Novel Endocannabinoid Modulator Improves Tics in Tourette's In small study, total number, intensity decreased with minimal side effects, although no change for vocal tics Apr 27, 2018
Oral CGRP Inhibitor Helps Relieve Migraine Attack About 20% report being pain-free within 2 hours Apr 26, 2018
Nerve-Sparing Prostatectomy Doesn't Help Everyone Benefits limited mainly to men with strong sexual function before surgery Apr 25, 2018
Antisense Therapy Shows Promise in Huntington's First human trial of huntingtin-lowering drug appears safe, well tolerated Apr 25, 2018
Vibrating ICD/CRT-D; Pradaxa Reversal Agent; Prevention Bonanza Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Apr 23, 2018
ACP: Root Gender Bias Out of Medicine More attention needed to parental leave, other policies Apr 20, 2018
Wrist-Worn Device Reduces Hand Tremor Neuroperipheral therapy interrupts signal in essential tremor patients Apr 19, 2018
Novel Oral Agent May Help SMA Babies Preliminary data show SMN protein levels increasing Apr 18, 2018
Erenumab Reduces Migraine in Hard-to-Treat Patients But questions about long-term risks remain unanswered Apr 17, 2018
Novel Non-Bile FXR Agonist Promising in PBC Patients Phase II trial interim analysis found dose-dependent response, good safety profile Apr 15, 2018
Biliary Fibrosis Stabilized with Obeticholic Acid Biopsy study supports anti-fibrosis properties of agent Apr 15, 2018
Hepatitis C Treatments Reduce Transplants Therapies also appear to reduce liver-related mortality Apr 15, 2018
Laparoscopy OK for Penetrating Injuries Fewer than 20% needed laparotomy for abdominal wound repair Apr 15, 2018
NKF SCM18 Roundup: Refused Donor Kidneys, Medication Mgmt, and More Other noteworthy research presented at NKF meeting Apr 15, 2018
Europe Gets Updated HCV Tx Guidelines EASL panel touts 'ease of use' of direct-acting antivirals Apr 15, 2018
SIRT + Sorafenib = No Survival Bump in Liver Cancer But clinical benefits suggested in certain patients with less severe disease Apr 15, 2018
Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Scores Again in Melanoma Recurrence risk falls by more than 40% with pembrolizumab Apr 15, 2018
TAP Block Cuts Post-Op Opioid Need in Bariatric Surgery Less rescue medication needed and shorter length of stay with local anesthesia technique Apr 14, 2018
Make Your Mark at Medical Meetings with Social Media Tips to make your ideas and research shareable Apr 13, 2018
Slow Medicine: More on Prostate Cancer Screening; Simple Treatments for Nausea Also, a study quantifies waste in clinical practice Apr 13, 2018
Invokana Helps Kidneys Even in Diabetic CKD Subanalysis of CANVAS program shows slower progression, fewer events Apr 13, 2018
Researchers: Screen Depressed Dialysis Patients for Suicidality Depression more prevalent in dialysis population Apr 12, 2018
Benefits, Drawbacks to Denosumab Tx in ESRD High rates of treatment-related hypocalcemia Apr 12, 2018
Readmissions High Among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Nearly a quarter readmitted within a month Apr 12, 2018
Online Tool Helps Predict Survival in ALS Eight-factor model yields AUC of 0.78 for external predictive accuracy Apr 09, 2018
This Patient is Racist (or Sexist). Now What? Sharonne Hayes, MD, says hospitals must protect staff from patients who cross the line Apr 05, 2018 video
Morning Break: Antacids and Allergies; Condom-Snorting; Classroom Vaping Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51³ΙΘΛΆ―Βώ staff Apr 03, 2018
Studies Seek Role for Anti-PD-1 Drugs in Gyn Cancers Activity in resistant ovarian, mutated endometrial cancers Mar 28, 2018
Infectious Disease Death Rates Mostly Down Across U.S. But deaths from diarrheal diseases have increased since 1980 Mar 27, 2018
Unexpected Outcome in Hysterectomy Study More cancer recurrences, worse survival with minimally invasive surgery Mar 27, 2018
Women Do Well Without Opioids after Gyn Surgery An 89% drop in opioid use with restrictive prescribing protocol Mar 26, 2018
Seven Surgeries, Two Deaths... and Still Practicing License surrendered in Wisconsin, doc pops up in N.Y. Mar 26, 2018
NCCN Refines MM Treatment Guidelines 'An attempt to help the clinician make better decisions,' expert says Mar 25, 2018
Gyn Cancer Research Gets Short Shrift in Funding Mortality-adjusted analysis shows huge disparity versus other cancers Mar 25, 2018
Young Arthritis Patients Fare Worse on MTX High disease activity also linked with drug failure Mar 23, 2018
