Metabolic Surgery Prevails for Mortality, CV-Risk Reduction in T2D Macrovascular complications, CV mortality reduced more with surgery than medical therapy alone Nov 15, 2018
Abuse-Deterrent Oxycodone Ekes Out FDA Panel Win 10-7 vote in joint advisory committee meeting favoring MNK-812 approval Nov 15, 2018
Race, Clinical Factors Predict Weight Gain After Roux-en-Y African Americans, nonusers of pharmacotherapy more likely to experience regain Nov 14, 2018
AMA Delegates Back Physician Freedom in Opioid Prescribing CDC guidelines are well-intentioned but shouldn't restrict prescribing, they say Nov 13, 2018
AASLD Poster Roundup: Gender, Insurance, Weight and Waitlists Selections from poster sessions at the annual Liver Meeting Nov 10, 2018
Lady Gaga: Music Icon, Budding Actress... and Fibromyalgia Patient Pop star brings light to common yet frequently misdiagnosed pain condition Oct 25, 2018
Morning Break: Human Side of Addiction; Eyeing Da Vinci's Genius; No CV Indication for Ilaris Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Oct 19, 2018
Nerve Plane Block May Improve Mastectomy Pain Also: obese children and post-surgery pain; patient-controlled epidurals after C-section Oct 16, 2018
Two-Week Opioid Script Is Plenty for 90% of Nasal Surgery Patients One fourth of patients required no opioid medication at all Oct 10, 2018
Sandeep Jauhar's Real-Life Tales From, and of, the Heart Exploring the organ's intertwined metaphorical and biological aspects Oct 08, 2018
Surgery Improves Survival for most pNETs Mortality odds 70%-80% lower for all but stage I disease Oct 06, 2018
Complex Pain Syndromes in the Emergency Room One physician's approach: trust patients and avoid opioids Oct 03, 2018
A Doctor's Life at the Nation's Oldest Hospital, Now on TV "New Amsterdam," based on Eric Manheimer's experiences, comes to prime time Sep 25, 2018
TCT: TAVR's Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch Problem Gets Airing It's not just a surgical issue, according to TVT Registry data Sep 24, 2018 video
10-Minute Headstart for the Cath Lab Helps in STEMI Emergencies Quicker revascularization, possibly better survival seen in registry Sep 18, 2018
Patient Psychology Called Key in Pain Management "Pain is fundamentally more than just biology," says Beth Darnall of Stanford Sep 10, 2018
Expert: Let Ethics Guide Pain Prescribing Framework won't vary with 'swirling' political or regulatory climate Sep 10, 2018
Why Do Female Troops Get Pregnant During Deployment? Military's efforts to provide contraception seen falling short Sep 06, 2018
The Calif. Docs Accused of Overprescribing Opioids Complaints cite "gross negligence," "incredibly high" doses -- and bad penmanship Sep 05, 2018
'Death Certificate Project' Terrifies California Doctors Hundreds threatened with disciplinary action for opioid scripts to patients who overdosed Aug 30, 2018
ESC: MI Redefined in International Guidelines Fourth "Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction" issued Aug 27, 2018
ESC: Rivaroxaban Doesn't Prevent VTE after Acute Illness Efficacy shown in prior trial is lost, but safety gained in this setting Aug 26, 2018 video
ESC: Restrictive Transfusion Deemed Safe in Cardiac Surgery Patients Restrictive strategy superior in those ages ≥75, according to TRICS III trial Aug 26, 2018
Cath Lab Recap: Intracardiac Echo; Safe Late Lumen Loss Limit Interventional cardiology news to note Aug 23, 2018
Proteinuria Flags Risk for Post-Op Kidney Injury Even trace levels of urinary protein tied to elevated rate of acute renal impairment Jul 05, 2018
Oral Meds Relieve Acute Migraine Attacks Rimegepant and ubrogepant lessen headache pain and bothersome symptoms Jul 05, 2018
Migraine Patterns Often Change During Menopause Falling estrogen levels may worsen headaches Jul 05, 2018
Patients Often Mistake Migraine 'Triggers' Tracking app data show little association for chocolate, nitrates, MSG Jul 03, 2018
Galcanezumab Offers Help for Cluster Headache and Migraine CGRP blocker reduced frequency of both types of headache more than placebo Jul 03, 2018
Lasmiditan Provides Rapid Migraine Relief First-in-class drug promises efficacy without cardiovascular side effects Jul 02, 2018
FDA Advisory Committee Rejects New ER Opioid Votes 3-14 against recommending product approval Jun 27, 2018
'Artificial Pancreas' System Boosts In-Hospital T2D Control Less time out of range, no increase in insulin or lows with fully-automated system Jun 25, 2018
Flap vs Implant for Breast Reconstruction: How to Choose Experts say decision should be personalized Jun 20, 2018
Post-Op VTE Risk Up After Intra-Op Blood Transfusion Deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism more common within 30 days Jun 14, 2018
Less Morbidity, Lower Costs Tied to MIS in Cervical Cancer But minimally invasive surgery also linked to decreased survival Jun 05, 2018
Pre-Surgical CRT May Boost Survival in Pancreatic Ca Further data needed to clarify best approach and who would benefit most Jun 04, 2018
Many with Metastatic Kidney Cancer Can Skip Surgery Overall survival with single-agent sunitinib better than with resection Jun 04, 2018
Keytruda Alone Bests Chemo in Advanced NSCLC Monotherapy boosts survival in patients with low PD-L1, no EGFR or ALK alterations Jun 04, 2018
