Digital Rectal Exams: Worth the Trouble? Howard Wolinsky looks for the evidence, and doesn't find much Mar 29, 2019
Ups and Downs of Exercise for Women's Bone Health Uphill versus downhill treadmill walking makes a difference in trial Mar 26, 2019
Suppressed Testicular Function 'Mostly Reversible' After Steroid Abuse But process can take upwards of 9 months Mar 26, 2019
Older Adults Still Struggle With Hypoglycemia Endocrine Society issued new diabetes clinical practice guidelines for older adults Mar 25, 2019
For RA With COPD, Abatacept is Safe No increased pulmonary risks compared with other biologics Mar 21, 2019
Fertility Fraud; Pharma's 'Patient' Advocacy; Mass. Nursing Homes Fined This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 20, 2019
Two Knees at Once: More Clarity on Pluses and Minuses Surgeons say it's feasible in even severely obese patients, but beware of complications Mar 19, 2019
Vasculitis in the Very Old: The Eyes Have It Vision loss a major complication; mortality also high in the over-85 group Mar 10, 2019
SPRINT Re-Analysis Has News for Smokers With Hypertension Outcomes worse with aggressive blood pressure targets Mar 08, 2019
Medical Marijuana and Older Adults Well tolerated among elderly patients; nearly a third reduced opioids Feb 28, 2019
One-Time FIT Adequately Detects CRC but Not Advanced Adenomas Accuracy depends on varying test thresholds for positive result Feb 25, 2019
Kidney Disease Payment System Draws Medicare Scrutiny 'We do not think the state of kidney disease care is acceptable' Feb 15, 2019
Study Quantifies Dental, Jaw Risks With Denosumab 10-year data suggest oral issues common Feb 14, 2019
'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk? Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement Feb 14, 2019
Language Issues in Degenerative Aphasia Have a Hearing Component Primary progressive aphasia is not just a neurolinguistic problem, study shows Feb 11, 2019
Colonoscopy Misses More Adenomas Than Thought Forget 'one and done' -- adenomas per positive colonoscopy better measure of quality, researchers say Feb 08, 2019
Trump's Health: Excellent or 'Ticking Bomb'? Zero publicly reported medical events in first 2 years in office Feb 07, 2019
Rats, My PSA Went Up. Do I Need Another Bleeping Biopsy? "Active surveillance" doesn't have to mean invasive testing for every biomarker blip Jan 29, 2019
Comorbidities Common in Older 'Frequent Fliers' in the ED Diabetes topped the list; pain-related diagnosis and injury were other factors Jan 28, 2019
Study Raises Questions on Nuedexta Prescribing Real-world data show PBA drug given mainly to dementia and Parkinson's disease patients Jan 07, 2019
Severe COPD, Heart Failure a Bad Combo Symptoms of undertreated HF are too often confused with COPD Dec 14, 2018
ATS Panel: U.S. Home Oxygen Delivery System Broken CMS competitive bidding for durable medical equipment to blame, experts say Dec 13, 2018
The Importance of Palliative Nursing Care How nurses can cope with the emotional stress of providing hospice care Dec 09, 2018
Combination Regimen Extends PFS in Myeloma Large benefit but relevance of comparator questioned Dec 04, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51³ΙΘΛΆ―Βώ staff Nov 30, 2018
YouTube Videos Often Mislead on Prostate Cancer Misinformation, bias, and lack of balance in content Nov 28, 2018
Women 75 and Older Benefit from Annual Mammo Significant number of invasive cancers found Nov 26, 2018
No Surgery May Be Feasible in Gleason 9-10 Prostate Ca Study finds similar outcomes with two multimodal approaches Nov 23, 2018
The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide How nurses can deal with this controversial issue Nov 18, 2018
How Can Competency be Measured in Older Docs? AMA council guidance for testing fails to win over delegates Nov 14, 2018
AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back Nov 12, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Arguing Aside, Grandparents Cope Well with Raising Grandkids Older caregivers report handling stresses as well as parents Nov 04, 2018
Survey: Kids Couldn't Tell Real Gun from Toy Gun Also, only one-third of parents followed guidance for safe gun storage Nov 04, 2018
Eye Imaging May Give Early Clues to Alzheimer's Abnormal retinal vasculature in two separate studies Oct 31, 2018
Diabetes No Barrier to Cataract Surgery Procedure shouldn't be delayed solely on basis of HbA1c levels, researcher says Oct 28, 2018
