Smokers Reluctant to Quit Respond to Gamified Intervention Integrating nicotine replacement with "skills-building game" may boost long-term cessation Jan 25, 2022
Vedolizumab for Ulcerative Colitis Works Best When Given Early Benefit confirmed in real-world data Jan 25, 2022
Post-Vax Myocarditis Most Pervasive in High-School Boys Reports of myocarditis remained rare in passive surveillance Jan 25, 2022
Most Nurses of Color Report Workplace Racism Black nurses in particular deal with discrimination from patients and peers, survey reveals Jan 25, 2022
Penile Necrosis After Injecting Cocaine Into Dorsal Vein Beware of risks for chronic IV drug users injecting into atypical and dangerous sites Jan 24, 2022
Gene Therapy Shows Clinical Benefit in Metachromatic Leukodystrophy Motor development, cognitive function preserved in early-onset patients Jan 24, 2022
Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses Spiked During the Pandemic Single-center study capturing a full year finds 57% increase in new-onset disease Jan 24, 2022
Do Cash Gifts for Mothers in Poverty Help Kids' Early Brain Activity? Early study results show patterns associated with the development of cognitive skills Jan 24, 2022
GICS Roundup: PD-1 Inhibitor Yields 100% Response Rate in dMMR Rectal Cancer Plus: Promising activity in BRAF-mutant CRC, L-asparaginase drug falls short in pancreatic cancer Jan 24, 2022
Does Omicron Pose as Much of a Blood Clot Threat? More data are needed, but thromboembolic risk appears to have dropped Jan 24, 2022
Adagrasib Promising in KRAS-Mutant GI Cancers The KRAS G12C inhibitor showed a disease control rate of 100% in small study Jan 24, 2022
Combo Treatment Disappoints in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis No outcomes boost with addition of 5-ASA agent to corticosteroids in hospitalized patients Jan 23, 2022
An Antidote to Provider Shortages: In-House Travel Staffing UPMC launched the first agency of its kind, others will likely follow Jan 23, 2022
Survival Bump in Biliary Cancer With Immunotherapy Plus Chemotherapy Adding durvalumab boosts OS by 1.3 months, first survival improvement in a decade Jan 23, 2022
D-Rd for Newly Diagnosed Myeloma Patients With Poor Kidney Function Saad Usmani, MD, discusses follow-up results from the phase III MAIA study Jan 23, 2022 video
Immunotherapy Not Additive to Standard of Care for Untreated Metastatic CRC No difference in survival outcomes with add-on nivolumab to chemo, bevacizumab Jan 23, 2022
Patients With IBD Cite Symptom Relief With Online Intervention Tool But experts warns that patients were on the very strict Specific Carbohydrate Diet Jan 22, 2022
Potential New First-Line Options for Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma Tremelimumab-durvalumab improves OS, single-agent durvalumab non-inferior to sorafenib Jan 22, 2022
Remdesivir Now Approved for COVID Outpatients, Too FDA expands indication of Veklury to bolster supply of treatment during Omicron surge Jan 22, 2022
Can Patients Just Say 'No' to Treatment? Psychiatrist weighs in on how to approach misinformed beliefs Jan 22, 2022
Which IBD Patients Experience More Severe COVID? Research suggests immunomodulators, incomplete vaccination, and non-mRNA vaccines may play a role Jan 21, 2022
More Docs Turn to Mental Health Support During COVID Sharp uptick in outpatient mental health and substance use visits, Canadian study finds Jan 21, 2022
Pre-Op Immunotherapy Combo Makes Headway in Select Gastric Cancers Plus, novel bispecific antibody tested as first-line therapy for advanced gastric/GEJ cancer Jan 21, 2022
Was DOAC to Blame for Patient's LVAD Pump Thrombosis? Direct oral anticoagulant tried after warfarin resistance fell short in this patient with obesity Jan 21, 2022
More Data for Upfront PD-1 Inhibition in Gastric, Esophageal Cancer Updates from two landmark trials show consistent benefits across subgroups, PD-L1 expression Jan 21, 2022
Wildlife Photography Doc: Our Empathy Makes Us Human Daniel D'Auria, MD, channeled his burnout into an award-winning pastime Jan 21, 2022
False Negatives Still Common With COVID PCR Testing Pathologist says one in five people get negative result even if they have COVID Jan 21, 2022
Throat Swab on Rapid Testing Chokes in Omicron-Era Study Alternate methods of testing don't hold up as well, pre-print finds Jan 20, 2022
Oral Peanut Allergy Tx May Be Even More Effective in Younger Children Earlier oral immunotherapy "ready for immediate real-world implementation," editorialists argue Jan 20, 2022
Arkansas Inmates Accuse Doc of Covertly Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID Four inmates allege Robert Karas, MD, gave them the drug as a type of "medical experimentation" Jan 20, 2022
Signs of Lingering Cardiac Dysfunction After Severe COVID Study included people hospitalized before vaccines were available Jan 20, 2022
HHS Announces $103 Million in Grants to Address Health Worker Burnout "I am 27 years old and just praying I can get through every shift" Jan 20, 2022
Doctor Reacts to Shocking TikTok Anatomy Hypermobility, cleft hands, parasitic worms, and more Jan 20, 2022
Another Xeno First: Gene-Edited Pig Kidneys Transplanted to Deceased Person Kidneys produced urine, but creatinine clearance didn't recover Jan 20, 2022
Are We Equipped to Care for People With Intellectual, Developmental Disabilities? Low accreditation standards are contributing to health disparities Jan 20, 2022
I'm Over COVID Symptoms, but Still Testing Positive. Am I Infectious? Infectiousness may linger beyond the 5-day isolation period recommended by the CDC Jan 20, 2022
We've Never Really Understood the Prostate Wolinsky reviews Ericka Johnson's new book, A Cultural Biography of the Prostate Jan 19, 2022
What Caused RSV to Roar Back During COVID? Multinational study pinpoints the most important drivers of the seasonal illness Jan 19, 2022
