Mammo Responsibility Ups Screening; Opioids for Cancer Pain? Ignored Signs of CRC News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Dec 21, 2023
Learning to Control Traumatic Hemorrhage Can Prevent Firearm Deaths Escalating gun violence necessitates widespread bystander response Dec 21, 2023
Can JAK Inhibition Help Overcome Lenalidomide Resistance in Myeloma? Early-phase experience with ruxolitinib suggests potential role in relapsed/refractory disease Dec 21, 2023 video
Nurse Stormed U.S. Capitol? Doc Guilty of Wife's Murder; $120M Malpractice Award A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 21, 2023
Homelessness Tied to Worse Cancer Outcomes Among Veterans However, all-cause mortality rates in lung, colon cancer lower versus other healthcare settings Dec 21, 2023
Scripps Clinic Must Pay Almost $7M to Older Docs in Age Bias Case California allows medical groups to force retirement at age 70, but it's against federal law Dec 21, 2023
Frailty Worsens Side Effects of Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Claims data highlight a neglected factor in RA therapy outcomes Dec 21, 2023
FDA Rejects Drug for Chronic Cough Agency cites efficacy concerns in review of P2X3 receptor antagonist gefapixant Dec 21, 2023
'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ staff Dec 21, 2023
Watch Out for Eye Injuries From Champagne Corks, Experts Warn In some cases, these high-velocity injuries can lead to permanent blindness Dec 20, 2023
People Drop the Ball When It Comes to Safe Sex on New Year's Eve Study finds large spike in emergency contraception sales the week after Dec 20, 2023 video
CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region Locating the bacteria that causes melioidosis akin to "finding a needle in a haystack" Dec 20, 2023
Antibiotic After Sex No Help in Preventing STIs in Women Poor adherence may be to blame in this Kenyan population, researchers say Dec 20, 2023
First Test to Identify Opioid Addiction Risk Approved by FDA Genetic test intended to be used before patients are exposed to oral opioids for acute pain Dec 20, 2023
Responses to Mosunetuzumab in Follicular Lymphoma Remain Durable at 3 Years Bispecific antibody also shows high response rates in frontline setting Dec 20, 2023 video
Planning to Stop That Benzodiazepine? Think Twice Patients who discontinued long-term benzodiazepines had a higher risk of death Dec 20, 2023
Positive Results for Odronextamab in Relapsed/Refractory DLBCL But experts aren't sure where it would fit in with currently approved bispecifics Dec 20, 2023 video
ADHD Video Game for Teens; Spinal Cord Stimulation for Depression; Menu Anxiety? News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 20, 2023
Clinical Challenges: As Food Allergy Treatment Evolves, Disparities Persist Cost, access, language barriers, and more can stand in the way of allergy care Dec 20, 2023
Bronchoscopes Recalled Over Burns, Fires in Patients' Airways Reports involved Olympus scopes used during high-frequency cauterization while supplying oxygen Dec 20, 2023
Youth Death Rallies Anti-Vaxers; Insurers Hire After Malpractice; Bad Doc Ignored? This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 20, 2023
Masks, Pandemic Gear Ditched; COVID Vocal Cord Paralysis; How Bruce Willis Coped Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ staff Dec 20, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Managing Pediatric Crohn's Disease Kids' growth and psychological health compete with treatment goals Dec 20, 2023
Can a GLP-1 Agonist Improve Parkinson's Symptoms? A version of exenatide failed a phase II trial, but hinted at benefits in patients under 60 Dec 19, 2023
Explanations Don't Help Clinicians Spot Biased AI Biased AI predictions tanked diagnostic accuracy, and model explanations didn't bring it back up Dec 19, 2023
Should Normal Range of Albumin Be Redefined for Cardiovascular Health? Mildly raised UACR partly mediates link between poor heart health and mortality Dec 19, 2023
If Ketamine Is So Safe, What Happened to Matthew Perry? While ketamine may prove to aid challenging mental health conditions, it still can be dangerous Dec 19, 2023
Topical Treatment for Epidermolysis Bullosa Wins FDA Approval Significantly more wounds healed within 45 days with birch triterpenes gel than with control gel Dec 19, 2023
HeartMate 3 Safety Concerns; First Cath Lab Standards for Kids; Single-Shot PFA Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Dec 19, 2023
Ozempic Overdoses; Diabetes Supplement Warning; Sen. Sanders Blames Food Industry News and commentary from the endocrinology world Dec 19, 2023
Four Benefits of Including Physicians in Healthcare Design Insights from medical training and experience can improve the built environment Dec 19, 2023
Ozanimod Did Not Appear to Lead to More Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes However, avoiding pregnancy when on the IBD/MS drug still advised Dec 19, 2023
Dementia and Estrogen; Case Report on Fatality After Lecanemab; MRI-Based Brain Age News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Dec 19, 2023
Maternal Flu Shot Protects Infants Against Severe Disease Vaccine effectiveness was better when mom was vaccinated during third trimester Dec 19, 2023
'Curable': A Case for Precision of Language Patients need a clear description of their prognosis Dec 19, 2023
Apple Halts Watch Sales; FDA Database May Miss Red Flags; Babies' Tongues Cut Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ staff Dec 19, 2023
For Your Patients: Osteoporosis and Nutrition A healthy diet is important for bone health and fracture healing, but supplements may also be needed Dec 19, 2023
Nutrition Can't Be Ignored in Osteoporosis As important a component in management as in heart disease Dec 19, 2023
Dr. Barbie Will See You Now, but Only if You're a Pediatric Patient Study finds medical Barbie dolls usually treat kids, don't come with PPE accessories Dec 18, 2023
