Medicare Advantage Ads in Your Patient Portal? CMS Says They Shouldn't Be There Patient outraged when portal mixed MA sales pitch with doctors' notes Feb 14, 2023
Does COVID Vaccine Blunt Elevated Diabetes Risk After Infection? Unvaccinated had a 78% higher risk for new-onset diabetes; no link seen among the vaccinated Feb 14, 2023
There's No 'Recipe' to Reduce Dementia Risk -- Yet Until more evidence emerges, here's how to discuss it with patients Feb 13, 2023
Buprenorphine for Chronic Pain, Not Full Agonist Opioids, New VA Guidance Says Unintended consequences of the recommendation need to be evaluated, experts maintain Feb 13, 2023
Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Proves Mettle in Minor Stroke DAPT turns in non-inferior results versus IV alteplase in ARAMIS trial from China Feb 12, 2023
Tirofiban Improves Outcomes for Strokes With No Other Tx Options Chinese trial supports stronger antiplatelet for patients ineligible for lytics, thrombectomy Feb 11, 2023
CATIS-2: Delayed Antihypertension Tx for Acute Ischemic Stroke Still an Option Early therapy not a better bet for cutting death and disability risks at 3 months Feb 11, 2023
SPAN Study Finds a Winner for Treating Stroke in Rodents Among six interventions, uric acid exceeded efficacy boundaries Feb 10, 2023
Thrombectomy Effective for Large Ischemic Strokes Pair of phase III trials lay the groundwork for expanding indication Feb 10, 2023
BEST-II Throws Cold Water on Already-Tepid BP Lowering After Stroke Thrombectomy Trial did not show definite harm, but benefit is unlikely Feb 10, 2023
Lessons From Flint, Mich. on Stroke Preparedness and Lytic Uptake Racial disparities narrowed as a result of hospital and community intervention Feb 10, 2023
Does All Afib Detected After Stroke Really Have to Trigger Oral Anticoagulation? Stroke neurologists debate skipping secondary prevention anticoagulants for some Feb 10, 2023
Tenecteplase on Par With Alteplase, Randomized Trial Affirms Data from China strengthen the evidence base for off-label use Feb 09, 2023
Familiar Drugs Get a Foot in the Door for Small Vessel Stroke Treatment Combined isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol feasible, well tolerated in these patients Feb 09, 2023
DAPT Underused for Minor Stroke, TIA Registry suggests undertreatment, particularly of women and healthier individuals Feb 09, 2023
Stroke Neuroprotection Drug Passes Early-Phase Hurdle Infusion before mechanical thrombectomy reduced important outcomes in small phase I/II trial Feb 08, 2023
Cardiac Monitoring Continues to Flag Unsuspected Afib in Broader Population STROKE AF studied a group not typically considered for Afib detection and management Feb 08, 2023
Biden Pledges to Extend Medicare's Solvency for 'At Least Two Decades' Healthcare featured prominently in president's State of the Union address Feb 08, 2023
Choosing Happiness A conversation with journalist John Leland on living and aging well Feb 07, 2023 podcast
Arrival of TEER Has Helped Surgeons' Track Records Nationwide analysis of technology's effect since FDA approval 10 years ago Feb 06, 2023
Wearable Sensors Show Promise for Remote OA Assessment Provide good data and most patients can manage them, small trial indicates Feb 06, 2023
Diagnosing Obstructive Sleep Apnea: Do At-Home Testing Devices Measure Up? Home test showed 52 apnea-hypopnea events per hour in woman with high blood pressure, weight gain Feb 06, 2023
Blood Test Predicts Which People With Amyloid Are Likely to Decline Cognitively Plasma p-tau217 outperformed other preclinical Alzheimer's measures Feb 06, 2023
Medicare Advantage Plans Fielded 35 Million Prior Auth Requests in 2021 Two million requests denied; reasons for denial remain elusive, according to a new report Feb 03, 2023
Their Alzheimer's Disease Didn't Worsen. Why? Case reports find one healthy habit in common Feb 03, 2023
BCG Vaccine Flops for Preventing COVID, Other Respiratory Infections Also made no difference for more severe COVID outcomes Feb 03, 2023
Mileage Varies for Different Hip Surgery Approaches No single "best" in meta-analysis, though a clear loser emerges Jan 31, 2023
CMS Rule Means Medicare Advantage Plans Will Pay Back Billions in Overpayments Audits finding unsubstantiated claims will extrapolate overpayments to insurers' other claims Jan 31, 2023
Viruses Tied to Subsequent Dementia, Other Neurodegenerative Diseases Viral encephalitis and Alzheimer's disease showed strongest links Jan 30, 2023
Medicare Part D Plan Prices May Change Unexpectedly How many seniors end up paying more than they thought they would? Jan 26, 2023
Immunotherapy Survival Gains 'Less Impressive' in Older Lung Cancer Patients Study finds median OS improvement of just 1 month for patients 75 and older Jan 26, 2023
Memory Decline Tied to Lifestyle Factors Healthy lifestyle slowed memory loss, even in APOE4 carriers Jan 25, 2023
Blood Test Bests Standard OA Prognostic Models in Early Study Multi-marker panel does a better job of predicting who will show rapid progression Jan 25, 2023
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023
In Knee OA, Exercise Is Helpful ... But Maybe More in Mind Than Body Trial shows little extra benefit from intensive program Jan 23, 2023
IBD Interferes With Sleep Quality Intestinal as well as brain-related problems found in study that used wrist actigraphy devices Jan 23, 2023
Head Injuries Decrease Long-Term Survival Time Frequency of head hits, severity of impact raise mortality risk Jan 23, 2023
When Surgeons Clamp Down on Opioids After Cardiac Operations Pain control feasible even when dropping to zero opioids Jan 22, 2023
