Novel NMDA Receptor Antagonist Wins for Major Depression Dextromethorphan-bupropion tablets topped placebo in phase III trial, under review at FDA May 03, 2021
Rapid Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis With New JAK1 Inhibitor Plus: First-in-class drug shows promise in AD, BTK inhibitor active in pemphigus May 03, 2021
Amphetamine Patch Succeeds Among Kids With ADHD Investigational patch worn for 9 hours on the hip May 03, 2021
MDMA-Assisted Therapy Offers a Win for PTSD Remission Trial patients achieved good outcome with addition of psychoactive drug to psychotherapy May 02, 2021
Steady, But Not Necessarily Positive, Parental Support Key for LGBT Community Those whose parents vacillated with support saw higher rates of mental health issues May 02, 2021
Contact with Cops Causes Anxiety in Young Black Adults Study highlights prevalence, severity of police-related anxiety for emerging adults in the U.S. May 02, 2021
Business as Usual at Some Cath Labs, But Providers Still On Guard Cautious optimism as some appear to come out the other side of the global pandemic May 01, 2021
Topical JAK Inhibitor Shows Promise in Vitiligo Half of patients had 90% improvement after 2 years of treatment Apr 30, 2021
New Clues to Sleep Problems, Solutions in Cancer Patients Studies in GI and breast cancers zero in on sleep disturbance during active treatment Apr 30, 2021
Involuntary Psychiatric Holds in Kids: The Known Unknowns Literature review turns up factors associated with youth psych admissions, and knowledge gaps Apr 30, 2021
Delayed Diagnosis Common in Spinal Ailment Typical 7-year delay after symptom onset leaves patients at risk for irreversible damage Apr 30, 2021
Did Vaping THC 'Wax' for 5 Days Cause This Teen Girl's Seizure? Evidence for the effect of THC on seizure threshold is conflicting, clinicians say Apr 29, 2021
Treatment Type a Non-Factor in Prostate Cancer Patients' Anxiety Researchers emphasized importance of psychological interventions as problems arise Apr 29, 2021
High Rate of Hyperhidrosis Relief With Topical Agent Benefit for 86% of patients treated with sofpironium bromide Apr 29, 2021
Lung Cancer Survival Continues to Rise With Immunotherapy Twice as many patients with advanced NSCLC alive at 5 years with pembrolizumab vs chemo Apr 29, 2021
Vadadustat Matches Standard for CKD-Related Anemia, With Caveat Jury still out on drug's heart safety, which differed depending on dialysis dependence Apr 28, 2021
Healthy Lifestyle May Mitigate Heart Risks for Young Cancer Survivors Literature reviews find particularly persistent cardiovascular complications in these patients Apr 28, 2021
Managing Risk of Chronic Post-Surgical Pain: Timing Is Key Psychological interventions can support other treatment Apr 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Medical Culture Kills Doctors and Patients Beware the deadly invisible elephant in the room Apr 28, 2021
Gender Surgery Tied to Mental Health Gains for Transgender People Psychological distress and substance use decreased with affirming surgeries Apr 28, 2021
Rapid Improvement in Atopic Dermatitis With Topical JAK Inhibitor Disease activity index improved as early as week 1 with delgocitinib cream Apr 27, 2021
Facial Paralysis After COVID-19 Vaccines: What We Know Analysis suggests no higher safety signal than other vaccines Apr 27, 2021
Diabetes, Dementia, and Age: What's the Link? Age of diabetes onset, as well as cardiovascular comorbidities, play large role in dementia risk Apr 27, 2021
Will Telehealth Shape the Future of Pain Care? Lessons from the pandemic may guide the way pain medicine is delivered Apr 26, 2021
Op-Ed: Stop With the Empty Statements on Race Action plans go much further to drive meaningful change Apr 26, 2021
Significant Improvement in Hand Eczema With Pan-JAK Inhibitor Disease activity indicators reduced, no safety signals with gusacitinib versus placebo Apr 26, 2021
COVID-19 Pain Poses Unique Challenges Neuropathic pain may be common, especially after prolonged ICU stay Apr 26, 2021
Moms' Health Habits Rub Off on Children Australian study suggests young kids copy parental behavior, healthy as well as unhealthy Apr 26, 2021
Drug 'TYKs' All the Boxes in Two Plaque Psoriasis Trials Significantly higher response rates with TYK2 inhibitor deucravacitinib versus apremilast Apr 25, 2021
Op-Ed: Time to Give Rude Patients a 1-Star Rating? Behavioral expectations for those we care for Apr 24, 2021
Op-Ed: An Open Letter to Our Fellow White Male Physicians We need to do more to promote justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion Apr 23, 2021
Big Win in Psoriasis for Dual IL-17A/17F Inhibitor Significant differences in clearance with bimekizumab vs secukinumab at all time points Apr 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Are Marijuana Use and Suicide Linked? A review of the data show there's cause for alarm Apr 23, 2021
Novel Oxybate Tx Helps Idiopathic Hypersomnia Patients Lower-sodium oxybate improves scores on sleepiness scale compared with placebo Apr 23, 2021
Chemotherapy Nausea Linked to Stress, Neuropsych Symptoms High frequency of CIN leads to stress and more severe neuropsychological symptoms Apr 23, 2021
Auricular Acupressure May Relieve Neuropathy in Breast Cancer First randomized trial of the noninvasive technique in such patients Apr 22, 2021
Veterans Who Survive COVID May Face the Fight of Their Lives Largest study to date finds higher risk of death, medication use, and "long COVID" symptoms Apr 22, 2021