Triage System Gets High Marks for Ovarian Cancer Debulking Surgery Key factors predicted threefold higher risk of 90-day mortality with primary surgery Mar 26, 2021
HIPEC Combo Doubles PFS in Advanced Ovarian Cancer Cisplatin/paclitaxel boosts outcomes without increasing complications in registry study Mar 26, 2021
Ethics Consult: Boozy Athlete's Liver Transplant Ethical? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Mar 26, 2021
Minimizing the Pesky Placebo Response in IBS Trials Identifying the determinants is key to better trial design Mar 26, 2021
Overactive Bladder Drug Gains Pediatric Indication Mirabegron approved to treat kids with neurogenic detrusor overactivity Mar 26, 2021
FDA Panel Unhappy With Novel OA Pain Drug Latest setback for troubled osteoarthritis biologic Mar 25, 2021
VA's Medical Supply Chain Needs Reform, Lawmakers Told Agency is still using manual spreadsheets to track some supplies Mar 25, 2021
Model: Give COVID-19 Vaccine to All Patients Before Surgery Prioritizing surgical patient population could avert more COVID deaths Mar 25, 2021
Middle-Age Loneliness Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Relationship varied, depending on whether loneliness persisted Mar 25, 2021
ENDO 2021 Roundup: Jatenzo Liver Data, Adrenal Insufficiency, and More Other noteworthy research presented at the Endocrine Society's annual meeting Mar 25, 2021
Benzene Found in Multiple Hand Sanitizer Brands Known human carcinogen can be absorbed through the skin Mar 25, 2021
What to Make of That Danish Reinfection Study? Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses the findings and their takeaway Mar 25, 2021 video
Marrow Cell Stimulator to Treat Alzheimer's Disease? Unusual approach pans out in mid-stage trial Mar 24, 2021
Pseudoscience Royal Rumble: Doc vs The Rock Celebs who tout "harmless" quack therapies may still be doing harm Mar 24, 2021
Op-Ed: Blood Cancer Patients Need More COVID Vax Answers Patients are left wondering, "will I be protected?" Mar 24, 2021
Safety Reassurance for Major Class of Diabetes Drugs Pooled trial data show no link to breast cancer Mar 24, 2021
They Came for a Caribbean Escape, and Stayed for COVID Shots St. Croix rides wave of vaccine tourism Mar 24, 2021
Nurse Unhooked Patient's Oxygen; Sneaky Code Hides Prices; HIV Surges in W.Va. This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 24, 2021
Senate Confirms Vivek Murthy as Surgeon General, Again This will be Murthy's second time around in the job Mar 24, 2021
Op-Ed: Be the One to Uplift Your Patients It's not how much you know, but how much you care Mar 23, 2021
Little Benefit With Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Endometrial Cancer Chemo prevented relapse but did not improve survival, no benefit from radiotherapy Mar 23, 2021
Transgender Youth at Risk for Poorer Heart Health Association could be attributed to gender-affirming hormone therapy, researcher says Mar 23, 2021
Choice of Erectile Dysfunction Med May Have Heart Health Implications Large observational study of PDE-5 inhibitors vs alprostadil Mar 23, 2021
Serious Infections Still Common in Vasculitis Cyclophosphamide induction was riskier than rituximab Mar 23, 2021
Maintenance Semaglutide Keeps Shedding the Pounds Continued weight loss beyond 1 year while on drug; patients switched to placebo gained it back Mar 23, 2021
Banned Stimulants Again Found in Supplements Researchers question FDA's commitment to enforcement Mar 23, 2021
Cardiologist Coughs Up $2M for Unnecessary Procedures Dinesh Shah, MD, allegedly billed for tests that were unnecessary or never done Mar 23, 2021
Androgen Receptor Inhibitor Active in Endometrial Cancer SGO: Apatinib for platinum-resistant ovarian cancer, pembrolizumab for advanced vulvar cancer Mar 22, 2021
Hyperglycemia Better Predictor of Severe COVID-19 Than Diabetes Study looked at hospitalized patient outcomes during early months of the pandemic Mar 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Corn Money is Expanding America's Waistline Dear AMA, please lobby for investment in healthy produce Mar 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Yes, Women Can Have Heart Disease Too Better research can help us understand gender differences and save lives Mar 22, 2021
Small Molecule Inhibitor Shows Promise in Resistant Ovarian Cancer Responses in 37% of patients with AVB-500, higher without prior bevacizumab Mar 21, 2021
'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes from 51³ΙΘΛΆ―Βώ's sources Mar 21, 2021
Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us Mar 21, 2021
PARP Inhibitor Tops Chemo for Recurrent BRCA Ovarian Cancer Modest improvement in PFS with rucaparib but worse outcome for reversion mutation Mar 20, 2021
Residency Matching Rates Down This Year Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records Mar 19, 2021
What to Tell Patients With Rheumatic/Musculoskeletal Diseases About COVID Vaccines New guidance from the American College of Rheumatology Mar 19, 2021