Algorithm Has Promise for Finding Undiagnosed FH Cleveland Clinic study used EHRs to screen for familial hypercholesterolemia Nov 20, 2019
Surgeon in Spotlight for Excising Soccer Ball-Sized Neck Tumor Called upon for expertise only 4 months into surgical career Nov 19, 2019
Post-ISCHEMIA: Focus Turns to Testing for Stable Angina Stress test no longer enough to send most stable cases to cath lab? Nov 17, 2019
Apabetalone Falls Short in Patients With T2D and ACS Trial of BET protein inhibitor likely underpowered to show benefit Nov 17, 2019
HF Benefit of Dapagliflozin Affirmed in Non-Diabetics Fewer CV events for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction Nov 16, 2019
AHA Dedicates $20 Million to Youth Vaping Research Association and partners aim to "hold e-cigarette companies publicly accountable for their lies" Nov 16, 2019
Sandy Hook Responder: 'I Hope I'm Not Broken' Doctor arrived on scene an hour after shooting, worked with SWAT team Nov 12, 2019
Study: Fecal Transplants Cut Sepsis Risk in Patients With C. Diff FMT also tied to shorter length of hospital stay, better overall survival vs antibiotics Nov 04, 2019
Do 'Weedout' Classes Dump Good Doctors? Premed student says the concept undermines diversity in medicine Oct 31, 2019
L.A. Story: The Homeless Use EMS a Lot Nearly 20 times more frequently than other residents Oct 31, 2019
Venous Closure Device Gets EP Patients Moving Sooner, With Less Pain But is the bioabsorbable collagen plug worth the cost? Oct 30, 2019
Child Abuse Pediatricians Face Media Scrutiny Decade-old subspecialty has had its share of controversy Oct 30, 2019
Easy Stroke Scoring Tool Helps EMS Get Patients the Right Care Los Angeles Motor Scale deemed "powerful out-of-hospital tool" for prediction of intervention, outcomes Oct 29, 2019
Remember the Krebs Cycle? Why? You learned it in school, with no relevance to real patient care -- like a lot of modern "medicine" Oct 27, 2019
Oscillating Vest Keeps COPD Patients Out of Hospital Exacerbations reduced with technology initially designed for use in CF Oct 23, 2019
Sex Assault at Mt. Sinai; Pharma's MD Millionaires; Mammography Marketing Machine This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 23, 2019
Four Myths About Universal Healthcare in Other Countries Hint: Nobody has "Medicare for All" Oct 22, 2019
Finally, a Cure for the Common Cold... and Back Pain! The antidote to your Press-Ganey blues Oct 17, 2019
Unintentional Bias: It Can't Be Avoided but Can Be Overcome Simple techniques can improve hiring and help with inclusion Oct 16, 2019
Addressing Language Barriers How nurses can communicate with patients who speak limited English Oct 13, 2019
Excuse Me, Doctors and Nurses, Your Bias Is Showing "Prejudice" means to prejudge, and that's exactly what many of you do to patients Oct 10, 2019
Mila's N-of-1 Trial Detailed in NEJM Neurologic scores stabilized, seizures diminished with tailored antisense oligonucleotide therapy Oct 09, 2019
Does Zantac Break Down Into a Carcinogen? Rather than contamination, "the fundamental problem is that it's an unstable molecule" Oct 03, 2019
Novel CDK 4/6 Inhibitor Fails in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Misses primary endpoints but has unexpected key benefit Oct 01, 2019
CDK 4/6 Inhibitors Boost OS in Advanced Breast Cancer Abemaciclib, ribociclib should become first-line treatment in HR-positive/HER2-negative disease, expert says Sep 29, 2019
Notable OS Gains with Dual Immunotherapy in Advanced NSCLC Secondary analysis of CheckMate 227 brings more good news for nivolumab-ipilimumab combo Sep 28, 2019
What's Behind the Rise in Navy Suicides? 'For career servicemen, seeking help can be damaging to careers' Sep 25, 2019
Most Who Die by Suicide Leave No Notes Iowa study shows guns are preferred by men, poison by women Sep 25, 2019
How Often Does MRI Miss the Mark in Prostate Ca? Retrospective study finds 21% of patients with prostate cancer pathology did not have ROI on MRI Sep 25, 2019
Wires or RFID Tags in Breast Cancer Excision? Women like the less obtrusive method, but small study doesn't quite settle question of whether there's a tradeoff Sep 24, 2019
H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimens Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
True Ischemia or Mimic? MRI changes final diagnosis in 30% of TIA and minor stroke cases Sep 23, 2019
Calif. 'Gig Economy' Law Shakes Healthcare Sector Could age discrimination be an unintended consequence? Sep 20, 2019
Is a Residency Program an Asset to Be Sold? Fears of "disaster for residency training" nationally Sep 20, 2019
Joint Commission Loses Accreditation After Failing Joint Commission Survey "I hold my staff to an equally ridiculous and arbitrary number of illogical standards," said CEO Sep 19, 2019
