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A photo of Daniel Gibbs, MD, PhD, next to his book A Tattoo on My Brain

A Neurologist Faces His Alzheimer's Disease

"I'm in the ring with the tiger," says Daniel Gibbs

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How to Get Patients to Speak Up When They Experience a Medical Error

Make your hospital or practice a welcoming place to report a problem, expert says

A close up of a physicians white jacket with a name tag that reads: PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATE

PAs Attempt to Rebrand With a New Name

Years-long process with hopes of boosting profession's relevance and impact

AACE over a computer rendering of a woman with her pituitary and thyroid glands highlighted.

Slow and Steady With Osilodrostat Best in Cushing's Disease

Gradual dose escalation had fewer adverse events, same therapeutic benefit, as quicker increases

FDA WARNING Obeticholic acid (Ocaliva) over two bottles of Ocaliva over a computer rendering of a liver with cirrhosis.

FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis

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Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID?

ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses

A female nurse tends to her senior female patient who is home from the hospital

Hospital at Home May Reduce Hospitalization, Costs for Cancer Patients

Study demonstrated efficacy, cost-effectiveness of providing hospital-level services at home

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Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition

Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated?

A man with his face in his hands sits in the center of three chairs in a waiting room

Three Reasons Your Patients Are Unhappy

How to practice on a human level

50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion

"If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it"

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Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response

Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases?

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N.J. Mother Sues Her Former Doctor for Fertility Fraud

DNA kit identified fertility doctor as daughter's father, suit alleges

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Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers

Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs

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Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic

Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color

A mature Black male physician shows info on a tablet to his mature Asian female patient who is wearing a headwrap

Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care

Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community

A blue gloved hand holds a test tube of blood labeled Testosterone - Test over a form with results showing low testosterone.

Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19

In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness

Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway

A sad little boy with his face to a wall

Op-Ed: Love Can Conquer Trauma

My wife helped me heal old mental wounds

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Test Can Predict Death Risk With Adrenal Tumors

This can help guide need for surgical intervention, researcher says

A baby cries over the shoulder of his mother who is talking to an out of focus female physician

Neonatal Seizures: When Should Treatment Stop?

Study follows infants with acute seizures to track neurodevelopment

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FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance

Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures

A female gynecologist prepares to perform a transvaginal ultrasound on her patient.

Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Still Sees No Death Reduction

Researchers "disappointed" by long-term results of U.K. study of 200,000 postmenopausal women

A male physcian at the bedside of his male patient uses virtual reality to look at MRI images of his brain.

Evaluating Tech for Clinical Use

What factors should you consider?

AACR over a computer rendering of a tumor

RET Fusion Inhibitor Active Beyond Lung, Thyroid Cancers

Responses to selpercatinib in almost half of tumors outside approved indications

A stern looking mature male physician making the stop gesture with his right hand

Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine

Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit

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These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse

Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered

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Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled

Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement

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Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance

NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates

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After 6 Months in Space, Eyes and Brain Show Changes

But it's likely these alterations are uncoupled from each other

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Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections

As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says

A YouTube video thumbnail with Rohin Francis, MBBS, Jimmy Kimmel and the words: The Patient IS NOT THE PUNCHLINE

Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines

A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses

A man's hand with psoriatic arthritis over a box of Ilumya (tildrakizumab-asmn) for injection.

Plaque Psoriasis Drug Shows Promise for Psoriatic Arthritis

Monoclonal antibody targets the IL-23 p19 subunit

ATS over a computer rendering of alveoli

CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients

Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP

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Sudden Hearing Loss Reported After COVID Vaccines

Preliminary report teases apart VAERS data to identify most likely cases

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PD-L1 Inhibitor Thwarts Recurrence in Early Lung Cancer

Risk of death, recurrence 34% lower with atezolizumab after surgery and chemo

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Breast Cancer and MS: New Data Shed Light on Survival

Study compares breast cancer patients with and without MS

A photo of Amani Jambhekar, MD, MBA

Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said

Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems

A Stelara auto injector needle over a grid of close up psoriasis images.

For Safety, One Biologic a Winner in Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis

Lower hospitalization rates compared with other biologics or small molecule therapies

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Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU

ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials

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