Stubborn Gaps in Heart Failure Persist Despite Clinician Education, Feedback Guideline-directed medical therapy underuse still a problem in CONNECT-HF trial 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
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
ARNI Therapy in the Hot Seat at Another Virtual ACC PARADISE-MI to provide data on Entresto for MI survivors with reduced LVEF 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
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
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
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
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
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
Toxic Cardiology Culture Pervasive Worldwide, ACC Survey Finds No group was immune to hostile work conditions, but women and young doctors got the worst of it May 10, 2021
Asthma Med Adherence: Do High Insurance Deductibles Make a Difference? Study findings may surprise you May 10, 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
The Death of One Little Girl Helped Millions A case more than 35 years ago has spurred discoveries ever since May 07, 2021 podcast
Op-Ed: Death Is the New Normal in India The COVID crisis in my country has been a long time coming May 07, 2021
Ohio Surgeon Pens His Own Hilarious Obit Thomas Flanigan wrote his own "shocking and unexpected, yet fabulous, exit" May 07, 2021
Cannabis Vaping Skyrockets in High School Students COVID-19's effect still to be determined May 06, 2021
Tracking the Evolution of SARS-CoV-2 What do scientists know about its behavior, and how does that help predict what comes next? May 06, 2021
Private Practices' Share of U.S. Medicine Continues to Shrink AMA survey: Majority of physicians work in nonphysician-owned practice settings May 06, 2021
Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic May 05, 2021
FDA Panel to Weigh Avacopan's Fate for ANCA Vasculitis Agency staff called out "interpretability" of phase III trial results ahead of Thursday's meeting May 05, 2021
After Friend's Death, Physician Rallies Support for India's COVID Crisis Ash Tewari, who had COVID himself last year, tapped into his network to send supplies to Mumbai May 05, 2021
Nix Nut-Free Classrooms, New Allergy Guidelines Urge Focus on management, training rather than food bans, international panel says May 05, 2021
Op-Ed: Prenatal Care Needs a Redesign Let's take this opportunity to create an evidenced-based and patient-centered approach May 05, 2021
'Dancing With the Stars' Judge Carrie Ann Inaba's Autoimmune Diseases TV host takes leave of absence May 04, 2021
ED Docs Split Over Fentanyl Analogue Schedule 1 Extension Will it save lives or prevent drug users from seeking help? May 04, 2021
The Pandemic May Be Damaging My Brain, but It’s Not the Masks An infectious disease physician deals with "bananas" misinformation May 04, 2021
Structural Racism Tied to Increased Psychosis Risk Neighbor-level inequities, perinatal complications, and trauma are contributing factors May 04, 2021
