The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
Caregiving at the End Co-host Tyler Johnson talks with the husband of previous guest, Ellen Dunphy, who died in July Oct 11, 2022 podcast
Concussion Expert's Papers Retracted Did misquotations alter concussion science and care? Oct 10, 2022
Lung Cancer Screening Programs Hit the Mark on Eligibility Criteria However, adherence to follow-up screening is "suboptimal" Oct 10, 2022
More Evidence Backing Anti-CDK4/6-Based Therapy in Recurrent Endometrial Cancer Abemaciclib plus letrozole led to 30% objective response rate, 55.6% PFS rate at 6 months Oct 10, 2022
Lower Entresto Doses Suffice in the Real World Reassuring findings for patients who don't tolerate the maximum ARNI dose Oct 10, 2022
Long COVID Persists in People With Symptomatic SARS-CoV-2 Infection At 1 year, 15% of long COVID patients had ongoing cognitive or respiratory problems or fatigue Oct 10, 2022
Persistent Double Vision Follows Insidious Onset of Ptosis in Healthy Man High-resolution MRI aids in differential diagnosis Oct 10, 2022
FDA Approves At-Home Furosemide for Heart Failure Strong diuretic to become available outside the hospital setting Oct 10, 2022
Treatment for Young Infants With Fever Has Undergone a Rethink More focus on less antibiotic use, shortened observation periods, and fewer hospitalizations Oct 10, 2022
Pediatricians in the Dark When Muslim Kids Fast During Ramadan Asking questions and providing guidance are key to safe fasting, advocate says Oct 10, 2022
Cleaner Cooking Fuel Not Enough to Improve Birth Weight in Lower-Income Countries Randomized trial suggests earlier, more intense, or just different strategy might be needed Oct 10, 2022
If You Invite 455 People to Colonoscopy, You'll Stop One Case of Cancer Risk of colorectal cancer reduced with screening in randomized trial, but less than expected Oct 09, 2022
Mixed Results With Umbilical Cord Milking in Struggling Newborns No drop in NICU admission rates versus early cord clamping, but there were other boons Oct 09, 2022
The Heavy Psychological Toll of the War in Ukraine Mental health support is the need of the hour Oct 09, 2022
FDA OKs Tdap Vaccine for Whooping Cough Protection Before Birth Boostrix vaccine is to be delivered to the unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy Oct 07, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
UCSF Residents Avert Strike; Reach Tentative Deal With Children's Hospital Oakland Proposed contract includes better pay and benefits for housing, meals, and relocation Oct 07, 2022
Congressman Escalates War With PBMs They are hurting healthcare affordability and quality, says Rep. Buddy Carter Oct 07, 2022
Even Intubated COVID Patients Potentially See Vaccine Benefits Better survival for patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome when fully vaccinated Oct 07, 2022
Bariatric Surgery in NAFLD Tied to Lower Heart Disease Risk In a large cohort, surgery associated with 49% lower risk of CVD versus nonsurgical care Oct 07, 2022
CMS' Financial Incentives Didn't Move the Dial on Home Dialysis Incentives may just not be strong enough, say some Oct 07, 2022
Katie Couric's Breast Cancer The popular media personality is on a mission to raise awareness around dense breasts Oct 06, 2022
9 Hispanic Medical Pioneers These historic figures each contributed towards their fields in massive ways Oct 06, 2022
Unexplained Bleeding Linked to Rat Poison in Synthetic Cannabinoids 52 cases were ultimately identified, and four patients died Oct 06, 2022
AAO Roundup: Glaucoma Subtype Linked to Alzheimer's Disease Risk Other studies report fewer reoperations with combo eye surgery and vision risk with shingles Oct 06, 2022
'Not an Easy Villain': Documentary Tackles Healthcare's Big Hospital Problem The human cost of tax-exempt hospitals is a hard pill to swallow, says "InHospitable" director Oct 06, 2022 video
Docs Hit With Price-Fixing Charges; $4M for Missed Strep Dx; Prison for X-Ray Fraud A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 06, 2022
POEM Trial Results Hold Firm for Long-Term Efficacy in Achalasia Five-year data support peroral endoscopic myotomy, although reflux esophagitis still a problem Oct 06, 2022
Screen All Adults for Anxiety: How Can PCPs Make That Work? Psychiatrist Tracey Marks, MD, offers advice on managing your patients' mental health Oct 06, 2022 video
Opioids Tainted With Mystery Chemical Sparked Flood of Unusual Overdoses Pennsylvania outbreak spawned 94 cases, many with low heart rate or sky-high blood pressure Oct 06, 2022
How a Suicide in a Clinical Trial Turned a Bioethicist Into a Whistleblower His advice for other potential whistleblowers: Don't go it alone Oct 06, 2022
Breakthrough Monkeypox Cases Seen Weeks After Second Jynneos Dose However, most post-vaccination cases in at-risk group occurred within 14 days of first dose Oct 05, 2022
Intermittently Scanned CGM Reduced HbA1c in Type 1 Diabetes The system offers optional high and low blood glucose alarms Oct 05, 2022
Midlife Omega-3 Levels Tied to Brain Structure, Cognition Larger hippocampal volume, better abstract reasoning for people in their 40s Oct 05, 2022
Salt Pills During Diuresis: Acute HF Patients Neither Helped Nor Harmed Small randomized trial challenges conventional thinking about sodium Oct 05, 2022
For Female Emergency Docs, Lack of Respect Is Part of the Job Women more likely to be misidentified, dismissed, and ignored, according to two studies Oct 05, 2022
California Hospital Begins Medication Abortions in the ED -- A Possible First "Our job is to treat all comers no matter their medical issue," says researcher Oct 05, 2022
Should Myopia Control Be Mainstream in the U.S.? Reducing the severity of nearsightedness can benefit public health Oct 05, 2022
