Ankle Steroid Shots Tied to Post-Op Infections Study showed doubled rate of infections with intra-articular injections Mar 06, 2016
A Tale of Two Psoriasis Numbers: PASI 75 or 90? Debate over complete clearance goals ends in draw Mar 06, 2016
Meniscal Tears in OA: Arthroscopy No Help Patients with arthroscopy were 30% more likely to have joint replacement Mar 06, 2016
Timing of Injections Affects Trigger Finger Outcome Need for surgery high if steroid injections repeated within 6 months Mar 05, 2016
Nasal Staph Linked With Post-Op Infection Patients at risk include those with diabetes, immunosuppression, and renal insufficiency Mar 04, 2016
Mortality High in Post-Arthroplasty Sepsis Sources of sepsis included pneumonia and urinary tract or surgical site infections Mar 03, 2016
Chilling the Brain to Understand Speech Processing Neurosurgeon describes novel technique for assessing specific functions within brain regions Mar 03, 2016 video
Outpatient Surgery Safe for Total Hip No medical or surgical events put patients at risk Mar 03, 2016
Are Medical Scribes Slowing the Development of EHRs? Scribes take off the pressure to improve them, two experts say Mar 03, 2016
Opinion Makers: Jury Still Out on Gene-Guided DLBCL Therapy Rationale for subtyping, but treatment data inconclusive Mar 02, 2016 video
Health Data Is More Valuable Than You May Think Many organizations are unaware of their security vulnerabilities Mar 01, 2016
Muscle Weakness Predicts Disability in Scleroderma But muscle involvement not tied to higher mortality in this study Mar 01, 2016
How Abbott Sells Hypothyroidism in India Blurring the line between "awareness" and hucksterism Feb 28, 2016
Friday Feedback: How Safe Is Vaginal Estrogen for Breast Cancer Survivors? ACOG endorsed its use, but what do experts think? Feb 26, 2016
Tenofovir Twin Continues to Perform Well New version of old standby has better toxicity profile Feb 24, 2016
Lab Mystery: How Did Worker Get HIV Infection? "Perfect storm of errors," researchers speculate Feb 24, 2016
Leflunomide Tied to Modest Weight Loss in RA Patients Weight loss at 6 months linked with higher 3-year mortality Feb 24, 2016
Calling a Doctor by His or Her First Name It's different without a longstanding relationship, says James C. Salwitz, MD Feb 23, 2016
ACOG: Vaginal Estrogen Safe for Breast Ca Survivors No increased risk of cancer recurrence Feb 23, 2016
RheumNow: It Took Me 30 Years to Learn This About RA Jack Cush, MD, shares insights into rheumatoid arthritis Feb 18, 2016
Medical Boards Fail to Punish Docs Who Commit Sexual Misconduct Most never disciplined by state boards after institutional sanctions Feb 14, 2016
Tophaceous Gout: When Is Surgery Needed? Indications include skin ulcerations, nerve entrapment, recurrent infection Feb 11, 2016
Eye Problems in Microcephalic Infants May be Linked to Zika Virus Small Brazilian study suggests high rate of ocular abnormalities Feb 09, 2016
OB-GYNS: Stick With CDC Zika Guidelines Special SMFM session clarifies role of serial ultrasound, amniocentesis Feb 06, 2016
'Red Dot Test' May Detect Preeclampsia Sooner Test screens for abnormal proteins, similar to Alzheimer's research Feb 05, 2016
Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing Feb 04, 2016
Shorter Therapy an Option for High-Risk Anal Cancer Abbrieviated chemoradiation matches standard with less toxicity Jan 24, 2016
RheumNow: 10 Ways RA Could’ve Killed Glenn Frey Jack Cush reviews the complications associated with rheumatoid arthritis Jan 22, 2016
Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
RA Flares Common After Stopping Adalimumab But anti-TNF discontinuation may be possible in select patients Jan 20, 2016
Urine Screens Show Patients Don't Take ADHD Meds About a third of patients noncompliant; some take other illicit drugs instead Jan 19, 2016
Liquid Stimulant Eases ADHD Symptoms in Autism Patients also had some improvements in social scores Jan 16, 2016
The Methods Man: What's 'Normal' for a Lab Value? Hint: it's not necessarily what your EHR system says Jan 14, 2016
No DFS Benefit With Chemoradiation in Bladder Cancer Adjuvant combo reduces local recurrence after cystectomy Jan 13, 2016
Adding Hormonal Tx To Salvage RT Ups Prostate Ca Survival Metastasis, cancer-specific survival also reduced in high-risk disease Jan 11, 2016
Lower-Dose RT New Standard for Prostate Cancer? Non-inferiority demonstrated for 60 Gy versus 74 Gy Jan 09, 2016
Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance? Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire Jan 08, 2016