For IBS Patients, Cannabis Linked to Fewer Rehospitalizations, Shorter Stays 30-day readmission rate and overall costs were lower in cannabis users May 05, 2020
Respiratory Therapists Play Critical Role in COVID-19 Pandemic Specialty is in the thick of the outbreak, managing ventilators and assisting with intubations May 04, 2020
Still Want to Be a Doctor Post COVID-19? How the pandemic could influence the next generation of healthcare professionals May 04, 2020
Honing Chemo Use in Small Breast Tumors Clearest survival benefit for 8-10 mm tumors in HR/HER2-positive disease May 03, 2020
Universal Face Shields for COVID-19: The New and Improved Mask? Not just for HCPs; potentially more effective and more comfortable for members of the public May 01, 2020
Miscarriage and Maternal Mortality in Pregnant COVID-19 Patients Risk is unknown but nonzero May 01, 2020
Fatty Liver Afflicts Most 9/11 'Ground Zero' Workers Researchers blame toxin exposure during recovery and cleanup effort Apr 30, 2020
Hidradenitis Suppurativa Closely Linked with Childhood Weight Prevalence of the painful skin condition will likely increase with rising childhood obesity rates, Danish researchers say Apr 30, 2020
Rheumatoid Arthritis: Biologic Dose Cuts Feasible Majority of patients who achieved remission, low disease activity could lower biologic intake without flaring Apr 30, 2020
The Great Ventilator Fiasco of COVID-19 Is this one of the biggest challenges facing science? Apr 29, 2020
Will Life and Medicine Go Back to Normal After COVID-19? Milton Packer has a surprising twist for those who yearn for "normalcy" Apr 29, 2020
Derm Residents Protest Board's In-Person Certification Exam Must travel to Florida in July for required test Apr 28, 2020
It's Always 'Safety Third' in Emergency Medicine COVID-19 or not, the first priority is patients Apr 28, 2020
Cold-Induced Energy Burn Higher With Brown Fat More evidence of the tissue's potential as target for weight loss, researchers say Apr 28, 2020
Anti-PD-L1 Plus PARP Inhibitor Ups Response in Breast Cancer Add-on treatment superior to chemo alone, but questions remain about cost, toxicity Apr 28, 2020
Gout and Sleep Apnea: It's Complicated Risk is increased with comorbidities such as heart failure and renal impairment Apr 28, 2020
Benign Kidney Tumors Shrink With mTOR Inhibitor More than 50% reduction in angiomyolipoma volume, though with "some toxicities" Apr 24, 2020
COVID-19 Hit NYC Kidney Transplant Recipients Hard Study "raises very serious concerns about the safety of transplant patients in this outbreak" Apr 24, 2020
Hormone Levels Tied to Future Breast Cancer Risk "New avenues for exploration" in risk stratification Apr 24, 2020
High-Dose CQ Tied to Death, Cardiac Events in COVID-19 Patients Trial stopped due to prolonged QTc interval, higher rate of death in high- vs low-dose group Apr 24, 2020
Menstrual Cup Users at Increased Risk of IUD Displacement Trial participants advised 9 months into the study to avoid concurrent use Apr 24, 2020
An Unsafe Interaction Between Pradaxa and Common Meds Study suggests drug-drug interaction regardless of kidney function Apr 24, 2020
NYU Leadership Gaslights Residents Over Hazard Pay Urology chair: requests are "not becoming of a compassionate and caring physician" Apr 23, 2020
Seizures and COVID-19 Italian case suggests breakthrough seizures may indicate infection Apr 23, 2020
Lung Disease, CVD Strongly Linked to EVALI Deaths Nearly 30% of patients who died reported no THC use, CDC researchers found Apr 22, 2020
Study: Off-Label Use of DOACs Worrisome for LV Thrombi DOACs linked to more events than with warfarin for such blood clots Apr 22, 2020
CDC Recommends Dr. Oz Wear 'Duct Tape Mask' "These new guidelines should have been in place years ago" Apr 21, 2020
New Standard in Recurrent, Platinum-Sensitive Ovarian Cancer Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin unseats gemcitabine in standard platinum regimen Apr 21, 2020
Gout Raises Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults Results support need for interventions to reduce the excess risk in this population, researchers say Apr 21, 2020
C-Section at First Delivery Tied to Impaired Future Fertility Not necessarily causal, however Apr 20, 2020
Screen Time for Babies Tied to Autism Symptoms Later But whether relationship is causal is unknown Apr 20, 2020
Fear of the False Negative COVID-19 Test Reports suggest dire impact on healthcare workforce -- and patient care -- if tests miss infectious providers Apr 20, 2020
Dyspnea and COVID-19: It's All in the Timing Onset of shortness of breath can help distinguish COVID-19 from other illnesses, researchers argue Apr 16, 2020
One Weird Trick to Rule Out Post-TAVR Pacemaker Rapid RA pacing to predict a person's need for PPI or extended monitoring Apr 16, 2020
COVID-19 Drive-Thru Test Site Shut Down Local health officials take action after clinic operators fail to produce documentation Apr 16, 2020