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
Colonoscopy Complications Occur at Surprisingly High Rate Approaching 2% within a week of 'scoping Feb 16, 2016
Medical Boards Fail to Punish Docs Who Commit Sexual Misconduct Most never disciplined by state boards after institutional sanctions Feb 14, 2016
Wise Buy? Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Cheaper and safer than ECT, the other proven therapy for refractory depression Feb 12, 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
CardioBrief: Entresto Off to Slow Start 'Blockbuster' heart failure drug falls short of already low sales expectations Jan 29, 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
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
Aspirin May Lower Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer But confirmation needed before a firm recommendation can be made Jan 05, 2016
RheumNow: The Ill-Conceived Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Where fibromyalgia diagnosis can go wrong, and how to get it right Dec 29, 2015
10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says Dec 28, 2015
SEER Data Errors: NCI Looks To Avoid Repeats Results reassuring as SEER audit nears completion Dec 23, 2015
Can Antidepressants Trigger Mania? SSRIs, venlafaxine associated with mania, but causal relationship uncertain Dec 15, 2015
Testosterone Linked to Uterine Fibroid Risk Incident fibroids more common with high T in women but not for their recurrence Dec 15, 2015
Some Benefit With Entyvio for Arthritis in Crohn's Trend seen for treating extraintestinal manifestations Dec 13, 2015
No Benefit Seen for Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis Cochrane review showed similar relapse rates for mesalazine and probiotics Dec 11, 2015
Continuous Tx May be Problematic in Status Epilepticus Longer PICU stay, more vasopressor use with continuous versus bolus therapy Dec 10, 2015
Still Only Open-Label Evidence for Cannabis Drug Data from randomized controlled trials expected in February Dec 08, 2015
Combo Anxiety Tx Has Mixed Results in Alcohol Use Disorder Lorazepam plus disulfiram deemed effective, but adherence low Dec 08, 2015
Rivermead Test: More Sensitive to Memory Loss in Epilepsy? Small study suggests new test can measure decline over time Dec 06, 2015
Topical Ketamine: Potential for Serious Abuse? Case report on accidental overdose after intrarectal recreational use Dec 06, 2015