Two Pediatricians Dead in Texas Murder-Suicide Austin mourns loss of beloved pediatrician Lindley Dodson, MD Jan 28, 2021
Despite Controversial Leader, Charity's COVID Field Hospitals Prove Helpful Samaritan's Purse opens field hospitals in hard-hit areas as CEO Franklin Graham faces scrutiny Jan 27, 2021
USMLE Step 2 CS Cancelled Permanently Medical licensing authorities looking for "innovative ways to assess clinical skills" Jan 26, 2021
Montana Oncologist Fired for Misdiagnosing, Overtreating Patients But some rally around him Jan 26, 2021
The Next Pandemic Is Already Here Tools for stopping it are readily available, if only we agree to use them Jan 20, 2021
Ventricular Tachycardia: The Cause Is the Key to Management Andrew Perry, MD, tackles the heterogeneity of VT with Melissa Robinson, MD Jan 15, 2021 podcast
Hospitals Grumble but Work to Implement Price Transparency Rule Challenges include COVID surge and vaccine rollout, but advocates say costs will fall Jan 14, 2021
Copay Assistance Programs Help Patients but Confuse Them Too Insurers keep track of their use and in some cases won't apply them to patient deductibles Jan 13, 2021
Pregnant Doctors Are Getting Their COVID Shots Ob/gyn groups favor vaccination as pregnant women are "vulnerable" population Jan 11, 2021
Acute Brain Dysfunction Prolonged in COVID-19 ICU Patients 'COVID in the ICU is like a delirium factory' Jan 11, 2021
Op-Ed: Why (and How) We Don't Prescribe Oxycodone Greater desirability equals greater addictive potential Jan 09, 2021
PA Who Sounded COVID Alarm Had Long Recovery Needed nighttime oxygen for months, still testing positive for COVID-19 antibodies Jan 08, 2021
Medicare's 'Most Favored Nation' Drug-Pricing Rule in Limbo Rule affecting Part B drugs was to take effect Jan. 1 but was stopped by federal court orders Jan 07, 2021
Injury Count From Washington Melee Now in the Dozens One woman shot dead by police, another reportedly crushed to death Jan 06, 2021
What's Behind the Ivermectin-for-COVID Buzz? Maverick physicians spurn randomized trials while "people are dying" Jan 06, 2021
The Long Goodbye: How COVID Took My Dad's Life A single-word text from Room 993 - 'help' - and a grim cascade of complications Jan 06, 2021
'America's Frontline Doctors' Continue to Misinform on COVID Notorious physician group has now pivoted to inciting fear about vaccines Jan 05, 2021
No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines' Who are the physicians behind America's Frontline Doctors? Jan 05, 2021
Op-Ed: Why PCR Cycle Threshold Is Useful in Coronavirus Testing It can help better triage patients, physician argues Jan 04, 2021
Op-Ed: Why I Refuse to Get the COVID Vaccine Right Now America's vaccine rollout is widening socioeconomic and racial inequities Jan 04, 2021
Laparoscopic Lavage a Safe Option in Perforated Diverticulitis No difference versus resection in long-term severe complications, but recurrence more common Dec 29, 2020
Conservative Approach to Inpatient BP Spikes May Be Safer Oral, IV antihypertensives alike associated with worse outcomes Dec 28, 2020
Black Doctor Who Died of COVID Said Racism Impacted Care Susan Moore, MD, said she had to beg for proper care: "This is how Black people get killed" Dec 23, 2020
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare? The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention Dec 23, 2020
GI Bleeds Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Inpatients Anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents not tied to higher risk of bleeding in cohort study Dec 22, 2020
'We Want Them Infected'; Extra Vax Doses; Tom Cruise, Distancing Enforcer A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 17, 2020
FDA Panel Backs Entresto, Spironolactone for Broader HF Use But committee stops short of advocating categorical approval for HFpEF Dec 16, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
Online Tool Refines Individual Risks in Breast Cancer RSClin incorporates 21-gene recurrence score with tumor grade, size, and more Dec 13, 2020
IBD and COVID-19: Who Is at Risk? Worse outcomes for older patients and those with comorbidities and on steroids Dec 12, 2020
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Healthcare On the Rise U.S. healthcare sector pollutes more than any other industrialized health system in the world Dec 11, 2020
Hospital Teams with Marvel for Nurse Superhero Comic Allegheny Health Network finds unique way to thank front-line nurses during the pandemic Dec 10, 2020
Gland Larceny: When Testicle Thefts Took Chicago by Storm Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting Dec 09, 2020
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Can Wait 6 Months for Surgery: Study Can be considered low priority procedure during COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say Dec 08, 2020
Gene Therapy Stops Bleeding in Hemophilia Single injection had durable effectiveness, study showed Dec 08, 2020
CRISPR-Based Tx Offers Hope in Tough-to-Treat Blood Disorders Success with investigational use of gene editing in sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia Dec 06, 2020
Blood Cancers and COVID-19: 'A Medically Vulnerable' Group Patients with hematologic malignancies and SARS-CoV-2 face higher risks for infection, death Dec 06, 2020
