In Cryptogenic Stroke, Think Stimulants? Hospital saw three adult ADHD patients with ischemic stroke in one week Oct 17, 2016
A Patient's Journey: Celebrity Revelation Stirs the Pot Ben Stiller says PSA testing saved his life. Did it really? Oct 12, 2016
Time to Divorce USPSTF Statements from Coverage Decisions? First-dollar payment mandate has rob-Peter, pay-Paul consequence Oct 10, 2016
CardioBrief: Trump's CV Event Risk Seven Times Bigger Than Clinton's Cardiologist speculates on coronary calcium scores disclosed by the candidates Oct 05, 2016
Infectious Disease App a Worthy Alternative to Sanford, Hopkins Humorous writing is combined with an easy-to-use interface Oct 05, 2016
No Wheat or Barley on the Label? Be Careful, There Could Still Be Gluten But specific 'gluten-free' labeling is generally trustworthy Oct 01, 2016
Clinton's Hypothyroid Medication Draws Interest Candidate is taking Armour Thyroid rather than levothyroxine Sep 26, 2016
Billion Dollar Lab Scam: The Beat Goes On Yet more fallout from the catastrophic bankruptcy of HDL Lab Sep 22, 2016
Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated? No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events Sep 22, 2016
AAFP: MOC Debate Roils Delegates Ditching 'high stakes exam' could reduce fear factor, but ... Sep 20, 2016
AAFP Urged to Take Action to Prevent Burnout Delegates demand more than seminars, articles, and phone numbers Sep 19, 2016
AAFP Exec Declares Healthcare 'Fundamental Human Right' Tearful entreaty mixed with scolds Sep 19, 2016
Women with T2D Face Higher Fracture Risk Chances for osteoporotic breaks climb after a decade with type 2 diabetes Sep 18, 2016
Remyelinating Drug Flops in MS Large placebo response, 'inverted U-shaped' dose-response in phase II trial Sep 18, 2016
Registry Data: Lemtrada More Effective than Competing MS Tx Better than fingolimod or interferon; comparable to natalizumab Sep 17, 2016
New Ampyra Trial Bolsters MS Efficacy Claims Walking ability, as reported by patients, significantly improved Sep 17, 2016
Rituximab Bests MS Drugs in Swedish Registry Rituximab offered drug survival advantage over fingolimod, natalizumab Sep 16, 2016
CML Patients Still Benefit from Transplant Also at SOHO: Ponatinib proves mettle in pretreated CML Sep 13, 2016
How Sweet: Sugar Industry Made Fat the Villain Harvard researchers received sugar industry money to write a NEJMreview Sep 12, 2016
Survey Finds Many People Lack NSAID Knowledge Patients fail to ID these drugs or associated risks Sep 12, 2016
Nursing Student Diary: First Days 'Proud, excited, nervous, confident, all at the same time' Sep 12, 2016
Patients Needing High-Dose Opioids May Have Genetic Defects Defective activity levels require extra meds for pain control Sep 11, 2016
Opioid Abuse: The Economic Burden on Payers Study finds excess costs ramp up before the initial diagnosis Sep 10, 2016
Opioid Treatment Under Control at Large Urban Health System Majority of patients on lowest dosage per day Sep 09, 2016
MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families Sep 09, 2016
Hypomethylating Agents Useful in Low-Risk MDS Objective responses in a majority of patients Sep 08, 2016
Concussions at Altitude: No Longer Worth Investigating? Researchers suggest issue is resolved; others say not so fast Sep 07, 2016
Pearls From: Rheumatologist Philip Mease An expert discusses new treatments for PsA and SpA Sep 06, 2016 video
For Each Hour of Clinical Time, Docs Spend 2 on Desk Work Time-and-motion study of 57 doctors in ambulatory settings Sep 06, 2016
By the Numbers: Who Are the ED 'Frequent Flyers'? Surprising demographics for patients with many emergency room visits Sep 02, 2016
Why a Missed Primary Endpoint Isn't the End of the Road Many 'negative' studies would be better described as uninformative Sep 01, 2016 video
ESC: Pope Backs Medical Research in Historic Speech Addresses cardiology meeting in Rome Aug 31, 2016
Morning Break: Docs Who Fondle; 'Zombie Anthrax'; PCBs and Autism Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the Ƶ staff Aug 25, 2016
IVF With Frozen Embryos May be Better in Women With PCOS Lower rates of ovarian hyperstimulation, pregnancy loss Aug 10, 2016
Scrubs Outside the Hospital: Good or Bad? It's probably harmless but "sends the wrong message," says Skeptical Scalpel, MD Aug 09, 2016
Poet and Physician: A Chat With John Coulehan, MD Coulehan wears three different hats: physician, ethicist, and poet Aug 07, 2016