Trofinetide Shows Promise in Rett Syndrome Investigational drug demonstrates modest benefit for primary, secondary endpoints Apr 06, 2022
Myasthenia Gravis: Better Version of Eculizumab on the Horizon Phase III study paves way for new ravulizumab indication Apr 06, 2022
COVID Origins and EcoHealth Alliance; Malone Didn't Invent mRNA Vaccines This past week in healthcare investigations Apr 06, 2022
Novel Wrinkle on Botulinum Toxin Succeeds for Cervical Dystonia Formulated for longer activity, symptoms stay suppressed until time for next dose Apr 06, 2022
Anticoagulation Goes Head-to-Head With DAPT After Valve Surgery Edoxaban not significantly better for thrombosis protection in "underpowered" ADAPT-TAVR trial Apr 06, 2022
Which Anticonvulsant Mood Stabilizer Upped Diabetes Risk? Observational study looked at 5-year risk differences between four agents Apr 06, 2022
White House Rolls Out National Plan to Fight Long COVID New initiative aims to better understand, prevent, detect, and treat the condition Apr 05, 2022
I Left Medicine -- Then I Found Meaning How global medical outreach can help physician burnout Apr 05, 2022
New Clue to Risk of Peritoneal Cancer After Prophylactic Salpingo-Oophorectomy Women with BRCA variant and serous tubal intraepithelial carcinoma had a 34-fold greater risk Apr 05, 2022
Two PCI Guidance Strategies on Par for Intermediate Coronary Stenosis FLAVOUR trial weighs in on FFR versus IVUS Apr 05, 2022
Patients Should Know Who's Operating, Surgeons Say Doctors should disclose when trainees wield the knife, especially if they plan to leave the room Apr 05, 2022
Report: U.S. Ranks Last for Women's Healthcare Among Wealthy Nations Highest rates of preventable deaths, maternal mortality, and mental heath needs Apr 05, 2022
Can Disposable Gastroscopes Hold Their Own? Non-inferiority trial vs conventional gastroscopes the first to examine devices head-to-head Apr 05, 2022
Which Drug-Coated Balloon Proved Superior in Peripheral Artery Disease? Second-generation device goes head-to-head with popular first-gen device Apr 05, 2022
Turn to Tapentadol in a Post-Oxycodone World? Next-gen broad-spectrum analgesic markedly reduces adverse effects, including abuse liability Apr 05, 2022
Cardiac Monitoring Finds Arrhythmias, but Treatment Did Not Improve Outcomes No differences in mortality, hospitalization between monitored patients and control patients Apr 05, 2022
Stroke While on LVAD No Barrier to Successful Heart Transplant It doesn't help, for sure, but it doesn't seem to hurt greatly either Apr 05, 2022
Medical Oncology Research at the Miami Breast Cancer Conference Co-chair Debu Tripathy, MD, offers a "whirlwind tour" of what was presented Apr 05, 2022 video
Nafcillin a Safe Option for Late-Onset Sepsis in Preemies Guidelines to reduce vancomycin use at an Ohio hospital did not affect mortality rate Apr 05, 2022
TAVR Valve Outlasts Surgical Bioprostheses at 5 Years No longer assume that TAVR bioprostheses are inherently less durable Apr 05, 2022
Study Provides 'Elusive' Link Between Kids' Health and Adult Heart Events CV risk factors in childhood tied to midlife CV events and CVD Apr 05, 2022
Patiromer Limits Impact of RAAS Inhibitor-Related Hyperkalemia in HF Patients better able to achieve target dose of mineralocorticoids and angiotensin inhibitors Apr 04, 2022
Persistent Brain Fog After Mild COVID Infection Tied to CSF Markers Immune activation, immunovascular markers elevated in people with long COVID cognitive changes Apr 04, 2022
Transcatheter Tricuspid Repair Shows Early Promise PASCAL device safe and linked to symptom improvement in severe tricuspid regurgitation Apr 04, 2022
Extra Warming Efforts in Surgery Turn Out to Be Hot Air PROTECT trial finds targeting body temperatures a few degrees higher is unnecessary Apr 04, 2022
Smoker's Painless Skin Nodules Flag a Fatal Diagnosis Skin metastasis was the first sign for the otherwise asymptomatic patient Apr 04, 2022
First Topical Therapy for Facial Angiofibroma Nabs FDA Approval New alternative to dermabrasion, laser treatment, surgery Apr 04, 2022
Could Undiagnosed Neuro Condition Explain Grandpa's Falls? Peripheral neuropathy found in many patients who weren't aware of it Apr 04, 2022
Flu Vaccine Didn't Stop Vascular Events in Heart Failure Patients But study in lower income countries sees hint of benefit during peak disease season Apr 04, 2022
Med Board Chief Rebukes America's Frontline Doctors Over Ambush Video Kristina Lawson depicted as Nazi: "It is disturbing to be targeted by anti-science zealots" Apr 04, 2022
Shoppers Adhered to Heart-Healthy Diet in Novel Program Researchers teamed with supermarket chain to improve DASH scores Apr 04, 2022
Black Patients More Often Get 'Substandard' Care for GI Cancers Retrospective study finds worse surgical outcomes, lower odds of receiving chemotherapy Apr 04, 2022
Endovascular Brain-Computer Interface Safe, Effective in ALS No serious adverse events with novel device at 1 year Apr 04, 2022
Melanoma: Epidemiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment Evolving clinical landscape with more therapy options and improved survival Apr 04, 2022
Don't Wait, Ablate to Prevent VT Episodes After an ICD Shock? Early catheter ablation reduced deaths and ICD shocks in PARTITA trial Apr 03, 2022
EHR Pop-Ups Spur Better GDMT Implementation in Heart Failure Alert-based intervention in PROMPT-HF trial said to be low-cost, scalable Apr 03, 2022