The Best Cardiovascular Drug Many Physicians Won’t Prescribe Milton Packer describes the rise and fall of one of our most effective medicines Dec 19, 2018
Antidepressants Improve Disease Course in IBD Tied to lower risk of relapse, step-up medications, and IBD-related hospitalizations Dec 18, 2018
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 14, 2018
Whole-Body Cyrotherapy Caused Cold Burn Injury Trendy treatment never FDA-approved for health benefits Dec 14, 2018
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 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Nov 30, 2018
ADHD Genes; Psychosis and Suicide; Your Brain on Internet Gaming News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 28, 2018
YouTube Videos Often Mislead on Prostate Cancer Misinformation, bias, and lack of balance in content Nov 28, 2018
Top-Ranked Hospitals Have Better Survival Rates U.S. News and World Report rankings not associated with fewer readmissions Nov 28, 2018
Group Hypnotherapy Helps IBS Patients As effective as individual treatment in reducing perception of symptoms Nov 26, 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
FDA OKs Heart Disease Prevention Claim for High Oleic Acid Oils Olive oil and certain other vegetable, seed oils get qualified health claim Nov 19, 2018
Dementia Linked to Death in Most Older Adults with Down Syndrome Late-onset epilepsy, APOE status raised mortality risk substantially Nov 19, 2018
The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide How nurses can deal with this controversial issue Nov 18, 2018
Omega-3 and Vitamin D; Vein Grafts and CABG: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include benefits of CABG, vein harvesting, new exercise guidelines, and omega-3 and vitamin D supplementation Nov 17, 2018 podcast
Homelessness and Suicide Attempts Intertwined Among Veterans Two risk factors go "hand in hand," says researcher Nov 15, 2018
Abuse-Deterrent Oxycodone Ekes Out FDA Panel Win 10-7 vote in joint advisory committee meeting favoring MNK-812 approval Nov 15, 2018
How Can Competency be Measured in Older Docs? AMA council guidance for testing fails to win over delegates Nov 14, 2018
AHA: Neighborhood Violence Takes Toll on Heart Studies connect steady diet of violence to early heart disease Nov 14, 2018
AMA Delegates Back Physician Freedom in Opioid Prescribing CDC guidelines are well-intentioned but shouldn't restrict prescribing, they say Nov 13, 2018
AMA Delegates Support Site-Neutral Insurance Payments Proposal to send report to trustees for further discussion rejected Nov 13, 2018
AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back Nov 12, 2018
AHA: Rivaroxaban May Cut Thromboembolic Risk in HF Patients Post hoc analysis of COMMANDER HF trial suggestive of benefit Nov 11, 2018 video
AHA: Novel Agent Promising for Lowering Lp(a) Levels Treatment with AKCEA-APO(a)-LRx better than placebo at multiple doses Nov 11, 2018
AHA: Zetia May Cut CV Events in Japanese Seniors Results from EWTOPIA75 trial not enough to change practice, experts says Nov 11, 2018
AHA: In-hospital Entresto Safe, Beneficial in HFrEF PIONEER-HF shows improved biomarkers and possibly outcomes too Nov 11, 2018 video
AHA: Targeting Inflammation With Methotrexate Flops for CV Prevention CIRT trial disappoints after CANTOS' win for the inflammatory hypothesis Nov 10, 2018 video
AHA: Lipid Guidelines to Headline Meeting Exercise, fish oil, Entresto in acute HF, and an anti-inflammatory also in the spotlight Nov 08, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Parental Injury Tied to Troubled Sleep for the Kids Teenagers, children of parents with both PTSD and TBI at increased risk Nov 04, 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
Morning Break: Dead-Butt Syndrome; Last Word on Cellphone Radiation; States vs Pharma Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Nov 02, 2018
Lifespan in Parkinson's Tied to Early Symptoms Normal cognition early in PD predicted normal life expectancy Nov 01, 2018
Eye Imaging May Give Early Clues to Alzheimer's Abnormal retinal vasculature in two separate studies Oct 31, 2018
