEST MEDICAL NEWS FROM Medscape Discussion Group https://t.me/Medical_Professionals_Forum Contact us https://t.me/Contact_Updates_in_Medicine_Bot |
| Created | 11 May 2020 — measured — cross-checked against a third-party dataset (TGDataset) |
| First recorded | 7 August 2026 |
| Last confirmed live | 21 August 2026 |
| Measurements held | 16 |
| Confirmed unchanged | 1 time, most recently 21 August 2026 |
| On Telegram | t.me/MEDSCAPEnews |
Growth
| Measured (UTC) | Subscribers | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 21 Aug 2026, 20:18 | 17,189 | +17 |
| 20 Aug 2026, 15:26 | 17,172 | +19 |
| 19 Aug 2026, 17:54 | 17,153 | +4 |
| 18 Aug 2026, 21:12 | 17,149 | +5 |
| 17 Aug 2026, 19:39 | 17,144 | +7 |
| 16 Aug 2026, 19:36 | 17,137 | +19 |
| 15 Aug 2026, 10:43 | 17,118 | +7 |
| 14 Aug 2026, 00:14 | 17,111 | +2 |
| 12 Aug 2026, 19:47 | 17,109 | +15 |
| 11 Aug 2026, 18:35 | 17,094 | +6 |
| 10 Aug 2026, 22:07 | 17,088 | +3 |
| 9 Aug 2026, 21:52 | 17,085 | +5 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 23:51 | 17,080 | +15 |
| 8 Aug 2026, 03:25 | 17,065 | +2 |
| 7 Aug 2026, 19:00 | 17,063 | no change |
| 7 Aug 2026, 18:51 | 17,063 | first reading |
Engagement
198 posts held, back to 7 August 2026 — the reader has not yet reached the start of this channel’s public history, so older posts may sit further back, unread. Read across 30 pagesof Telegram’s post history, 20 posts per page.
- ERR · 30 days
- 1.04%
- avg views ÷ 17,189 subscribers
- Avg views / post
- 179
- 198 posts measured
- Reaction rate
- 0.419%
- reactions ÷ views · ER floor
- Posts in window
- 198
- of 198 held
ERR is average views per post over the last 30 days divided by subscribers, the definition TGStat uses, so this figure is comparable with the one you will see elsewhere. It falls structurally as a channel grows: a high ERR on a small channel and a low one on a large channel describe reach mathematics, not quality. We publish the figure and the sample it came from and pass no verdict on it.
ER is defined industry-wide as (forwards + reactions + comments) ÷ views— note the denominator is views, not subscribers. Telegram’s public web preview carries views and reactions but not forward or comment counts, so the reaction rate above is the reactions term only and is therefore a floor: the true ER for this channel is higher by an amount we have not measured and will not estimate. It is computed over the 13 of 198 measured posts that carry a reaction reading, and over those same posts' views.
| Window | Rolling 30 days · latest post in window 21 August 2026 |
|---|---|
| Posts held | 198 (7 August 2026 – 21 August 2026) |
| Views total | 35,391 |
| Reactions total | 12 |
| Forwards / comments | not exposed by the public surface — not measured, not estimated |
| Readings taken | 22 Aug 2026, 10:36 UTC |
Views are a single reading per post, taken at the time above. A post published in the last day or two is still accumulating views, which pulls the 30-day average down slightly. That is a property of the standard definition rather than a fault in it, so we keep the definition rather than “correcting” the number into something nobody can reproduce.
Precision. Telegram publishes view counts on its public widget in short form — 8.12K, 3.7M — so any reading at or above 1,000 reaches us rounded to three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. Averages and rates derived from them are shown to the same precision rather than to the unit: a figure like 3,701,250 would assert digits nobody measured.
Reaction counts are published per emoji and rounded the same way, so a total below 1,000 is exact and a larger one is a sum that may carry a rounded component from each emoji above 1,000. Because it is a sum, it does not look rounded — read a large reaction total as three significant figures per contributing emoji rather than as the figure it prints.
What this channel posts
- Photos
- ≈16
- Links
- ≈30,500
Lifetime counters from Telegram’s own channel header, read 22 August 2026 — not the date at the top of this page, which is when the subscriber count was last read. A count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints these counters in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈142,000 means somewhere between 141,500 and 142,499.
Reaction mix
12 reactions across 11 posts, in 2 distinct kinds. The most used accounts for 91.7% of them.
| Reaction | Count | Share | Share, drawn |
|---|---|---|---|
| ❤ | 11 | 91.7% | |
| 👍 | 1 | 8.33% |
No sentiment is inferred, and none should be read in. This table is ordered by count and by nothing else. Emoji do not carry stable meaning across languages or communities — 🙏 is thanks in one channel and mourning in another — so we publish which ones were pressed and how often, and pass no judgement on what an audience meant by them.
Precision. Telegram publishes reaction counts per emoji and short-forms each one — 4.34K, 1.2M — so any single kind at or above 1,000 reaches us at three significant figures, and only counts below 1,000 are exact. The shares above are ratios of those figures and carry the same error. This is also why the total here can differ slightly from a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page: both are sums of the same rounded parts, taken over samples with different edges.
Coverage. Reactions were read on 13 of the 198 sampled posts in this sample. Summed by Telegram’s own count on each post — not by adding up the per-emoji breakdown above — those same posts carry 12reactions in total: the kind of figure the paragraph above means by “a reaction total printed elsewhere on the page”.
Measured over the 198 most recent posts we hold, published 7 August 2026 to 21 August 2026, using the newest reading held for each. Telegram Stars are excluded: they are a payment, not a reaction, and they have their own section.
Recent posts
Bisphosphonates Tied to Lower Mortality in HR+ Breast Cancer https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/bisphosphonates-tied-lower-mortality-hr-breast-cancer-2026a1000t8b?src=rss Researchers assessed bisphosphonate use in women with breast cancer before and after diagnosis. Medscape Medical News
Can Physics Predict How We Age? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/can-physics-predict-how-we-age-2026a1000t7w?src=rss Experts from physics, biology, and medicine met to test whether aging can be mapped with quantitative models that may one day aid clinical care. Medscape News Global
Ustekinumab, Biosimilars Have Similar Medicare Part D Costs https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/ustekinumab-and-its-biosimilars-have-similar-medicare-part-d-2026a1000t85?src=rss Medicare Part D covers ustekinumab biosimilars, but patients pay nearly the same out-of-pocket costs regardless of the drug price and insurers rarely provide coverage for their affiliated biosimilars. Medscape Medical News
EUS Biopsy Aids Autoimmune Pancreatitis Diagnosis https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/eus-guided-fine-needle-biopsy-shows-moderate-diagnostic-2026a1000t84?src=rss A specialized biopsy technique using endoscopic ultrasound achieves modest diagnostic accuracy for autoimmune pancreatitis, with newer needle designs outperforming older models. Medscape Medical News
Paediatricians Urge Tighter Rules on Vape Flavours https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/paediatricians-urge-tighter-rules-vape-flavours-2026a1000t6r?src=rss Paediatricians say the Tobacco and Vapes Act is not enough and want the government to restrict vape flavours, not just their names. Medscape News UK
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Chemo Drug Exposure Linked to CAR T-Cell Therapy Outcomes https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/optimal-fludarabine-exposure-linked-improved-outcomes-car-t-2026a1000t7x?src=rss Optimal fludarabine exposure during lymphodepletion is associated with improved progression-free survival after CAR T-cell therapy in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Medscape Medical News
Branded Bevacizumab: Retina Breakthrough or Bankbuster? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/questions-surround-where-branded-bevacizumab-will-fit-retina-2026a1000t31?src=rss Bevacizumab is a cornerstone retina drug that has been used off-label for decades. Where the FDA-cleared branded version fits in may be a matter of cost and acceptance. Medscape Medical News
Yes Machines: The Mental Health Minefield of AI Chatbots https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/yes-machines-mental-health-minefield-ai-chatbots-2026a1000t7c?src=rss ‘Confirmation bias on steroids’: Cases of AI psychosis accumulate as we learn what happens when a very convincing computerized companion never disagrees with you. Medscape Medical News
Does Prior Biologic Affect Anti-TNF Durability in IBD? https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/does-prior-biologic-affect-durability-anti-tnf-patients-2026a1000st1?src=rss Second-line anti-TNF therapy after a biologic with a different mechanism of action is linked to lower durability in inflammatory bowel disease, particularly in patients with ulcerative colitis. Medscape News UK
Unpartnered Status Tied to Low Binge Drinking Risk in Women https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/unpartnered-status-tied-low-risk-binge-drinking-women-2026a1000ss5?src=rss Being unpartnered in later life is linked to higher odds of alcohol abstinence among older adults and lower odds of binge drinking among women, without mediation by depression or loneliness. Medscape News UK
4D CT Aids Parathyroid Adenoma Localisation, Lateralisation https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/four-dimensional-ct-aids-parathyroid-adenoma-localisation-2026a1000sr3?src=rss Multiphase '4D' CT offers reliable diagnostic accuracy for localising parathyroid adenomas when first-line nuclear medicine imaging and ultrasound yield negative or discordant results. Medscape News UK
Showing the 12 most recent of 198 posts we hold for @MEDSCAPEnews. View and reaction counts are the latest single reading for each post, not a live figure, and a recent post is still accumulating both. A view count marked ≈ was rounded by Telegram before we ever saw it — t.me prints views in full below 1,000 and to three significant figures above, so ≈1,200,000 means somewhere between 1,150,000 and 1,249,999. Unmarked counts are exact. Text is reproduced from the public post preview and truncated for length.
Appears in Telegram’s recommendations for other channels
The reverse of the list above, and a different kind of signal. This does not require this channel to have ever been asked about directly — each row below is a channel we DID ask Telegram about, whose Telegram-generated list happened to include this one. A channel can appear here with an empty list above it, because being named by someone else’s query is independent of having been queried itself.
@ClinicalPharmGuideline · 59,739
Telegram ranks this channel #8 of 78 here — alongside 77 others — read 22 August 2026
@medinternafacil · 61,823
Telegram ranks this channel #24 of 76 here — alongside 75 others — read 22 August 2026
@mbfd2018 · 78,966
Telegram ranks this channel #42 of 64 here — alongside 63 others — read 21 August 2026
@luiselintensivista · 72,952
Telegram ranks this channel #50 of 73 here — alongside 72 others — read 22 August 2026
This channel appears in 4 seed channels' Telegram-generated recommendation lists in total. Each is Telegram’s list for THAT channel, not this one — see how this is measured.
Cite this entry
A live page changes as we take new readings, so a citation should name the measurement it is based on, not just the URL. The line below cites the subscriber count as measured 21 August 2026 — this entry's latest reading, not the date you are reading this.
“MEDSCAPE Medical News” (@MEDSCAPEnews), 17,189 subscribers as measured 21 August 2026. Telegram Register, tgregister.com/channel/MEDSCAPEnews.
Full measurement history, CC BY 4.0. Every reading this register holds for this entry, not just the latest one, as a dated, downloadable record: CSV · JSON. Free to use with attribution to tgregister.com. Each file carries its own generation timestamp, which is the figure to cite for exactly when the data was retrieved.