Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
How to Handle a Heparin Shortage: Effective Strategies With supply chain issues in China, it's a real threat, group says Jan 27, 2020
Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
U.S. Nurses: A Little More Diverse and Grayer National survey shows small uptick in minority RNs; bigger increase in those over age 50 Jan 23, 2020
Elagolix Offers Another Treatment Option for Uterine Fibroids But "it's not a cure for fibroids," expert says Jan 22, 2020
'Surprising' Number of Cancer Survivors Use Alcohol Clinicians urged to step up alcohol screening at regular intervals, intervention Jan 22, 2020
Ozempic OK'd for CV Prevention; LDL Drug Pricing; Lyme Disease Heart Tx Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 21, 2020
New Use for Methotrexate in Spondyloarthritis? In combination with adalimumab, immunogenicity lowered by half in patients with axial SpA Jan 21, 2020
'Dead Doctors Don't Lie' Pediatrician threatened over vaccine TikTok in "global, coordinated attack" Jan 21, 2020
Your Brain on Psilocybin; Probiotics and Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Signaling News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 21, 2020
VA Goes Too Far on NP Independence Doctors' morale suffers, and patient care may follow suit Jan 16, 2020
Despite New Generic, MS Drug Costs Nearly Triple in 7 Years Generic glatiramer acetate "had a minimal effect on prices overall" Jan 15, 2020
Meet the 'Lien Doctors'; Hidden Clinical Trial Data; Google Nabs More Medical Records This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 15, 2020
How Structural Racism Affects Healthcare Only by first acknowledging the effects can we work toward transformative changes Jan 14, 2020
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
Study: Relief Most Common Emotion 5 Years Post-Abortion Few regrets among women in longitudinal analysis Jan 13, 2020
Phlegm-Busting Drug Shows Promise in Parkinson's Ambroxol crosses blood-brain barrier and boosts GCase levels Jan 13, 2020
Yuck: Docs' White Coats Rarely See the Washing Machine New York hospital survey found most go a week or more between launderings Jan 10, 2020
After Five Months in a Coma, Young Nurse Wakes Up Chicago RN with rare autoimmune encephalitis responds to unusual treatment Jan 10, 2020
Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia and Magnesium Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand Both resulted in higher healthcare costs after surgery, study found Jan 09, 2020
Vascular Changes Often Missed in Lupus Nephritis Biopsies alone don't tell the story, study suggests Jan 09, 2020
Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder Jan 08, 2020
Common 'Safe' Pesticides May Kill More Than Insects Pyrethroid exposure associated with increased risk of long-term CVD, all-cause mortality Jan 07, 2020
Bad News for Tau PET Tracer in CTE Only modest correlation between imaging result and actual pathology in ex-football player Jan 07, 2020
Teenager in Psych Crisis Waits 25 Days in ED for Admission Amid psychiatric bed shortage, patient left in "Kafkaesque" limbo Jan 07, 2020
Prior Authorization Cuts Costs, but Is It Bad for Patients? Psychiatry is one area where study found clear harm Jan 06, 2020
Male Hypogonadism Guidelines: Opt for IM Testosterone Recommendation based on cost compared with transdermal therapy Jan 06, 2020
The Simpsons, the Odyssey, and Suicide An introduction to the merciless and marvelously cruel world a suicidologist must inhabit Jan 06, 2020
Hep B Cure Research: The Long Road Ahead Combination approaches, novel agents may lead the way Jan 03, 2020
Cancer Drug Helpful for Children With Olmsted Syndrome Two small case series show rapid remission of nonmalignant keratinocyte proliferation Jan 02, 2020
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 31, 2019
Sjogren's Phenotype: It's Not Just One Thing Study details different presentations, influential factors Dec 30, 2019
Boxers, MMA Fighters Show Distinct Brain Injury Patterns Can brain region volume be a biomarker for future CTE? Dec 23, 2019
Are Low-Density Incidental Renal Masses Being Misdiagnosed? New study raises concerns about criteria for benign cysts vs aggressive renal cancer Dec 23, 2019
New Setbacks for Former Hahnemann Residents May be on the hook for pricey "tail" malpractice insurance coverage Dec 21, 2019
