Antidepressants and Sex; Unionizing Pharmacy Workers; What Head Lice Can Tell Us Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Nov 09, 2023
Novel Therapies Show Early Promise in Advanced Gastroesophageal Cancers Results look good, but more data needed Nov 08, 2023
Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Claims "consistently lost, ignored, denied, or caught up" in bureaucracy, complaint alleges Nov 08, 2023
Tirzepatide Wins FDA Approval for Weight Loss Drug also gets a new brand name, Zepbound, for its new indication Nov 08, 2023
Botulinum Toxin Lessens Head Tremor Severity Improvements lasted up to 18 weeks, trial shows Nov 08, 2023
Senate Committee Advances Bill on Mental Health, PBMs, and 'Ghost Provider' Networks Measure would also lessen the cut to the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule in 2024 Nov 08, 2023
X-Rays Questioned for Diagnosing Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Hardly any patients show abnormalities, so why do them? Nov 08, 2023
Ocular Implant Producing Neurotrophic Factor Preserves Central Vision in MacTel Significant decrease in rate of photoreceptor loss in two randomized trials Nov 08, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Is Recalcitrant Atopic Dermatitis Really Comorbid Disease? Dupilumab failure signals the need for extended patch testing to identify a missed diagnosis Nov 08, 2023
Postpartum Pill Price Tag; Misleading Ketamine Ads; Mental Disorders Cut Lifespans News and commentary from the psychiatry world Nov 08, 2023
Seek and Ye Shall Find Afib in Stroke Survivors Neuro-cardiac collaboration can make a big difference post-stroke Nov 08, 2023
Soldiers' Mysterious Injuries; Doctor's Resignation Worries Families; Recall Harms This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 08, 2023
FDA Approves First Renal Denervation System for Hypertension Catheter-based technology will finally enter the market with ultrasound-based device Nov 08, 2023
Ohio Voters Back Constitutional Right to Abortion Amendment also protects right to contraception, miscarriage care Nov 08, 2023
Clinical Challenges: Rising Steatotic Liver Disease Prevalence Greater awareness among patients, healthcare providers may help slow this trend Nov 08, 2023
Hospitalizations After Fake Ozempic; Abortion Rights Win Big; Ketamine Use Booms Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by Ƶ staff Nov 08, 2023
All About PrEP: Pills, Shots, and Stigma Why the number of patients who need PrEP seems directly inverse to the number who get it Nov 08, 2023
For Your Patients: Who Needs PrEP? You Need PrEP Everyone is at risk of HIV, and your doctor can help you stay safe Nov 08, 2023
Shocking Case of Osteoporosis in a Teenager Perifollicular hemorrhage and low vitamin C helped diagnose an old, now rare condition Nov 08, 2023
Guidance Focuses on Mental Health Symptoms in Long COVID Multidisciplinary group calls for clinicians to reduce stigma by validating patient experiences Nov 08, 2023
Kidney Week Roundup: Cell Therapy Cuts Immunosuppressive Drug Use Post-Transplant Plus: bardoxolone methyl for diabetic kidney disease and spironolactone in hemodialysis patients Nov 07, 2023
To Get More New Antimicrobial Drugs, Fix the Broken Market, Experts Say Hospitals see a new antibiotic as something to raise their costs, one expert noted Nov 07, 2023
Advanced Parkinson's Patient Regains Ability to Walk Confidently Spinal implant nearly eliminates freezing of gait Nov 07, 2023
Senate Confirms Monica Bertagnolli as Next NIH Director Vote was 62-36 in favor of the current National Cancer Institute director Nov 07, 2023
FDA Panel Backs High-Risk Designation for Salvaged Blood Irradiators With Class III designation, sponsors would have to prove safety, efficacy with randomized trials Nov 07, 2023
Another Xenotransplant Death; Many Unaware of HF Diagnosis; Full-Body TAVR Protector Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Nov 07, 2023
Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely? Nov 07, 2023
CDC: Infant Syphilis Spike Continues Agency sees 10-fold increase in rates over the past decade Nov 07, 2023
Biological Age Predicts Dementia; APOE4 and Tau Patterns; AI and MS Brain Changes News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Nov 07, 2023
Multiple Sclerosis: Treat Early With High-Efficacy Therapy Stephen Hauser, MD, discusses the second portion of his plenary session Nov 07, 2023 video
Guselkumab Shows Early Symptom Improvement in UC Jessica Allegretti, MD, offers an update from the phase III QUASAR induction study Nov 07, 2023 video
A Fourth of Med Students Want to Quit: The Humanities Can Help Them Reconnect How a narrative approach can help trainees find joy in medicine Nov 07, 2023
T-DXd Tied to Encouraging Survival in HER2-Expressing Gyn Cancers More responses, longer OS in subset with the highest levels of HER2 expression Nov 07, 2023
Sexual Health Suffered After Radical Hysterectomy for Early Cervical Cancer Compared with simple hysterectomy, analysis shows more sexual toxicities, worse quality of life Nov 07, 2023
Tone Matters in Weight-Loss Talks; Salt and Diabetes; Nix Brominated Veg Oil? News and commentary from the endocrinology world Nov 07, 2023
Neuroprotective Agent Prevents Significant Vision Loss in Geographic Atrophy Consistent vision effect with complement C1q inhibitor, despite no effect on lesion size Nov 07, 2023
CMS Proposes Rule to Limit Medicare Advantage Plan Sales Commissions No more golf parties or free trips to brokers who "steer" beneficiaries to higher-paying plans Nov 07, 2023
Lung Cancer Survival High at 20 Years With Screen-Detected Tumors After two decades, lung cancer-specific survival remained at 81% in I-ELCAP program Nov 07, 2023
Why I 'Anti-Trust' Google Search on Healthcare The search results may be leading consumers to unproven treatments Nov 07, 2023