Antibiotic Exposure Before Age 2 Tied to Increased Risk of Pediatric IBD Even exposure during the last trimester of pregnancy increases this risk, researchers say Dec 08, 2022
Do Kidney Transplant Medications Supplant IBD Drugs? Study shows many patients no longer need drugs to help keep gut disease in check Dec 08, 2022
Should Doctors Warn Patients About the Downsides of Medicare Advantage Plans? Beneficiaries may not be aware of the plans' limited networks or prior authorization rules Dec 08, 2022
Can Just Minutes of Daily Activity Prolong Life? Benefits included all-cause, heart, and cancer-related mortality risk reduction Dec 08, 2022
TAVR at 20: How Much Longer Will Medicare Mandate a Registry? Change is a-comin' but interventionalists debate just how soon that should be and what comes next Dec 08, 2022
Pharmacists Not Immune to Harassment From Patients Pharmacists are experiencing abuse too -- but they're not always sure how to respond Dec 08, 2022
Joint Pain Linked to Worse Quality of Life in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Pain tied to increased risks of depression, anxiety, fatigue, and social impairment Dec 08, 2022
What Happens When We Apologize to Our Patients? There is incredible power in admitting error Dec 08, 2022
Abstinence Tied to Lower Mortality in Alcoholic Cirrhosis With Portal Hypertension Benefit observed even in patients with high-risk portal hypertension Dec 08, 2022
Everolimus Fails Again as Adjuvant Therapy for High-Risk Breast Cancer No improvement in the overall analysis but a hint of benefit in premenopausal patients Dec 08, 2022
Lawsuits Against Fugitive Doc Can Proceed; Nurse Who Gave Fake Vax Walks Free A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 08, 2022
Dementia Patients With Seizures Decline Faster Worse cognition, poorer function, higher mortality for those with active seizures Dec 08, 2022
Police Attitudes on Naloxone Use for Overdose Improved With Pharmacists' Help Training for Tennessee police officers yielded small gains in overdose response outlooks Dec 07, 2022
Not So Fast for NSAID Closure of Heart Defect in Preterm Newborns Trial results favor waiting for patent ductus arteriosus to close on its own Dec 07, 2022
Assay Predicts Breast Cancer Patients Who Will Benefit From Ovarian Suppression Low score suggests improved outcomes with ovarian suppression plus adjuvant endocrine therapy Dec 07, 2022
First-Line CDK4/6 Thumps Chemo in Aggressive, Advanced Breast Cancer Doubling of PFS could be death knell for combination chemotherapy in difficult-to-treat subgroup Dec 07, 2022
MRI-Targeted Biopsy for Prostate Cancer Reduces Risk of Overdiagnosis Though at the cost of delayed diagnosis of some clinically significant cancers Dec 07, 2022
Metastasis 'Doorway' May Lead to Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Density of cellular complex after neoadjuvant therapy tied to cancer subtypes, may be targetable Dec 07, 2022
Former Medical Director Charged With Felony Sex Crimes in Virginia The charges are related to abuse cases at the Cumberland Hospital for Children and Adolescents Dec 07, 2022
COVID-19 Booster Vaccine Appears Safe for IBD Patients Third shot reactions mirror earlier primary doses, study showed Dec 07, 2022
New Auvelity Data; Yale's Mental Health Lawsuit; Depression Nasal Spray Fast-Tracked News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 07, 2022
Cost Savings With Pharmacist-Driven Substitutions of Oncology Biosimilars Regional clinical pharmacists helped community oncology practices navigate logistics, financials Dec 07, 2022
Infliximab Maintenance Home Infusion Appears Safe Few serious adverse events occurred in patient-friendly settings Dec 07, 2022
Prenatal Exposure to Some Anti-Seizure Drugs Linked With Low Birth Weight Scandinavian data assessed outcomes for 4.5 million children Dec 07, 2022
Should We Change Target Blood Pressure? Harlan Krumholz, MD, reviews cardiovascular studies and proposes ways to rethink patient outcomes Dec 07, 2022 video
Xeljanz Cancer Risks Detailed New paper provides full results from ORAL Surveillance trial Dec 07, 2022
Opioid Use in PsA, Ankylosing Spondylitis Tied to More Healthcare Utilization Alexis Ogdie-Beatty, MD, says we need to turn to other items in our treatment toolbox Dec 07, 2022 video
Drug-Diversion Program Cut Controlled-Substance Discrepancies at Mount Sinai A daily audit of EHR and dispensing machines revealed documentation mistakes, other errors Dec 07, 2022
For True Cultural Change for Women in Surgery, More Work Is Needed Qualitative aspects of survey get at heart of gender disparities in practice Dec 07, 2022
'Our Culture War Is Killing People,' Says Former NIH Director Francis Collins talks Elon Musk, vaccine misinformation, and long COVID Dec 07, 2022
Ulcerative Colitis: Understanding and Identifying the Long-Term Complications Colorectal cancer extra-intestinal complications to consider Dec 07, 2022
For Your Patients: Possible Long-Term Complications of Ulcerative Colitis What to watch for and preventive steps Dec 07, 2022
Not Just a Miner's Problem: Workplace Fumes, Dust Tied to RA Swedish study expands range of airborne toxics associated with rheumatic disease Dec 06, 2022
Status Epilepticus Hospitalizations Climb Black patients twice as likely to be hospitalized with prolonged seizures Dec 06, 2022
Upadacitinib Versus Adalimumab in Psoriatic Arthritis Andrew Blauvelt, MD, leads a discussion with Melinda Gooderham, MD, MSc, and Neil Korman, MD, PhD Dec 06, 2022 video
Drug Overdose Deaths in Pregnancy Rose 81% in Recent Years Sharp increase driven by deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetics Dec 06, 2022
Icosapent Ethyl Linked to Reduced Risk of Cardiovascular Events Deepak Bhatt, MD, MPH, makes the case that RESPECT-EPA was a "positive trial" Dec 06, 2022 video
Research on the Effects of Posture on Drug Absorption Lacking Major gaps in methodology revealed in studies evaluating posture and pharmacokinetics Dec 06, 2022
Fewer Hospitalizations With Farxiga; New Obesity Drug; Sotagliflozin Still in Limbo News and commentary from the endocrinology world Dec 06, 2022
