Surgeon Dies in Plane Crash; Austin Released From Hospital; Animal Pandemic Spreads Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 16, 2024
Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Plus Nitrates Still a Losing Combination, Study Shows Cardioprotective effect of PDE5 inhibitors did not pan out with anti-anginals in the picture Jan 16, 2024
'They Had Habituated to Familiar Disgust Elicitors': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by Ƶ's reporters Jan 14, 2024
California Offers a Lifeline for Medical Residents Who Can't Find Abortion Training A new law makes it easier for out-of-state physicians to get in-person training Jan 14, 2024
The Sackler Family Can Act Today to Compensate Opioid Overdose Victims But it appears unlikely they will take this course of action Jan 14, 2024
What Job Was Rated Best in Healthcare? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Jan 13, 2024
Go Vegetarian to Avoid COVID? Making Dialysis Centers Work Better Also in TTHealthWatch: diagnostic errors among hospitalized patients Jan 13, 2024 podcast
Would You Switch a Patient's Medication if You Knew the Cost? Optimizing price estimate alert design and logic should be a priority Jan 13, 2024
It Is Literally Impossible to Be a Woman in Medicine Women physicians face a multitude of challenges beginning in medical school Jan 13, 2024
EGFR Inhibitors for Lung Cancer Tied to Increased Keratitis Risk Findings don't tell us to stop these drugs, researcher says, but should guide clinical decisions Jan 13, 2024
Can Childhood Trauma Prime Brain Dynamics for Nicotine Dependence? Emotional dysregulation mediates relationship between childhood trauma, brain dynamics Jan 12, 2024
Linezolid 'Not Recommended' to Treat Early Syphilis Antibiotic found not non-inferior to penicillin in RTC; trial halted early Jan 12, 2024
Medicare Doc Payment Fix Bill Moving Along, GOP Doctors Caucus Co-Chair Says Rep. Greg Murphy, MD, is hoping for action within a week Jan 12, 2024
Docs' Vacation Habits May Be Fueling Burnout Taking fewer than 3 weeks of vacation each year linked to higher rates of burnout Jan 12, 2024
Short Shrift in Cancer Funding; Bypassing Familiar for Distant; Testing for BRCA News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jan 12, 2024
AAMC Overhauls Pricing for Residency Applications Announcement comes shortly after the ob/gyn application service lowered prices Jan 12, 2024
Are Your Patients Prepared to Switch Their Asthma Inhaler? With the discontinuation of Flovent, we must prevent gaps in care Jan 12, 2024
Face Blindness Is Not Always Permanent Largest study to date looks at inability to recognize familiar faces Jan 12, 2024
Gillian Anderson's Anatomy Lesson; 'Rolling' Into Retirement; HCPs Self-Diagnose Healthcare social media content from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 12, 2024
Exercise Improved Quality of Life for Metastatic Breast Cancer Patients In trial, intervention group reported decreased pain, fatigue, shortness of breath Jan 12, 2024 video
No Laughing Matter: Nitrous Oxide for Transrectal Prostate Biopsy No effect on anxiety but significantly less patient-rated pain Jan 12, 2024
Hypofractionated Chemoradiation With Adaptive SABR Appeared Effective in NSCLC Dose of 70 Gy in 15 fractions showed favorable balance between safety and efficacy in small trial Jan 12, 2024
Linaclotide Doubled Bowel Movements in Children With Functional Constipation Pivotal phase III data also showed improvements in other symptoms Jan 12, 2024
COVID Vax and Blood Clots; Cancer Rise in Young Adults; Corpse-Abuse Charge Dropped Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Jan 12, 2024
Managing Heart Failure Hospitalizations Strategies for decongestion, inotropic support, and optimizing guideline-directed medical therapy Jan 12, 2024
For Your Patients: Making the Most of Heart Failure Medication Common types of heart failure medication and why sticking to your regimen is so important Jan 12, 2024
For Your Patients: The Importance of Genes in Breast Cancer Family history and genetic mutations both play a part in disease risk Jan 12, 2024
Genetic Testing in Breast Cancer: Mutations, Multigene Panels, and More A primer on guiding patients with a higher inherited risk Jan 12, 2024
COVID Takes Center Stage at Trump Town Hall Former president also calls for compromise on abortion "to win elections" Jan 11, 2024
Dr. Mike Confronts Dr. Gundry's Controversial Health Views A closer look at surgeon's claims on vitamin C and smoking risk, leaky gut, and more Jan 11, 2024
Want to Get More Healthcare Bills Passed? Fix the Filibuster, Suggests a Senator Merkley and former aide propose new rules for debating legislation Jan 11, 2024
Board Restricts Doctor's License Over COVID Misinfo Ryan Cole, MD, failed to meet the standard of care, Washington state's medical board said Jan 11, 2024
Diverting Acute HF Patients From Hospitalization: Case Builds for Short Stay Units Rerouting low-risk patients from routine admission deemed safe in trial Jan 11, 2024
Pain, Impairment Linger Months After ECMO for Most Meta-analysis shows long-term functional and cognitive problems, neuropsychiatric symptoms Jan 11, 2024
FDA Clears Wegovy, Other GLP-1 Drugs of Suicidality Risk for Now Preliminary evaluation reassures, while the agency's review continues Jan 11, 2024
Despite Disinfection, Bugs Thrive on High-Touch Hospital Surfaces Unusual pathogens may pose threat to immunocompromised patients, researchers say Jan 11, 2024
ACIP Unveils Its 2024 Adult Immunization Recommendations Schedule must be more user-friendly to improve vaccine uptake, critics say Jan 11, 2024
Nurse Accused of Poisoning Pets; Health Exec Shoplifted From Target? Docs Sue Hacker A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 11, 2024