AI in Healthcare: Meeting HIPAA Standards With ChatGPT Patients deserve a commitment to privacy Feb 11, 2023
SPAN Study Finds a Winner for Treating Stroke in Rodents Among six interventions, uric acid exceeded efficacy boundaries Feb 10, 2023
Thrombectomy Effective for Large Ischemic Strokes Pair of phase III trials lay the groundwork for expanding indication Feb 10, 2023
Cannabis May Interfere With Pregnancy Retrospective study finds exposure linked with higher rates of stillbirth, hypertensive disorders Feb 10, 2023
BEST-II Throws Cold Water on Already-Tepid BP Lowering After Stroke Thrombectomy Trial did not show definite harm, but benefit is unlikely Feb 10, 2023
COVID Vaccines Added to 2023 Child, Adult Immunization Schedules Other notable changes include new guidance on polio, MMR, hepatitis B, and pneumococcal vaccines Feb 10, 2023
U.S. News Cites Objectivity in Planned Changes to 'Best Hospitals' Rankings The outlet plans to assign more weight to clinical outcomes, other objective measures Feb 10, 2023
New Guidance on Treating Alcohol Use Disorder in the Emergency Department Current practices give physicians "a front row seat to the saddest show on earth" Feb 10, 2023 video
FDA Warns on Use of Hospira Drug in Kids Due to 'Unsafe' Aluminum Levels Agency cites risk for aluminum toxicity in infants Feb 10, 2023
Lessons From Flint, Mich. on Stroke Preparedness and Lytic Uptake Racial disparities narrowed as a result of hospital and community intervention Feb 10, 2023
New Guidance Targets Infection Hazards in Fingernails, Sinks, Excessive Hand-Washing Update based on new evidence on ways that various pathogens can spread in healthcare settings Feb 10, 2023
Does All Afib Detected After Stroke Really Have to Trigger Oral Anticoagulation? Stroke neurologists debate skipping secondary prevention anticoagulants for some Feb 10, 2023
Medical School Dating and Relationships 101 Have you been told not to date in medical school? Feb 09, 2023
Suboptimal Sleep Duration Linked to Poor Brain Health Middle-age patients with worse sleep saw increased white matter hyperintensities on MRI Feb 09, 2023
Single-Dose Antibiotic Reduced Maternal Sepsis in Vaginal Delivery Azithromycin did not lower stillbirth, newborn sepsis, or newborn death risk, however Feb 09, 2023
Tenecteplase on Par With Alteplase, Randomized Trial Affirms Data from China strengthen the evidence base for off-label use Feb 09, 2023
AUD Diagnoses After COVID Infection Higher at Certain Points in the Pandemic Social context of pandemic offers most plausible explanation, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Familiar Drugs Get a Foot in the Door for Small Vessel Stroke Treatment Combined isosorbide mononitrate and cilostazol feasible, well tolerated in these patients Feb 09, 2023
Kids With High Step Count, Less Screen Time See Lower Obesity Risk But study suggests more steps alone may not be enough to offset effects of higher screen use Feb 09, 2023
The Role of Checkpoint Inhibitors in Gastric Cancer Ghassan Abou-Alfa, MD, leads a discussion with Anthony El-Khoueiry, MD, and Steven Maron, MD, MSc Feb 09, 2023 video
Older Lupus Patients Need Follow-Up After Hospital Discharge ... or Else Medicare data show what happens when it's neglected Feb 09, 2023
It's Time to Pay Clinical Trial Participants More Accelerating trial enrollment can catalyze access to much-needed medications Feb 09, 2023
ED Visits for Mental Health Among Medicaid Enrollees Varied Widely by Region Findings suggest opportunities for improvement in mental heath care, researchers say Feb 09, 2023
Dead Patient Sues America's Frontline Doctors Over HCQ; Pair Accused of Bilking Doc A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Feb 09, 2023
DAPT Underused for Minor Stroke, TIA Registry suggests undertreatment, particularly of women and healthier individuals Feb 09, 2023
Oral Drug Shows Benefit for Notalgia Paresthetica in Mid-Stage Trial Phase II study hits primary endpoint, but researchers call for larger and longer trials Feb 08, 2023
Stroke Neuroprotection Drug Passes Early-Phase Hurdle Infusion before mechanical thrombectomy reduced important outcomes in small phase I/II trial Feb 08, 2023
Interferon Injection Cuts COVID Hospitalization Risk in Vaxxed Population Effectiveness of pegylated interferon lambda held up against various strains, including Omicron Feb 08, 2023
FDA Has Concerns on 'Unprecedented' Plan for Dostarlimab in Rectal Cancer Panel will discuss if single-arm trials and proposed endpoints are adequate to support approval Feb 08, 2023
Does the Environment Override Genes for People at Risk of Stroke? Large study detects interaction between genetic susceptibility and neighborhood deprivation Feb 08, 2023
New Trial Data Will Advance the Treatment of Gastric Cancer Lakshmi Rajdev, MD, discussed the ASCO GI abstracts and the implications for clinical practice Feb 08, 2023 video
Cardiac Monitoring Continues to Flag Unsuspected Afib in Broader Population STROKE AF studied a group not typically considered for Afib detection and management Feb 08, 2023
Oral Postpartum Depression Tx Heads to FDA; Shroom Microdosing; Autism and Motherese News and commentary from the psychiatry world Feb 08, 2023
The Man Behind 'Died Suddenly'; Rethinking Menopause Tx; Long COVID While Black This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 08, 2023
Phthalates Exposure Tied to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in White Women But possible selection bias may have negated this risk in women of color, researchers say Feb 08, 2023
Biden Pledges to Extend Medicare's Solvency for 'At Least Two Decades' Healthcare featured prominently in president's State of the Union address Feb 08, 2023
AI Tool Forecasts Lung Cancer Risk From a Single CT Scan Experts give high marks to performance of "Sybil" in predicting disease over 6 years Feb 07, 2023
No Visual Acuity Benefit With Early Anti-VEGF for Diabetic Retinopathy "May not be worth the risk and inconvenience to the patient," researcher says Feb 07, 2023
