How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare Once government financing entered the picture, the doctor-patient relationship was doomed Jul 29, 2019
Hundreds of Trainees in Limbo as Philadelphia Hospital Closes 570 residents, fellows scramble to find new jobs Jul 15, 2019
Opioids Overused in Acute Gout May contribute to opioid crisis -- and other effective therapies are available Jul 03, 2019
Alternatives to Open-Heart Surgery Pushing Surgeons to Do Better Old techniques get a makeover Jul 02, 2019
American Pain Society Goes Belly Up Opioid lawsuit costs prompt membership to approve bankruptcy filing Jun 28, 2019
Why Work-Life Balance Doesn’t Always Work in Medicine We might be doctors, but we have lives Jun 25, 2019
Another Tricuspid Repair System Shows Promise Device is designed for individual leaflet capture Jun 17, 2019
Makeover for TAVR Valves: Lower Profiles, Better Sealing Design features suggest several possibilities for improvement over current devices Jun 14, 2019
TAVR in Low-Risk Patients: Meta-Analyses Have Their Say Improved outcomes overall, but not without downsides Jun 14, 2019
Gabapentinoids Tied to Suicidal Behavior and Unintentional Overdose New patterns emerge, especially for young people Jun 14, 2019
Low-Dose Steroid Reduces Hand Pain in Osteoarthritis Finger pain relieved at 6 weeks with prednisolone therapy Jun 12, 2019
TAVR Operators Urged to Tread Carefully on BASILICA TVT Registry to start collecting data on technique's use Jun 12, 2019
Physician-Assisted Suicide Once Again Divides AMA Members Some expressed a clear desire to decide a policy and move on Jun 11, 2019
Farewell to Hartmann's Procedure? LADIES trial found primary anastomosis had better outcomes in perforated diverticulitis Jun 10, 2019
AMA Delegates Debate Privacy of Substance Use Tx Records Comments address patient privacy, treatment needs Jun 09, 2019
First Drug OK'd for Cluster Headache Prevention CGRP inhibitor reduces attack frequency in episodic disorder Jun 05, 2019
Cancer Surgery Refusal Remains a Problem Older, unmarried, African-American patients more likely to say 'no' Jun 04, 2019
Preop Chemo Reduces CRC Surgical Morbidity Lower 2-year recurrence rate versus adjuvant therapy but not significantly Jun 04, 2019
Good News Continues for Enfortumab Vedotin in Bladder Ca Phase II trial offers longer survival in difficult disease Jun 04, 2019 video
Is Transoral Endocrine Surgery Underused in Thyroid Operations? Over half of patients could have had "scarless" procedure May 31, 2019
Slicer Seen Boosting Leaflet Mobility in Aortic Stenosis Study shows feasibility of novel treatment for calcified aortic stenosis May 24, 2019
USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
Enoxaparin May Be Underdosed for CRC Surgery Patients Standard dose yielded low anticoagulation levels in 68% but no increase in venous thromboembolism May 23, 2019
FFR Alters Coronary Patients' Care And using an adenosine-free version post-PCI could be a good option, too May 23, 2019
New Device Lets TAVR Treat Aortic Regurgitation Early data favor newer-generation device May 23, 2019
Your Patient Died. Now What? Do's and (one big don't) from an expert forensic pathologist May 14, 2019
Insulin Resistance: The Missing Link in Fibromyalgia? Small study found significantly higher levels of HbA1c in fibromyalgia patients May 11, 2019
Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool May 07, 2019
Detailed Policy Cuts Opioid Use After Breast Ca Surgery 40% of women reported zero narcotic use after surgery May 03, 2019
Novel Agent Reduces Bulging Eyes in Thyroid Eye Disease Results with teprotumumab in phase III trial called "watershed moment" Apr 28, 2019
Promising Results with Givosiran in Acute Hepatic Porphyrias Patients on novel agent showed significant urinary ALA reduction versus placebo Apr 13, 2019
Practice 'Cultural Humility' in End-of-Life Conversations Clinicians should know the limits of their cultural understanding Apr 12, 2019
Pain Persistent after Sexual Assault First large-scale prospective study reports shows prevalence and pain severity Apr 07, 2019
Can Blocking Kappa Receptors Reduce Opioid Dependency? Researchers look at targeting pain-related anhedonia Apr 05, 2019
Study Weighs in on Best Revision for Failed Roux-en-Y Bypass Study backs endoscopic gastrojejunostomy when bypass fails long-term Apr 05, 2019
Can Virtual Reality Head Off Pre-Op Anxiety? Promising results from randomized trial in colorectal cancer patients Apr 05, 2019
No Support for Pre-Op Antibiotics in Chest Port Placement But other factors correlate with infection risk Mar 28, 2019
Aortic Stenosis: Watchful Waiting Works Only for So Long Study supports timely aortic valve replacement in asymptomatic patients Mar 22, 2019
