In Heart Failure, Thinking Care Will Be Unaffordable May Mean Poorer Outcomes Distress over high cost of treatment in a Chinese study was linked to survival, quality of life Mar 21, 2024
Heart Disease Outcomes Better When Anxiety, Depression Are Treated Benefits associated with psychotherapy, antidepressants seen in analysis of Medicaid records Mar 21, 2024
Lower Oxygen Targets May Be Preferable for COVID Patients in the ICU More days alive and off life support with a PaO2 target of 60 mm Hg Mar 21, 2024
Weight-Based High-Flow Oxygen for Bronchiolitis May Reduce ICU Admissions A weight-based high-flow nasal cannula protocol tied to 6.1% decrease per year in ICU admission Mar 19, 2024
Algorithm May Help Determine Oxygen Targets for Mechanically Ventilated Adults If results are "true and generalizable, then the consequences are staggering," editorialist says Mar 19, 2024
Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study Low absolute risk emerged for flu vaccines, however Mar 19, 2024
DAPT Maintains Early Neurologic Function in Mild-Moderate Stroke Do benefits of clopidogrel-aspirin apply when going up a notch in stroke severity? Mar 13, 2024
Don't Drive on These Meds; Darryl Strawberry's Heart Attack; CDC Airport Screening Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Mar 13, 2024
Deaths Due to Alcohol Use; Steps for the Sedentary Also in TTHealthWatch: microplastics in arteries, and worldwide obesity and diabetes risk Mar 09, 2024 podcast
Rapid PCR Tests for Pneumonia in the ED Speed Up Targeted Treatment Faster, more targeted treatment than with standard lab cultures Mar 08, 2024
CVD Risks Tied to Teeny-Tiny Plastics Lodged in Atherosclerotic Plaque And the prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics is only increasing Mar 06, 2024
AAAAI Roundup: Perioperative Assessment of Antibiotic Allergy With a Mobile App Plus, other selected poster presentations from the allergy meeting Mar 04, 2024
Trader Joe's 60,000-Pound Recall; Will Shortz's Stroke; Oregon Recriminalizing Drugs Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Mar 04, 2024
CDC Shortens COVID Isolation Recs People testing positive for COVID no longer need to stay in isolation for 5 days Mar 01, 2024
Staph Infections Appear to Be More Deadly for Women Understanding reasons behind mortality gap is "of critical importance," study author says Feb 27, 2024
Acute Kidney Injury Outcomes Better When It's Due to COVID, Study Finds "Survivors of COVID-AKI appear to be a resilient population," say researchers Feb 26, 2024
FDA OKs Device for Pediatric Kidney Injury Due to Sepsis The device was granted a Humanitarian Device Exemption approval Feb 23, 2024
Wendy Williams' Dementia; 48% Back 16-Week Abortion Ban; Hospital Sues Quadriplegic Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Feb 23, 2024
Study Backs Recommended Antibiotic Approach for Aspiration Pneumonia Evidence of more side effects, lack of survival benefit with extended anaerobic coverage Feb 21, 2024
Transient Left-Sided Weakness, Facial Palsy in Middle-Age Man Timely recognition of this rare phenomenon considered crucial to prevent recurrent stroke Feb 20, 2024
Sublingual Acute Stroke Neuroprotectant Dazzles in Phase III Trial Experts raise concerns about analysis and reporting in Chinese study Feb 20, 2024
Hot Flashes, Migraine Tied to Higher Risk of Stroke, Heart Disease However, risks were nullified with control of blood pressure, cholesterol levels Feb 15, 2024
FDA Advisors Nearly All Aboard the TriClip Train for Tricuspid Regurgitation Committee voted 13-1 that the benefits of the TEER device outweigh the risks in certain patients Feb 14, 2024
Safety Events at Hospitals More Common in Black and Hispanic Kids "Many factors could be driving these disparities," researcher says Feb 14, 2024 video
Large-Core Strokes Do Better Long-Term With Thrombectomy SELECT2 trial's 1-year results show continued benefits for patients with slower recovery Feb 13, 2024
I Never Expected to Run a Code While Running the NYC Marathon It turns out we were all in the right place at the right time Feb 13, 2024
Midline Catheters Go Head-to-Head With PICCs for Bloodstream Infections For dwell times of 15 days or less, midline catheters noninferior, single-center study finds Feb 13, 2024
Risk Score Proposed to Anchor Forthcoming Donor Heart Allocation Rules Current six-tier system on the outs due to excessive manipulation Feb 13, 2024
Embolization Proves Its Mettle for Subdural Hematoma Landmark trials establish a new standard of care, experts say Feb 11, 2024
After Cervical Artery Dissection, Early Anticoagulant Might Be Better Large observational study might not deliver definitive answers but hints at a better strategy Feb 10, 2024
Late Tenecteplase Not Beneficial for Stroke Patients With LVOs Lytic at least appeared safe in a selected population with many undergoing thrombectomy Feb 09, 2024
AI-Based Decision Support Boosts Post-Stroke Prevention Trial from China shows potential of AI guidance for stroke care Feb 09, 2024
Fast Stroke Thrombolysis Boosts Impact of Thrombectomy Pooled trial analysis finally provides the evidence for combination approach Feb 08, 2024
Adjunctive Thrombolysis Doesn't Boost tPA Benefits Phase III trial is the "disappointing end of a long journey" Feb 08, 2024
Corticosteroid Still Doesn't Help After Stroke in the Thrombectomy Era MARVEL trial tries adjunctive therapy again with new circumstances but gets the same old answer Feb 08, 2024
Before Stroke Thrombectomy, Keep the Bed Flat, Trial Says Tilting the head of the bed up during early window in large vessel occlusion hurts outcomes Feb 07, 2024
Anticoagulant Falls Short for Secondary Stroke Prevention in Atrial Cardiopathy Can atrial cardiopathy really be the cause of some cryptogenic strokes? Feb 07, 2024
Candida Auris: What to Know About the Fungal Infection Spreading Across the U.S. The multidrug-resistant organism colonizes skin, lingers on surfaces Feb 06, 2024
FDA Advisory Panel Generally Pleased With Pulse Oximetry Clinical Trial Proposal But some questions arose regarding number of participants, permissible variance in measurements Feb 03, 2024
First Transcatheter Tricuspid Regurgitation Treatment Approved FDA greenlights system for severe cases cleared by the heart team Feb 02, 2024