Study: No Link Between Epidural Analgesia and Kids' Autism Risk But further research should address safety for childhood development, editorialists say Apr 19, 2021
COVID Deaths Higher With Neuro Syndromes in Hospitalized Patients Encephalopathy, coma most prevalent neurologic manifestations Apr 18, 2021
FTC Hits Chiropractor for Violating COVID Consumer Protection Law Eric Nepute, DC, is first person charged under law enacted in January, faces potential fine Apr 18, 2021
Global Stroke Care Takes a Hit During the Pandemic Seventy-country study finds ties to drop in volume of stroke hospitalizations, treatment Apr 17, 2021
Op-Ed: The Energy-Draining Life of a Physician It's a long, hard road, so you must find your passion Apr 17, 2021
Blood-Based Markers Tied to Brain Cell and Memory Loss Another step closer to clinical utility for tracking neurodegeneration Apr 16, 2021
Can an Agile Endoscopic Device Curb PPI-Dependent GERD? GERDx device improved quality of life; not so much for esophageal acid exposure Apr 16, 2021
Should 'X-Waiver' Be Nixed? Relaxing "bupe" training requirement is last thing Congress should do, says GOP doc Apr 16, 2021
COVID Stroke Rare in ICU Ischemic stroke in intensive care didn't raise mortality, but hemorrhagic stroke did Apr 15, 2021
Emergency Physician Wins $26M in Wrongful Termination Suit Raymond Brovont, MD, said he was fired for raising concerns about staffing issues Apr 15, 2021
Safety Data Mixed for Anti-VEGF Eye Drugs Continued concern over systemic effects in high-risk patients Apr 15, 2021
Vax Passports Are a Bad Idea Prasad explores the balance of possible (but uncertain) health benefits and social harms Apr 15, 2021
Op-Ed: These Hospital COVID Restrictions Are Dumb And they aren't based in science, according to ZDoggMD Apr 14, 2021
ACIP Punts on J&J COVID Vaccine CDC advisors back continued "pause" until more data available Apr 14, 2021
New Anti-PD1 Drugs Boost Survival in Treated Lung Cancer Questions about generalizability of results with China-developed therapies Apr 14, 2021
Can Magic Mushrooms Measure Up to SSRIs for Depression Treatment? Trial results say no, but investigators maintain psilocybin still has potential Apr 14, 2021
Perianal Involvement in Crohnβs Disease: How Bad for Prognosis? Poor outcomes noted, especially with severe phenotype Apr 14, 2021
In Lupus, Even Minor Changes in Disease Activity Matter One-unit increase in disease activity score raised mortality risk by 22%, study showed Apr 14, 2021
Job Loss Seen Driving Many Nurse Suicides And a new study provides more data on risk for nurses versus physicians Apr 14, 2021
Another Player in Advanced Bladder Cancer Accelerated FDA approval of sacituzumab govitecan after chemo, immunotherapy Apr 14, 2021
Reassuring Data on Tranexamic Acid and Blood Clots Yet concerns of thrombotic complications remain Apr 14, 2021
CaMKII Inhibitor Disappoints in Post-MI Cardioprotection First agent of its kind to test the waters in heart disease Apr 14, 2021
CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Apr 14, 2021
Op-Ed: Please Don't Yell at Me. I'm Trying to Help A doctor treating individuals with substance use disorders understands the fear and frustration Apr 13, 2021
Targeted Drug Yields Durable Responses in Rare Blood Neoplasm Most advanced systemic mastocytosis patients responded to KIT D816V inhibitor Apr 13, 2021
FDA Temporarily Lifts Restriction on Abortion Pill Allows clinicians to dispense mifepristone via telehealth during the pandemic Apr 13, 2021
Op-Ed: Let's Prevent Post-Shutdown Sports Injuries in our Kids Quarantine to competition carries heightened injury risk Apr 13, 2021
Another FGFR Inhibitor Active in Bile Duct Cancers Clinical benefit rate of 82% in patients selected for FGFR2 fusions, rearrangements Apr 13, 2021
New-Onset Neuro Symptoms Common in Kids With MIS-C Half of pediatric patients in small British study show neurologic involvement Apr 13, 2021
Doc Faces Charges for Misusing $300K in COVID Relief Francis Joseph, MD, spent funds on travel and home improvements, federal prosecutors say Apr 13, 2021
USPSTF: Routine Vitamin D Screening Still on Shaky Ground Not enough evidence for an ideal level of vitamin D Apr 13, 2021
NKF 2021: Skewed Transplant Waitlists; Daft Diabetes Care Other noteworthy research presented at the National Kidney Foundation's annual meeting Apr 12, 2021
Dual Targeted Tx a 'Meaningful' Option in BRAF-Mutant Glioma One-third of glioblastoma patients responded to dabrafenib-trametinib Apr 12, 2021
Epilepsy Drugs For Newly Diagnosed Patients: What's Best? Valproate shines in British trial, posing dilemma for younger women Apr 12, 2021
Inhaled Steroid for Early COVID-19 Passes Another Test New analysis demonstrates speedier recovery for patients treated at home Apr 12, 2021
Common Antibiotics Spell Trouble in Existing Aortopathy More data to support the elevated risk posed by fluoroquinolones to the aortic wall Apr 12, 2021
More Benefit With Taxane for Aggressive Metastatic Prostate Cancer Higher clinical benefit rate with front-line cabazitaxel versus androgen receptor inhibitor Apr 12, 2021
