Gender May Make a Difference for Post-Bariatric Heart Risks Study raises questions on how men and women respond to weight loss surgery Nov 06, 2016
Soda Sales Go Slightly Flat After Added Tax But no impact on overall beverage, store revenue in California town Nov 02, 2016
New Drug Combo Succeeds in Tx-Resistant UTI, Kidney Infection Carbavance outperforms Zosyn in phase III trial Oct 31, 2016
Ohio Sees Rapid Rise in Tx-Resistant Gonorrhea Local susceptibility testing important for clinical decision-making Oct 31, 2016
Nearsightedness Tied to High Risk for Blindness Myopia poses "major threats to the visual health of the public" Oct 31, 2016
HIV in America: New York City Was First 'Hub' Also, the surprising true story of 'Patient Zero' Oct 26, 2016
FDA Warns of Testosterone Abuse Adverse events tied to abuse include heart attack, heart failure, and stroke Oct 25, 2016
Novel Sedation Agent for Colonoscopy Meets Phase III Endpoints Remimazolam shows advantages over midazolam Oct 21, 2016
IBS Drug Warrants Phase III Trial Twice daily oral improves bowel movements, abdominal pain Oct 20, 2016
Gastric Bypass Tied to Increased Risk for C. Diff Infection May be result of decreased stomach acid secretion Oct 19, 2016
Anti-IL-13 Shows Promise as EoE Treatment Improvement in inflammation and other disease features in phase II trial Oct 19, 2016
Case-Finding Flops in Detecting Celiac Disease Researchers need better markers for disease risk Oct 18, 2016
Cimzia in New Moms Found Safe for Nursing Babies Only trace quantities found in breast milk Oct 18, 2016
Coffee, Genetics May Block Hepatitis in Heavy Drinkers Gene variant also shows possible liver-protective effect Oct 18, 2016
Aprepitant Trial in Gastroparesis Misses the Primary Mark But positive findings in secondary outcomes may save the day Oct 18, 2016
In Cryptogenic Stroke, Think Stimulants? Hospital saw three adult ADHD patients with ischemic stroke in one week Oct 17, 2016
Time to Divorce USPSTF Statements from Coverage Decisions? First-dollar payment mandate has rob-Peter, pay-Paul consequence Oct 10, 2016
CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates Oct 05, 2016
Infectious Disease App a Worthy Alternative to Sanford, Hopkins Humorous writing is combined with an easy-to-use interface Oct 05, 2016
Clinton's Hypothyroid Medication Draws Interest Candidate is taking Armour Thyroid rather than levothyroxine Sep 26, 2016
Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated? No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events Sep 22, 2016
HFSA: Clinical Benefits Tied To Lung Monitoring Persist HF rehospitalization, deaths remain reduced up to 4.5 years Sep 21, 2016
HFSA: Treat to NT-proBNP Target Flops in Trial Outcomes no better with treatment aimed at 30% reduction Sep 20, 2016
AAFP Urged to Take Action to Prevent Burnout Delegates demand more than seminars, articles, and phone numbers Sep 19, 2016
AAFP Exec Declares Healthcare 'Fundamental Human Right' Tearful entreaty mixed with scolds Sep 19, 2016
Women with T2D Face Higher Fracture Risk Chances for osteoporotic breaks climb after a decade with type 2 diabetes Sep 18, 2016
Remyelinating Drug Flops in MS Large placebo response, 'inverted U-shaped' dose-response in phase II trial Sep 18, 2016
Registry Data: Lemtrada More Effective than Competing MS Tx Better than fingolimod or interferon; comparable to natalizumab Sep 17, 2016
New Ampyra Trial Bolsters MS Efficacy Claims Walking ability, as reported by patients, significantly improved Sep 17, 2016
Fluoxetine Flops as Progressive MS Therapy Trial may have been underpowered to detect a benefit Sep 17, 2016
Rituximab Bests MS Drugs in Swedish Registry Rituximab offered drug survival advantage over fingolimod, natalizumab Sep 16, 2016
CML Patients Still Benefit from Transplant Also at SOHO: Ponatinib proves mettle in pretreated CML Sep 13, 2016
Survey Finds Many People Lack NSAID Knowledge Patients fail to ID these drugs or associated risks Sep 12, 2016
Nursing Student Diary: First Days 'Proud, excited, nervous, confident, all at the same time' Sep 12, 2016
Patients Needing High-Dose Opioids May Have Genetic Defects Defective activity levels require extra meds for pain control Sep 11, 2016