Chemotherapy Improved TNBC Survival in Older Women Benefits noted in both node-negative and -positive disease, as well as for those with a comorbidity score greater than 0 Dec 08, 2020
Tranexamic Acid May Hurt Head Trauma Survival for One Key Group Cheap antifibrinolytic given en route to hospital safe overall in registry Dec 07, 2020
Liver Failure or Liver Mets? Diagnosis complicated by absence of radiologic evidence of hepatic lesions Dec 07, 2020
Dapagliflozin's Overwhelming Benefit in CKD SGLT2 inhibitor shows fewer renal events, prolonged overall survival Dec 07, 2020 video
Saxenda OK'd for Teens with Obesity Liraglutide label now includes adolescents as young as 12 Dec 07, 2020
Youth Not Immune to Rising Overdose Rates Overdoses with stimulants on the rise, while those involving heroin have declined Dec 07, 2020
Fixed-Duration Ibrutinib-Venetoclax Promising in First-Line CLL DFS at 1 year reaches 95% in patients with undetectable MRD Dec 06, 2020
CRISPR-Based Tx Offers Hope in Tough-to-Treat Blood Disorders Success with investigational use of gene editing in sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia Dec 06, 2020
Blood Cancers and COVID-19: 'A Medically Vulnerable' Group Patients with hematologic malignancies and SARS-CoV-2 face higher risks for infection, death Dec 06, 2020
Clinical Challenges: Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis Currently available options include new targeted biologics and oral small molecules Dec 06, 2020
Sudden Death in Epilepsy May Be More Common in Children Registry data show higher mortality rates than previously thought Dec 05, 2020
JAK Inhibitor Wins in Second-Line Chronic GVHD Twice as many patients achieved a response at week 24 Dec 05, 2020
Sickle Cell Disease Tied to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Black patients seem to be at higher risk for certain COVID-19 complications, death Dec 05, 2020
Three-Drug Regimen Reduces Myeloma Treatment Burden Efficacy maintained with addition of SQ daratumumab to pomalidomide, dexamethasone Dec 04, 2020
Bone Marrow Improves Healing With ACL Grafts MRI confirms better outcomes than with allograft alone in randomized study Dec 04, 2020
COVID-19 Fears Tied to More Appendix Perforations in Kids Visits to a pediatric emergency department in Virginia declined during pandemic Dec 04, 2020
Should Docs Who Had COVID Still Get the Vaccine? Healthcare workers consider giving up their spot in line in light of limited supply Dec 03, 2020
Want to Know More About mRNA Before Your COVID Jab? A primer on the history, scope, and safety of mRNA vaccines and therapeutics Dec 03, 2020
Roxadustat for the Treatment of CKD-Related Anemia First orally administered small molecule HIF-PH inhibitor on track for FDA approval Dec 03, 2020 video
Overdose Calls Slam EMS in Pandemic Trends correspond with social distancing measured through cell phone data Dec 03, 2020
Heart Failure Seen in Baby With COVID-19 Full recovery made after acute decompensated presentation Dec 02, 2020
White Matter Damage Persists Over Time in Vets with TBI Neuroimaging results could offer prognostic markers of recovery or deterioration Dec 02, 2020
2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Includes 10.2% Cut in Conversion Factor Cognitive specialties will see increases while radiologists, pathologists get pay cuts Dec 02, 2020
Clinical Challenges: Can MRI and Biomarkers Replace Biopsy for AS in Prostate Cancer? Practitioners remain wary Dec 02, 2020
FDA OKs 'Game Changer' Radiotracer for Prostate Cancer PET imaging drug detected metastasis at initial diagnosis, outperformed standard for PSA recurrence Dec 01, 2020
Negative Fish Oil Studies Shouldn't Diminish REDUCE-IT Deepak Bhatt, MD, says not all omega-3 fatty acid formulations are created equal Dec 01, 2020 video
Colchicine Approval Took a Huge Toll on CMS As centuries-old drug is explored for COVID-19, study details the price of approval Nov 30, 2020
Op-Ed: Practicing Medicine vs Practicing Advanced Nursing "Most of the time I was OK. The problem was that I couldn't recognize when things were not OK" Nov 29, 2020
Docs Can Prescribe Opioids Via Telemedicine, for Now CMS will eventually revisit emergency guidance Nov 29, 2020
Op-Ed: Supporting Immigrant Healthcare Supports Everyone An economic as well as ethical imperative Nov 28, 2020
Renewed Concerns About Finasteride and Mental Health Database study links popular alopecia treatment with increased risks of suicidality, depression Nov 27, 2020
Study Reassures on MS Patients' Breast, Colorectal Cancer Risk But higher incidence of other cancers in Canadian data Nov 25, 2020
Nursing Homes Fined for COVID Infection Control Lapses Industry representatives argue penalties are counterproductive Nov 25, 2020
World's Deadliest Neglected Disease: Snakebite Slithers Under the Radar Pick your poison: neurotoxic or hemotoxic Nov 25, 2020
Beaumont Cardiologist Wants Executives Fired Robert Safian, MD, wrote system's board about toxic culture, pursuit of profit over people Nov 25, 2020
Adult Complications of the Fontan Procedure This AP Cardiology podcast episode tackles cirrhosis, arrhythmias, and pregnancy risks Nov 25, 2020 podcast
Doc Gets 5 Years for Fraud; Vaccine-Hesitant Docs & Nurses; Lysol Under the Lid This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 25, 2020
