Immunotherapy May Not Benefit All Gastroesophageal Cancer Patients, FDA Staff Says Data since approvals suggest benefits limited to subgroups with PD-L1 expression of at least 1% Sep 24, 2024
AMA Responds to PA Group's Policy Truce Letters PAs have important role to play, but don't have the same skill set, AMA president says Sep 24, 2024
Flavonoid-Dementia Link; Political Beliefs and the Brain; Ethics of Brain Biopsies News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Sep 24, 2024
An Action Plan for Hypertension in Pregnancy The prevalence is unacceptably high, especially in Black women Sep 24, 2024
Newborns With Opioid Withdrawal at Higher Risk of Hospital Readmission Faced higher odds of readmission for traumatic brain injury, skull fracture, maltreatment Sep 24, 2024
Remdesivir-Dexamethasone Tied to Fewer Deaths in Severe COVID However, study fails to answer key questions, expert says Sep 24, 2024
Tragus Stimulation for High BP; House Passes HEARTS Act; Risk in Pregnancy Surrogacy Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Sep 24, 2024
One-Year CGM Cleared; Osteoporosis Lawsuits Revived; Chemicals and Early Puberty News and commentary from the endocrinology world Sep 24, 2024
In Emergency Medicine, Promotion to Chief Resident Least Likely for Women of Color Black residents also less likely to be promoted than white residents Sep 24, 2024
Brett Favre Diagnosed With Neurological Disorder NFL legend made the disclosure as part of his testimony about a welfare misspending scandal Sep 24, 2024
Medicaid Might Cut Cardiovascular Risk for This One Group Negative results overall hid a benefit for some who won the insurance lottery in Oregon Sep 24, 2024
People Detained in Switzerland in Connection With Suspected 'Suicide Capsule' Death Device allows person sitting inside to push a button that injects nitrogen into sealed chamber Sep 24, 2024
Make the Diagnosis: It’s Ugly, and It Hurts. What the Heck Is It? A 29-year-old woman visited the doctor for a painful rash that developed on her arm 1 day after working on a landscaping project that involved pulling weeds under intense sunlight. Can you diagnose the patient? Sep 24, 2024
Severe Obesity on the Rise in the U.S. Nearly 10% of those surveyed reported severe obesity Sep 24, 2024
COVID Drug Recall; Update on Nurse Struck by Lightning; Surrogates' Pregnancy Risks Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Sep 24, 2024
One in Three Former NFL Players Believe They Have CTE About 25% of men who thought they had CTE reported feeling suicidal Sep 23, 2024
TESLA Trial: Does Timing Make or Break Thrombectomy for Large-Core Strokes? Trial results deemed "neutral" for endovascular therapy in contrast with other recent studies Sep 23, 2024
CDC Alerts on Mpox Prevention for Patients Heading to Areas With Clade I Outbreaks Clinicians should urge vaccination, provide patient education to at-risk travelers Sep 23, 2024
Prolonged Symptoms After Lyme Disease: What CDC Wants Doctors to Know Validating patients' symptoms, active listening is critical to prevent "medical wandering" Sep 23, 2024
Training on Cadavers Still Essential for Medical Students Donor dissection teaches skills not easily acquired with other methods Sep 23, 2024
JAK Inhibitors Edge Out Anti-TNFs for Pain Relief in Rheumatoid Arthritis Swedish study looks at neglected issue in RA treatment Sep 23, 2024
Euphoric 2 Years Ago, Anti-Abortion Movement Now Divided, Worried as Election Nears "Things have not necessarily unfolded as we would hope," says one abortion opponent Sep 23, 2024
Younger Patients Have More Regrets About Hysterectomy Survey indicates persistent pain and re-intervention may play a role Sep 23, 2024
Mpox: Lessons From 2022 for Future Preparedness We must be ready for possible systemic complications Sep 23, 2024
Perfecting the On-Call System Some patients clearly need emergency care, but maybe others could be triaged to primary care Sep 23, 2024
Gamification Offers Youth Some Benefit in ADHD, Depression Systematic review shows small but significant effects from game-like interventions Sep 23, 2024
10-Minute Intervention Boosts Health Worker Well-Being Work-life integration and emotional exhaustion, recovery, and thriving all improved within 8 days Sep 23, 2024 video
McDonald Criteria Revisions Signal Shift Toward MS as a Biologically Based Disease Some cases of radiologically isolated syndrome will be considered multiple sclerosis Sep 23, 2024
Florida's New COVID Booster Guidance Is Straight-Up Misinformation, Experts Say State's health department advising against most shots Sep 23, 2024
Lebanese Doctor Races to Save the Eyes of Those Hurt by Exploding Tech Devices Authorities have not said how many people lost their eyes Sep 23, 2024
U.S. Deaths Tied to Extreme Temps May Double, Triple by Mid-21st Century Study finds that increase in heat deaths will far outweigh reduction in cold deaths Sep 23, 2024 video
Pope's Illness; Docs Against Trump; Another Contact of Missouri H5N1 Case Fell Ill Health news and commentary gathered by ֱ staff Sep 23, 2024
'Do a Real Study, Then We Can Talk': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by ֱ's reporters Sep 22, 2024
Abortion Clinics -- And Patients -- Are on the Move, as State Laws Keep Shifting Clinics struggle to meet demand as thousands travel out of state for abortion care Sep 22, 2024
The Best Prescription for Safety in Pharmacy Well-being and safety in the profession have come a long way, but the work isn't done yet Sep 22, 2024
EPA Scientists Say They Were Pressured to Downplay Health Harms From Chemicals And a watchdog found they were retaliated against Sep 22, 2024
Which COVID Strain Is Expected to Take Over in the Coming Months? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Sep 21, 2024
Women With MS Less Likely to Receive Treatment Than Men Is "therapeutic inertia" to blame? Sep 21, 2024
High ADHD Medication Doses Tied to Psychosis; Rapid Tests for Malaria Also in TTHealthWatch: youth and opioids, and pembrolizumab for triple-negative breast cancer Sep 21, 2024 podcast
