Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination? Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps Dec 18, 2023
Asthma Attacks Decreased Among Black Patients During the Pandemic Protective measures may have played a part in reducing respiratory virus exposures Dec 18, 2023
Sharp Uptick in Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy Visits After ACA's Passage Large database analysis shows room for more HIV testing, prevention Dec 18, 2023
Spinal Cord Stimulation Questioned for Chronic Pain Independent studies suggested no benefit, but industry-funded critics cast doubt on the findings Dec 18, 2023
Intervention Improves Outcomes For Women With Previous C-Section Risk assessment, decision-making support reduced major perinatal and maternal morbidity Dec 18, 2023
Toothbrushing Linked to Lower Risk of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia Brushing also tied to decreased ICU mortality, need for mechanical ventilation Dec 18, 2023
Novel Oral Agent May Dial Down Ulcerative Colitis Severity Investigational drug missed primary endpoint, but yielded durable responses in early trial Dec 18, 2023
Eye Injuries From Fireworks Greater in Areas Where They Are Legal Local firework bans may influence injury rates, expert says Dec 18, 2023
Is Your Patient Married? Check Their Spouse's Blood Pressure, Too Couple-centered strategies can help manage hypertension Dec 18, 2023
Shingles Vaccine Reduced Zoster Attacks in Patients With IBD Patients 50 and older saw benefits with vaccine, except in cases of complicated zoster Dec 18, 2023
Making Sure Everything Works Our problem with printing is emblematic of what's wrong with our healthcare system Dec 18, 2023
Psilocybin May Help Ease Depression in Cancer Patients In small trial, half had early remission of depressive symptoms after psilocybin-assisted therapy Dec 18, 2023
Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Dec 18, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Using Pola-R-CHP for Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma Regimen is approved for frontline treatment, but when it represents the best choice is less clear Dec 18, 2023
Goodbye, Appendix. Hello, Crohn's Disease? Meta-analysis finds a possible connection, although high heterogeneity was an issue Dec 17, 2023
Red Meat Consumption Tied to Higher Chance of UC Flare But similar association not seen for other high fat foods Dec 17, 2023
'I Guess You Negotiate With a Mugger': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by ֱ's reporters Dec 17, 2023
Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too "Whom will these doctors end up serving more, patients or shareholders?" Dec 17, 2023
National Database Study Finds Higher Risk for Barrett’s Esophagus in IBD But no greater chance of BE-tied malignancy for these patients Dec 16, 2023
Cannabis Exposure During Pregnancy; Tirzepatide Cessation and Weight Gain Also in TTHealthWatch: newer vaccine technologies in adults Dec 16, 2023 podcast
Something Special Happens When We Share Stories About Our Patients Written narratives have the power to heal Dec 16, 2023
The 'Before and After': An Eye Surgeon's Unexpected Finding There are a few possible diagnoses in patient with headaches, blurred vision, but one stands out Dec 16, 2023
FDA Approves New First-Line Standard of Care in Bladder Cancer Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab doubled survival as compared with chemotherapy Dec 15, 2023
How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
JAK1 Inhibitor Shows 'Remarkable' Activity in T-Cell Lymphoma Phase II findings on golidocitinib will form the basis of an accelerated approval application Dec 15, 2023
'Long Flu' Is Real -- But Long COVID Is Worse, Study Shows Long-term effects from influenza affect the respiratory system, long COVID is multisystemic Dec 15, 2023
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Test Your Knowledge on Neurofibromatosis A three-question quiz covering our series on neurofibromatosis Dec 15, 2023
Hematocrit Stabilized in Polycythemia Vera Treated With Novel Hepcidin Mimetic Rusfertide maintained hematocrit Dec 15, 2023
Atezolizumab Plus Carboplatin Boosts Survival in Metastatic TNBC But editorialists note that with recent advances, "it is hard to justify" use of combination Dec 15, 2023
A Medical Breakthrough for Postpartum Depression Within a Deeply Flawed System Issues of equity and access persist for mental healthcare Dec 15, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Cognitive and Psychosocial Support in Neurofibromatosis Personalized management for patient-specific needs is crucial Dec 15, 2023
FDA Approves Belzutifan for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma HIF-2 inhibitor indicated for patients who progress after immunotherapy and anti-VEGF Dec 15, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Finding New Targets in Crohn's Disease Beyond Anti-TNF Novel therapies seek to heal mucosa apart from inflammation and without impairing immune status Dec 15, 2023
Another Medical Society Turns Up the Heat on MOC IDSA president pens letter to ABIM, arguing MOC is costly, time-consuming, and ineffective Dec 15, 2023
Why Some Myeloma Patients Refuse Stem Cell Transplant Study shows the various factors behind refusal of autologous stem cell transplantation Dec 15, 2023 video
Trump's Cognitive Exam; CDC Issues 'Urgent' Vaccination Alert; Plan B Use Doubled Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Dec 15, 2023
For Kids, Sleep Study Needed to Parse out the Kind of Snoring That Means Surgery Search for clinical predictors without a sleep study doesn't turn up much Dec 14, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
