How Much Pain Is 'Enough' to Prescribe Opioids? A compliance plan can help optimize clinical decision-making Dec 05, 2023
Deucravacitinib Improves Joint Symptoms in Psoriatic Arthritis Greater improvements over apremilast and placebo through 24 weeks Dec 05, 2023
Rituximab Maintenance Boosts Survival for Older Adults With MRD-Negative MCL Patients with treatment-sensitive disease may benefit most from continued treatment, says expert Dec 05, 2023
High Blood Pressure in Babies Linked to Adult Atherosclerosis Is BP screening starting before age 3 years warranted? Dec 04, 2023
PsA Raises Mortality Risk, but Unevenly Some psoriatic arthritis patients more vulnerable than others in Swedish study Dec 04, 2023
Orphan Drug Costs; Digital Devices for Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: smoking cessation benefits Dec 02, 2023 podcast
Intensive Caring: Reminding Patients They Matter How to care for those who no longer care about themselves Dec 02, 2023
VTE Risk After Joint Replacement: Does Anticoagulant Choice Matter? Large claims-based study provides some answers Dec 01, 2023
Afib Guidelines Add New Stages, Upgrade Catheter Ablation Specific lifestyle measures also recommended Nov 30, 2023
Coronary Heart Disease by Age 45 Linked With Subsequent Dementia All-cause dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia risks elevated Nov 29, 2023
New Data on Bimekizumab in Psoriatic Arthritis Roundtable of experts weigh in on "unprecedented" efficacy, and safety issues Nov 29, 2023 video
Stronger Quads May Lower Risk for Knee Replacement Surgery Higher quadricep-hamstring ratio associated with 82% lower odds in NIH cohort Nov 29, 2023
Common Headaches May Be Pains in the Neck Imaging links inflammation to migraine and tension headaches Nov 29, 2023
Methotrexate Tied to Greater Risks for Older Patients With CKD FDA should consider warning labels based on study results, researchers argue Nov 28, 2023
'Medicarelessness' Revisited After 50 Years Privatization of the public program has simply bolstered corporate profits Nov 27, 2023
Cognitive Scores Improve With Personal Coaching Trial shows better outcomes for people at high dementia risk Nov 27, 2023
Alzheimer's Drug Trials Should Report Effect Sizes, Researchers Say How effective are anti-amyloid treatments? Nov 22, 2023
New Data on TYK2 Inhibitors for Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis Favorable results with TAK-279 and deucravacitinib in studies at ACR Nov 22, 2023 video
States Making Progress Toward Setting Payment Limits for Some Drugs Prescription drug affordability boards are now the law in eight states Nov 21, 2023
Proteins Predict Signs of Alzheimer's Disease Subclinical health indicators tied to markers of Alzheimer's and neurodegeneration Nov 20, 2023
Alteplase Not Harmful in NOAC Users, Even in a More Bleeding-Prone Cohort No excess brain bleeds in an Asian population receiving lytic therapy for stroke Nov 20, 2023
The Broken Medicare System Is Forcing Physicians Out Yet another physician pay cut will prevent timely access to care Nov 20, 2023
Live Shingles Vaccine and Waning Immunity; Semaglutide and CV Events Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium and blood pressure; aspirin and LVADs Nov 18, 2023 podcast
Silent Gastrointestinal Bleeds Track With Antiplatelet Choice After PCI OPT-PEACE captured serial changes in gastrointestinal tract injury prior to overt bleeding Nov 17, 2023
Want Lower Obesity Drug Costs? Medicare Holds the Key Medicare coverage will catalyze market competition Nov 17, 2023
Another Long-Acting Steroid Shot Impresses in Knee OA Liposomal formulation OK for repeat dosing, phase III study indicates Nov 16, 2023
Senators Discuss Making Medicare's Relaxed Telehealth Rules Permanent "We have proved the concept," says Sen. Steve Daines Nov 15, 2023
Hippocampal Atrophy Might Not Signal Alzheimer's Disease Measuring tau and hippocampus in addition to amyloid may improve Alzheimer's diagnosis Nov 15, 2023
Gantenerumab Failed to Slow Cognitive Decline in Early Alzheimer's Amyloid plaque levels went down, but not enough for clinical benefit Nov 15, 2023
'Naked' Gene Therapy Promising for Osteoarthritis Phase II results pave way for bigger and better trial Nov 13, 2023
Novel PCSK9 Inhibitor Recaticimab Lowers Lipids With Less Frequent Shots Monoclonal antibody promises substantial lipid lowering with just one injection every 3 months Nov 13, 2023
Lowering the Target for Blood Pressure Is Best, Study Affirms Huge trial from China reinforces the message from SPRINT for higher-risk hypertensive patients Nov 13, 2023
To Minimize Patient 'Note Bloat,' Cut to the Chase Repeating data over and over just adds noise that buries the signal Nov 13, 2023
Long-Acting Steroid Gives 14 Weeks of Knee OA Relief Placebo-controlled trial gives novel product a tentative boost Nov 13, 2023
DOAC Cuts Stroke Risk From Subclinical Afib But whether the small absolute gain shown in ARTESiA is worth the bleeds is another question Nov 12, 2023
U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world Nov 12, 2023
Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Cuts Dementia Risk Benefit finally proven in clinical trial Nov 12, 2023
Antihypertensives Do Not Detract From the BP Reduction of a Low-Sodium Diet Dietary change produces clinically relevant BP changes within a week Nov 12, 2023
No Aspirin Needed After LVAD, ARIES-HM3 Trial Says Warfarin does a good enough job alone without adding aspirin Nov 11, 2023
