Drug Shows Promise in Treating NASH Obeticholic acid improves fibrosis in interim phase III data Apr 11, 2019
Needles Help with Pain in the ER. No, Not that Kind Acupuncture tied to less pain, stress, anxiety Apr 09, 2019
LVAD-Related GI Bleeding: Another Reason to Take Heart Failure Drugs Dose-response relationship seen Apr 08, 2019
Pain Persistent after Sexual Assault First large-scale prospective study reports shows prevalence and pain severity Apr 07, 2019
Conservatives: We Do Have a Healthcare Plan Turns entitlements into block grants; critics fear net result will be more people under- and uninsured Apr 05, 2019
Can Blocking Kappa Receptors Reduce Opioid Dependency? Researchers look at targeting pain-related anhedonia Apr 05, 2019
Can Virtual Reality Head Off Pre-Op Anxiety? Promising results from randomized trial in colorectal cancer patients Apr 05, 2019
Allergy to Heart Device Can Be Overcome Small study shows diagnosis, reimplantation can yield good outcome Apr 03, 2019
Alzheimer's Diagnoses Change With Amyloid PET Scans Results lead to new clinical management for nearly two-thirds of patients Apr 02, 2019
Crimes and Dementia: What's the Connection? Frontotemporal dementia patients more prone to criminal behavior, postmortem analysis shows Mar 31, 2019
Aggressive Tx Remains Common for Adults, Children Near Death Many patients continue with treatments they probably don't need Mar 30, 2019
At Michigan Rally, Trump Boasts of Healthcare Accomplishments "We're going to get rid of Obamacare," he tells cheering crowd Mar 29, 2019
No Support for Pre-Op Antibiotics in Chest Port Placement But other factors correlate with infection risk Mar 28, 2019
Emilia Clarke’s Battle for Her Life "Game of Thrones" star opens up about brain aneurysm Mar 28, 2019
'Party House' Rehab; Whistleblower Millionaire; 911 Needs CPR This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 27, 2019
Is Coffee the Key to Curbing Medical Equipment Waste? One hospital slashed inventory spoilage by 31% Mar 27, 2019
HIV Exposure in Womb Tied to Metabolic Disease in Later Life Upped risk for immune dysfunction as well, possibly due to inflammation Mar 25, 2019
Hormone Tx May Not Compromise Fertility in Transgender Men Fertility potential preserved even after 1 year of testosterone therapy Mar 24, 2019
You're 70 -- It's Time You Underwent Skills Testing Is this what age discrimination looks like? Mar 21, 2019
Not OK: When Patients Sexually Harass Physicians A common yet rarely discussed abuse Mar 21, 2019 video
Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Medical School These three schools emphasize community service, primary care Mar 20, 2019
Fertility Fraud; Pharma's 'Patient' Advocacy; Mass. Nursing Homes Fined This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 20, 2019
Non-STEMI Cardiac Arrest May Not Require Immediate Cath COACT trial not favorable on immediate coronary angiography Mar 18, 2019
Trial Sheds Light on Oral vs IV Antibiotics for Left-sided Endocarditis But researchers caution that more research is needed before changing practice Mar 18, 2019
CV Primary Prevention Guidelines Updated Aspirin, diabetes, team-care recommendations revised Mar 17, 2019
Antibacterial Envelope Cuts Heart Device Infections Adjunctive use resulted in 40% lower incidence of major cardiac implantable electronic devices infection versus only standard care Mar 17, 2019
Doing Shoulder Surgery in Denver (or La Paz)? Read This 40-fold (!) increase in 30-day pulmonary embolism risk with procedures performed at high altitude Mar 15, 2019
Opioids, Benzos Affect Spinal Cord Stimulation Test Patients on sedatives reported less reduction in pain in screening trials Mar 12, 2019
Insomnia and Chronic Pain Study investigates role of psychiatric disorders in sleep-pain relationship Mar 12, 2019
Race Plays a Role in Weight-Loss Surgery Outcomes Short-term and long-term outcomes after bariatric surgery differs between blacks and white Mar 12, 2019
Patient-on-Provider Violence in the Pain Clinic "Some physicians desperate enough to carry handguns for self-protection" Mar 11, 2019
Gabapentin Plus Opioids for Chronic Pain? Small study shows no superiority over opioids alone Mar 10, 2019
Monthly HIV Treatment on Par With Daily Regimen High percentage of patients maintain undetectable viral loads Mar 08, 2019
Racial Differences Persist for Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Complication rates lower for white versus black patients Mar 07, 2019
Could the 'Pence Effect' Undo #MeToo? Fears that men in healthcare will simply avoid women, to the latter's detriment Mar 07, 2019
Integrase Inhibitors Drop Virus Faster in Pregnant HIV Patients Raltegravir, dolutegravir both appear safe and effective in late stage pregnancy Mar 07, 2019