HRT Has 20-Year Impact on Breast Cancer Risks Prospective data confirm long-term benefit with estrogen-only and harm with added progestin Dec 13, 2019
Entresto Holds Up in the Real World ... But Not for Everyone Drug not better than ACE inhibitor, ARB for black patients? Dec 12, 2019
Denosumab Use in Myeloma Soars for No Obvious Reason More expensive than competitor without being better, so why does it now have nearly half the market? Dec 12, 2019
Study: Adding Aspirin to DOAC? Better Have a Good Reason Combination tied to marked increase in bleeding risk Dec 09, 2019
Beta Blockers No Help in Advanced Prostate Cancer Findings question earlier retrospective data that pointed to possible survival benefit Dec 05, 2019
More Evidence That Aspirin Can Stave Off Death PLCO follow-up data support protective effect Dec 04, 2019
'Wrong-Pipe' Intubation Deaths; Doc Group Sues Patients; Booted From Nursing Homes This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 04, 2019
Medicare Advantage Enrollees Discover Dirty Little Secret Getting out is a lot harder than getting in Dec 03, 2019
Warfarin Is Bad to the Bone, Fracture Data Affirms In U.S. claims analysis, fracture risk lower with DOACs Nov 25, 2019
Chronic Opioids and Sleep: What Prescribers Need to Know "There are a lot of issues with sleep going unnoticed" Nov 22, 2019
Jimmy Carter's Head Injury: Emblem of Impending Health Crisis His recent surgery isn't an isolated case Nov 21, 2019
Entresto Data Support Wider Reach of 'Fifth Pillar' HF Drug Benefits observed beyond HF patients with reduced EF Nov 17, 2019
Colchicine Scores for Secondary Prevention After MI But it's not what you expect driving the benefit Nov 16, 2019
ACR: Treat-to-Target Endorsed for Gout Differs from ACP guideline for primary care: "they're wrong" Nov 15, 2019
ACR: Draft OA Guidelines Stress Non-Drug Tx, Leave Opioid Door Open But group comes down hard on stem cells, PRP, electrical therapy; downgrades hyaluronic acid shots Nov 14, 2019
Muscle Relaxant Tied to Severe Confusion in CKD Patients Higher dose of baclofen associated with encephalopathy in older patients Nov 10, 2019
Watchman: Sicker Patients, More Deaths Than in Trials Medicare data paint a different picture of the LAA occluder Oct 31, 2019
Constipation in Older Adults Improved With Biofeedback Small retrospective study extends efficacy observed in younger patients Oct 31, 2019
Afib Ablation Deaths Do Happen "Very real complication" expected to rise as more HF patients are treated Oct 29, 2019
Parkinson's Risk Higher in People With Bipolar Disorder Analysis looks at more than 4 million people Oct 14, 2019
Conjugate Active in Exudative Retinal Diseases Improved vision, decreased retinal thickening with antibody-biopolymer agent Oct 13, 2019
Can Anti-TNF Drugs Reduce Alzheimer's Risk? Analysis of 56 million patients hints at possible connections Oct 04, 2019
Does Zantac Break Down Into a Carcinogen? Rather than contamination, "the fundamental problem is that it's an unstable molecule" Oct 03, 2019
Pamrevlumab Appears Safe, Effective for IPF Findings "striking" but should be "treated with caution," expert warns Oct 01, 2019
Benralizumab: A Second Chance in Patients With COPD? Findings are hypothesis-generating but "invaluable," one researcher says Sep 30, 2019
CKD Patients With Osteoporosis Benefit From New Drug New FRAME analysis backs use of romosozumab in this population Sep 26, 2019
Patient Data Makes a Slight Dent in Paclitaxel Device Mortality Risk New meta-analysis still shows risk persists Sep 26, 2019
Dropping Aspirin Early After Stenting Helps High-Risk Patients TWILIGHT trial has good news for safety Sep 26, 2019
Could Sapien Valve Weather 25 Years With Little Wear? A billion beats in bench testing say yes Sep 26, 2019
Red Cell Distribution Width Strongly Predicts Hip Fracture Simple way to identify at-risk patients Sep 24, 2019
Studies Offer Recipe for Denosumab Withdrawal Switching to bisphosphonates found effective in maintaining BMD Sep 23, 2019
True Ischemia or Mimic? MRI changes final diagnosis in 30% of TIA and minor stroke cases Sep 23, 2019
Can Walking Identify Alzheimer's Disease? Gait impairment may be unique between different dementia types Sep 20, 2019
Calif. 'Gig Economy' Law Shakes Healthcare Sector Could age discrimination be an unintended consequence? Sep 20, 2019
Gandalf the Grey, the Wizard of Omaha, and Prostate Cancer High-profile celebs and low-risk disease Sep 18, 2019
Comparing ECG Wearables: SonoHealth, Apple, AliveCor The Skeptical Cardiologist finds... much to be skeptical about Sep 15, 2019
SYNTAX at 10 Years: Bypass vs PCI Still a Toss-Up Overall But CABG beats stenting for important subgroups Sep 03, 2019
