The FDA Is Failing the American People The agency's recent decision to approve aducanumab offers more evidence of a broken system Jun 16, 2021
Remember Your 'Why,' New AMA President Tells Delegates Gerald Harmon, MD, sworn in as AMA's 176th president Jun 16, 2021
Howie Mandel 'Living in a Nightmare' With OCD Comedian wants to remove the stigma of his illness Jun 15, 2021
How CAR T-Cell Therapy Measures Up in Follicular Lymphoma Better response rates and survival with axicabtagene ciloleucel versus external control group Jun 15, 2021
It's Time to End the USMLE Step 3 Exam It's a redundant and harmful entity on the path of medical education Jun 15, 2021
One in Five Inpatients Needing Endoscopy Experienced Delays Single-center study identified predictors for delay, readmission Jun 15, 2021
Rapid Genetic Testing May Have Spared This Baby From Death Whole-genome sequencing delivered diagnosis in record 13 hours; treated with thiamine Jun 15, 2021
Stop Exploiting Suicide For Political Gain False claims have driven moral panic during the COVID pandemic Jun 15, 2021
Why Branded Viagra Is Vastly More Expensive Than Its Generics For some brand-name drugs, prices don't go down when generics crop up; Viagra still an outlier Jun 15, 2021
ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule Jun 15, 2021
Child Mental Health Crisis Needs Attention, AMA Delegates Say "The pandemic exacerbated a problem we already had and made it a catastrophe" Jun 15, 2021
Black Women More Likely to Die From Breast Cancer Nearly six times more likely to develop distant metastases after diagnosis than white women Jun 15, 2021 video
Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far" Jun 15, 2021
Several Factors Contribute to GI Bleeding Mortality Risk Patients hospitalized due to GI bleeding less likely to die from it, French researchers found Jun 14, 2021
Zanubrutinib Tops Ibrutinib in Relapsed or Refractory CLL Better overall response rate, less cardiotoxicity, with second-generation BTK inhibitor Jun 14, 2021
Sleep Disorders Tied to Dementia in Patients With TBI Study evaluates outcomes by sex, independently of other dementia risks Jun 14, 2021
Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jun 14, 2021
Alzheimer's Tau Vaccine Shows Immune Response, Safety Exploratory, post hoc analyses hint at plasma NfL changes, and in some, slower cognitive decline Jun 14, 2021
Do COVID-19 Vaccines Protect IBD Patients? CLARITY IBD findings weren't clear for IBD patients on infliximab, these experts noted Jun 14, 2021 video
Clinical Challenges: Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and COVID-19 BTK inhibitors may have a protective effect; ASH offers guidance Jun 14, 2021
Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say More access needed to healthy food, child care Jun 14, 2021
A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities Jun 14, 2021
What Leads to Patients With Diabetes Relapsing After Bariatric Surgery? Risk factors included longer diabetes duration, higher preop HbA1c in Swedish study Jun 14, 2021
Persistent Insomnia Since Childhood Linked with Mood, Anxiety Disorders in Adults But no increased risk seen in kids whose insomnia improved over time Jun 13, 2021
AMA Delegates Pan Physician Assistants' Name Change Announcement "We call this 'Scope-A-Dope'" Jun 13, 2021
AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide Jun 13, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action Jun 13, 2021
Sleep Study Data Predict Brain Age AI model uses EEG signals recorded during sleep studies Jun 12, 2021
Patients with Class I Obesity Still Benefit from Weight-Loss Surgery It may be time to update NIH-established indications for bariatric surgery, experts say Jun 12, 2021
The Case of the Yellow Sticky Note This simple office supply was a clue to doctor's problems at work Jun 12, 2021
Trouble Falling Asleep Predicts Later Cognitive Impairment Depression and vascular disease may play roles Jun 11, 2021
Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief "We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick Jun 11, 2021
Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety "I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says Jun 11, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Decreased Stroke Risk Out to 5 Years "Clinically important" finding, says researcher Jun 11, 2021
Clinical Challenge: HER2-Positive Breast Cancer in Older Women The challenge may have more to do with the assessment of the patient's overall health Jun 11, 2021
Tweaking Maintenance Options in Metastatic CRC Two studies move the needle, but no major breakthroughs Jun 11, 2021
Breaking Through Healthcare's Glass Ceiling Let's close the gender gap at the leadership level Jun 10, 2021
Most Older Women Do Not Meet Criteria to Stop Cervical Cancer Screening Inadequate screening in middle age, lack of medical record documentation highlighted Jun 10, 2021
