Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
COVID Exposes Another Gap in Care: Lack of Universal EHR Access Why can't our practice easily see test results from somewhere else? May 17, 2021
Personalized Rehab Helpful in Heart Failure Patients Trial showed improvements in physical functioning and quality of life compared with usual care May 17, 2021
Fauci: Vaccines Showing Vigor Against COVID Variants Real-world effectiveness "easily as good, if not better" than trials May 17, 2021
Renal Denervation Shows Worth in Resistant Hypertension Catheter-based procedure gets a win in RADIANCE-HTN TRIO May 16, 2021
Baby Aspirin on Par With Full Dose to Prevent Repeat Heart Events But landmark trial was hampered by crossover May 15, 2021
Review ID's Racism During Care of Black Doctor Who Died of COVID "Lack of empathy, compassion, and awareness of implicit racial bias," external review concludes May 14, 2021
Probiotics Protect Overweight, Older Patients From Coughs and Wheeze Trial affirms "gut-lung" link but with important caveats May 14, 2021
Diversity in Pancreatic Cancer Trials Lacking White patients typically overrepresented at expense of racial, ethnic minorities May 14, 2021
Impressive Disease Control in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer ESMO Breast: Reassuring safety data for dual anti-HER2 therapy, antibody-drug conjugate May 14, 2021
Adding GLP-1 Drug Makes Sleeve Gastroplasty a Diabetes Treatment Endoscopic procedure could yield benefits now seen only with more invasive surgery May 14, 2021
Most COVID Patients Landing in Hospitals Aren't Fully Vaccinated Reports from Cleveland Clinic, other health systems starting to roll in May 13, 2021
Amylin Analogue Plus Semaglutide Get Early Win for Weight Loss Combining agents yielded greater weight changes than semaglutide alone May 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Make America Maskless Again? ZDoggMD thinks we're reaching the COVID tipping point, here's why May 13, 2021
Droplets vs Aerosols: What's More Important in COVID-19 Spread? CDC finally acknowledged aerosol transmission, but contribution to case counts remains unclear May 13, 2021
Chemo-Free Regimen Shows Promise in High-Risk Early Breast Cancer PFS and other outcomes with letrozole-palbociclib almost identical to chemotherapy May 12, 2021
Is This the Most TikTok'd COVID Vaccine Side Effect? Dermatologists say there's no issue: 'Happy filling, happy vaccinating' May 12, 2021
New Rules for Some Medicare ACOs Are No Good, Say Healthcare Groups Letter seeks a 3-year delay for reporting new quality measures May 12, 2021
Implanted Sensor Translates Brain Signals Into Text Brain-computer interface decodes handwriting movements from neural activity May 12, 2021
Harassment Charges Fly at LSU Medical School Women say leadership fostered a culture of harassment, discrimination, retaliation May 11, 2021
Therapists Distracted by Social Media While Delivering Virtual Care Small survey finds 39% of therapists check email, social media during sessions May 11, 2021
Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19? Some argue intranasal vaccines, still in early trials, may be better at blocking transmission May 11, 2021
Stopping IL-17 Drug for Axial Spondyloarthritis? Expect Spinal Flares But low disease activity regained if treatment restarted May 11, 2021
Indian Variant a Global Risk; Good News on U.S. Cases; Baylor Expert Gets Threats A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine May 11, 2021
First COVID Treatment Ads Hit the Airwaves Regeneron hoping patients ask their doctors about monoclonal antibodies May 10, 2021
Op-Ed: Don't Overdose on COVID Optimism As the pandemic drags on, we can all take a cue from this Vietnam-era admiral's "paradox" May 10, 2021
First COVID Vax Authorized for Younger Teens FDA officials argued authorization was necessary to help control pandemic May 10, 2021
No Clarity for Role of Laser Therapy in Vulvar Lichen Sclerosus Mixed results from two small randomized clinical trials May 10, 2021
COVID-19 Mortality Low Among In-Hospital Pregnant Patients But pregnant women should continue taking precautions to avoid infection, researcher says May 10, 2021
COVID Vax & Myocarditis; Ejection Fractions on EKG; Southerners Still Unwell Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 10, 2021
Op-Ed: Why the COVID Vaccine Didn't Work for Me Millions of transplant patients need to be informed that they may not get sufficient protection May 10, 2021
Blood Thinners Continue at End of Life, Despite Risks No clear guideline for stopping anticoagulants in patients with advanced dementia May 10, 2021
Doubling Down on Immunotherapy in Advanced Melanoma Checkpoint inhibitor combo active after upfront anti-PD-1/L1 therapy May 09, 2021
Post-Vax Adverse Events; Blood Groups and Disease: It's TTHealthWatch! Also this week: nanoparticle vaccine for COVID and dexamethasone for surgical site infections May 08, 2021 podcast
Defining Alzheimer's: Should Cognitively Unimpaired People Be Included? A definition that works for research is not right for the clinic, experts argue May 08, 2021
The Death of One Little Girl Helped Millions A case more than 35 years ago has spurred discoveries ever since May 07, 2021 podcast
