Time to Revisit Medical Education ... and Not Just for Physicians Do docs spend too much time in school, or do NPs and PAs not spend enough? Jun 08, 2020
Is Your Patient in Alcohol Withdrawal? Don't Expect CIWA to Tell You It's like using a wrench on a nail Jun 08, 2020
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Names Names Agency rolls out data reports for individual facilities Jun 05, 2020
Forensic Pathologist Breaks Down George Floyd's Death An outside perspective on viral videos, autopsy findings, and the medical examiner's role Jun 05, 2020
Don't Skip Opiates for ‘Air Hunger’ From COVID-19 Ventilation Other drugs don't cut it to ease the traumatic sensation, group argues Jun 05, 2020
Doctors Rally in New York to Support Black Lives Matter Protests One of 6 events hosted at hospitals throughout the city in solidarity Jun 04, 2020
COVID-19 Studies With Surgisphere Data Retracted Authors said they can no longer vouch for the data Jun 04, 2020
Are Black Kids More Likely to Get Kawasaki-Like Syndrome? Findings from Paris suggest excess risk for COVID-19-associated multisystem inflammatory syndrome Jun 03, 2020
We Must Legalize Opioids Now to End Racist War on Drugs In the age of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, it's more important than ever Jun 03, 2020
Queen Guitarist's Agonizing May Sciatica + "small heart attack" = trying time for Brian May Jun 03, 2020
Early Palliation: Boon for AML Patients on Intensive Chemo Intervention led to marked improvements in QoL, mental distress, end-of-life care Jun 02, 2020
Frailty Score Joins the COVID-19 Battle Calculations help with tough decisions, reduce age bias Jun 02, 2020
Pembrolizumab May Help in Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Upfront therapy extends progression-free survival in metastatic disease, study shows Jun 01, 2020
Add-On Tucatinib Ups Survival in Breast Cancer With Brain Mets TKI plus trastuzumab-capecitabine reduced risk of death by nearly half Jun 01, 2020
Sentinel Node Biopsy Proves Mettle in H&N Cancer Senti-MER study results establish SN biopsy as standard of care, researcher says May 30, 2020
Air Quality Tied to MS Risk Multiple sclerosis was more prevalent in Italian areas with more pollution May 29, 2020
Hazy on Ground-Glass Opacities? Here's What They Are Frequent finding in COVID-19, but how disease-specific is it? May 29, 2020
Alzheimer’s Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval "Major advance" toward diagnosing Alzheimer's with brain imaging May 29, 2020
More Minority Physicians Needed to Reduce Health Disparities, House Members Told Pandemic has "laid bare" differences in outcomes, says Rep. Mike Thompson May 28, 2020
HCQ Linked to Harm in Cancer Patients Combination with azithromycin associated with three-fold risk of mortality, registry study shows May 28, 2020
Two Law Firms Dominate Medical Debt Suits in Texas Responsible for nearly 90% of all "predatory" litigation against patients May 27, 2020
Autopsies Turn Up Strange Feature of COVID-19 Lungs Study finds more thrombi and a new puzzle in the vessels May 22, 2020
Positive Data for Novel Oral Migraine Treatment Dual-mechanism drug shows promise in difficult-to-treat patients May 22, 2020
COVID-19 Further Strains Care Disparities Among Native Americans Underfunded IHS, isolation from resources pose major concern for tribes during pandemic May 21, 2020
Remdesivir Safety Forecast: Watch the Liver, Kidneys Data remain sparse, but a few risks are emerging May 19, 2020
AAMC Under Fire Over Issues With MCAT Rescheduling Pre-med students waited hours online after computer snafu May 18, 2020
We Don't Just Need Masks, We Need Optimal PPE Healthcare workers giving care should be protected based on evidence, not by supply May 17, 2020
Can't We Do Better to Support Minorities in Medicine? At every step, too many of us fall by the wayside May 16, 2020
COVID-19 Pulmonary Embolism Often Seen Outside the ICU Majority of Detroit hospital system's cases didn't require ICU-level care May 15, 2020
Why Do Countries' COVID-19 Death Rates Vary So Much? Multiple factors at play: testing capacity, case definitions, age distribution, preparedness May 15, 2020
An Argument for Losing Weight Prior to Bariatric Surgery Study suggests reduction in already low mortality risk May 14, 2020
Study: No Need to Fast Before Catheterization Randomized trial says the standard NPO orders might not be necessary May 14, 2020