Electrical Stimulation Tx Promising for Refractory Constipation Durable and clinically significant improvement seen in small trial Mar 04, 2020
Cannabis Satisfaction High Despite Little Change in Pain Scores Better sleep may be driving satisfaction in chronic pain patients, study suggests Mar 03, 2020
COVID-19: A Pandemic Preparedness Mindset Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies all play a role Mar 03, 2020
Hypogonadism Linked to Higher Long-Term Opioid Doses Chronic opioid use may produce a dose-response relationship Mar 03, 2020
Just How Bad Is Missing a Few Preeclampsia Prophylaxis Doses? Study details aspirin nonadherence impacts on obstetric complications Mar 02, 2020
Immunotherapy Super-Responder: What Is Life, Not Exactly Cured? Lisa Geller's cancer has been gone nearly 4 years, but life has been far from normal Mar 02, 2020
Can Physicians Spot Prescription Drug Misuse? Study highlights struggles prescribers face with opioids, gabapentin Mar 01, 2020
Apple Watch Can't Catch Fast Afib The Skeptical Cardiologist has good news about another wearable, though Feb 29, 2020
'Uber' of Pharmacy: Disrupting the Market, or Patient Care? Capsule promises delivery in New York City within 2 hours, but some patients' experience less than stellar Feb 27, 2020
LDL Equation May Be Due for Accuracy Upgrade More accurate results seen with new method in certain groups Feb 26, 2020
ACIP: Offer Ebola Vax to Healthcare Workers With Exposure Risk Unanimous vote by CDC committee included debate about Ebola vaccine in pregnant women Feb 26, 2020
Don't Blame the Weather in Sjogren's Pain, fatigue, and dryness were similar throughout the year, French researchers found Feb 26, 2020
Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periods Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure Feb 26, 2020
Diabetes Drug May Benefit Long-Term Steroid Users Metformin improved metabolic profile in patients with chronic inflammatory disease Feb 25, 2020
Bringing Transplant to More Patients With AML Conditioning with radiolabeled antibody leads to successful transplantation in 84% of older patients Feb 25, 2020
Stem-Cell Transplant Trial Ends in a Draw Similar PFS with haploidentical bone marrow, double unrelated umbilical cord blood Feb 24, 2020
Docs Said It Was Cancer; She Didn't Believe Them, and She Was Right What a 60-year-old refugee taught me about skepticism of medical professionals Feb 24, 2020
We Must Address the Mental Health Crisis Among Medical Professionals It's time to stop the stigma Feb 24, 2020
The Black Midwives Movement One answer to the higher rates of maternal and neonatal mortality among African Americans Feb 23, 2020
Preemptive Anti-IL-6 May Cut Severe CRS With CAR-T Tx Targeting patients with high tumor burden reduced severe CRS by 50% Feb 22, 2020
Myeloablative Therapy Prevails in AML Transplant Study Better survival, fewer relapses compared with reduced-intensity conditioning Feb 21, 2020
Mobile Stroke Unit Availability Improves Stroke Clinical Outcomes Berlin's experience with the world's first units shows the payoff Feb 21, 2020
Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Again Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
Better Quality CR With One AML Therapy vs Another? Longer survival after CR/CRi with CPX-351 than with 7+3 in patients with AML-MRC Feb 21, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
With Hip Surgery, Watch for Kidney Injury Complications included infection, transfusion, revision, and death Feb 21, 2020
Spravato Debate Still Rages Journal airs questions about efficacy data, potential for harm Feb 20, 2020
Study: Big Breakfast Better for Weight Loss Diet-induced thermogenesis "revved-up" in the morning Feb 20, 2020
Dumpster Diver Eats Sushi From Gas Station. What Happened Next? Fishy food habits send this money-saving college student to the hospital Feb 20, 2020
Shannen Doherty's Stage IV Breast Cancer "Beverly Hills, 90210" star says she's "petrified" Feb 20, 2020
IL-31 Drug Succeeds for Prurigo Nodularis Less itching and twice as many lesions resolved with investigational agent Feb 19, 2020
Crohn's Boosts Risk of Death From Colorectal Cancer Results suggest groups for targeted surveillance, researchers say Feb 19, 2020
Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
How Variable are Patient Responses to Antidepressants? Certain classes show less predictability than others Feb 19, 2020
Nurses Face Higher-Than-Average Suicide Risk "A real issue, and the job has something to do with it," researcher says Feb 17, 2020
Italian Lessons for U.S. Healthcare The Skeptical Cardiologist hosts an Italian cardiologist Feb 15, 2020
No More Numerical Scores for USMLE Step 1 Exam New pass/fail policy aims to reduce overemphasis on test performance Feb 14, 2020
Edit Embryo Genome? Ethics Experts Weigh In You voted, now see the results and expert discussion Feb 14, 2020
