Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 51˶ staff Aug 03, 2015
Slippery Slope: Does Convenience Trump Safety With NOACs? Celebrities tout ease of new anticoagulants, but is there real benefit? Aug 02, 2015
Slippery Slope: FDA Reviewer Questions Eliquis Mortality Claim Trial data from more than 300 patients is missing Aug 02, 2015
Guidelines Issued for Managing Temperature During CBP Clinicians now have officially sanctioned procedures to follow Jul 30, 2015
The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare Fears of "socialized medicine" swept aside, but cost concerns eventually overtake program. Jul 30, 2015
FDA Approves First PCSK9 Inhibitor Indication given for heterozygous HF and secondary prevention Jul 24, 2015
FDA Approves Drug for Basal Cell Carcinoma Sonidegib becomes second hedgehog inhibitor for locally advanced disease. Jul 24, 2015
CardioBrief: Dollars for Heart Docs Analysis of CMS database shows some docs pocketed millions from drug and device makers. Jul 23, 2015
Donepezil Add-On Promising in Completer Analysis Serotonin modulator slows but doesn't stop cognitive decline in phase II re-analysis. Jul 22, 2015
Agent Orange Plus PTSD Equals Extra Dementia Risk For Vietnam vets, defoliant exposure "may exacerbate effects of other risk factors." Jul 21, 2015
T1D Patients Face Nearly Double Risk for Dementia Findings still significant after controlling for vascular risk factors. Jul 20, 2015
Diabetic Seniors Lobby for Medicare to Cover CGM Devices Senate panel highlights glucose control issues facing Medicare patients with diabetes. Jul 17, 2015
Purdue Pulls New OxyContin Application, and Questions Follow FDA disavows previous requirement for study of abuse-deterrent formulation Jul 02, 2015
CDC's Meningitis B Vax Recommendation Faces Criticism Lack of universal recommendation deemed "confusing for parents" Jun 24, 2015
PD Patients Report Better Sleep With Rotigotine Tx Patch form of dopamine agonist also lowered nighttime activity Jun 21, 2015
Impact Slides: MR CLEAN to SWIFT-PRIME With Patrick Lyden, MD Lyden reviews the 'field changing' results of endovascular stroke tx trials Jun 19, 2015 video
Inhaled Levodopa May Bridge Parkinson's 'Off' Periods Inhaler eased breakthrough motor symptoms between standard levodopa doses in an early study Jun 16, 2015
Subcutaneous Apomorphine Gets Parkinson's Patient Moving Quickly Most patients respond to injected drug within 20 minutes Jun 16, 2015
One Proteasome Inhibitor Tops Another in Relapsed Myeloma Progression-free survival doubled with carfilzomib versus bortezomib Jun 15, 2015
PFS Rises in Progressive Myeloma with Targeted Biologic Adding elotuzumab boosts median progression-free survival by almost 5 months. Jun 12, 2015
Iron Reduces Parasomnias in Children With Restless Legs Most with restless legs syndrome and night terrors do well with ferritin supplements Jun 12, 2015
Persistent Sleep Trouble Common in Kids With Brain Injuries TBI leaves children struggling for months with daytime sleepiness and problems sleeping at night Jun 12, 2015
AMA Wants 2-Years of Grace for ICD-10 Errors With time running out, AMA acts to protect physician payment Jun 10, 2015
Sleep Apnea Correlates With Injury on the Job Accidents while working occurred twice as frequently when sleep apnea was involved Jun 10, 2015
Copyright Issues Hinder MMSE Use Neurologists forced to look for alternate cognitive screening tests Jun 09, 2015
ICD-10: AMA Considers Grace Period to 'Save Docs' No easy choices for AMA as it mulls next steps Jun 07, 2015
13 Apple Watch Medical Apps Made for Physicians Even though there are over 3,500 apps that have been customized for the Apple Watch, there are few that health providers can actually utilize for themselves Jun 01, 2015
ASCO: Annual Meeting Emphasizes Advances, Challenges in Cancer Largest program to date highlights developments in breast cancer, other malignancies May 29, 2015
ASCO: Chemo-ADT Combo Still Winning in Prostate Cancer Yet another report of survival improvement with upfront docetaxel plus hormonal therapy. May 14, 2015
Testosterone Shots: Riskier Than Gels or Patches? Spike in T levels from bolus injections may explain higher adverse outcome rates. May 11, 2015
Abandoned Painkiller Makes a Comeback Here's how the FDA let a widely abused opioid back on the market. May 10, 2015
Injecting Opioid Tied to Blood Clotting Disorder Are most clinicians aware of this side effect of oxymorphone drug abuse? May 10, 2015
Squeeze Test in Finger/Toe Joints Won't Diagnose Arthritis Sensitivity was low for metacarpophalangeal and metatarsophalangeal joints. May 09, 2015
Op-Ed: How to Rein In Out-of-Control Healthcare Costs We all know the medical bill horror stories, but now we have to act on them. May 05, 2015
'Brain Code' Speeds Meds to Neuro Patients Algorithm plus medication distribution system reverses herniation, lowers intracranial pressure. Apr 23, 2015
Stopping Enbrel Risky in Established RA Fewer patients with longstanding disease flared if they remained on even a half dose of etanercept, and time to flare was greater. Apr 22, 2015
Experts Gain Ground in CTE Diagnosis NIH working group says perivascular tau deposition is hallmark feature of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Apr 22, 2015
Novel Drug for Cramping Shows Promise in Early Trial Could benefit patients with MS spasticity and cervical dystonia. Apr 22, 2015
