SGLT2 Inhibitor No Help for ICU Patients With Acute Organ Dysfunction Secondary findings of trial only suggest a potential benefit in kidney protection Jun 14, 2024
Some Pasteurization Methods May Not Clear H5N1 in Heavily Infected Milk In experimental study, trace infectious virus detectable in some samples heated for short periods Jun 14, 2024
PPI Prevents Upper GI Bleeds During Intubation, With No Effect on Mortality But expert still suggests the approach may not be appropriate for the most severely ill Jun 14, 2024
Doc Paralyzed After COVID; Legionella at Medicare HQ; Mystery Grand Canyon Illness Health news and commentary gathered by 鶹ý staff Jun 14, 2024
Liberal Blood Transfusion After Traumatic Brain Injury May Hold Benefit Trial didn't meet primary outcome, but functional independence scores were better Jun 13, 2024
Diet Change Revealed Deadly Diagnosis: Medical Mystery Solved! Can you guess what caused this patient's salt cravings? Jun 13, 2024
Preoxygenation With Noninvasive Ventilation Led to Less Hypoxemia During Intubation Fewer critically ill adults had hypoxemia compared with preoxygenation with an oxygen mask Jun 13, 2024
Amino Acid Infusion Before Cardiac Surgery Reduced Acute Kidney Injury The amino acid mixture reduced stage 3 AKI by 44% compared with placebo Jun 12, 2024
Prolonged Beta-Lactam Dosing Boosts Survival in Sepsis, Septic Shock Trial and meta-analysis add strength to weak guidelines Jun 12, 2024
Established TAVR Platforms Evolving for Lifetime Management New additions to Sapien, Evolut, Navitor lines aim to ensure coronary access Jun 10, 2024
New Tricuspid Interventions Launched into 'Broken' System Having the technology reach the right patients is a major challenge in the real world Jun 08, 2024
Can Mitral Valve Innovators Dig Themselves Out of a Rut? Current transcatheter mitral valve replacement devices a poor match for clinical need Jun 06, 2024
Paxlovid Trial Flops for COVID Pneumonia Small study found no decrease in mortality among inpatients in three countries Jun 06, 2024
Most Heart Disease Deaths Still Occur in Cold Weather, but Heat Is a Growing Problem Rising mortality burden from high ambient temperatures around the world Jun 03, 2024
'Uncertainty' Isn't a Bad Word: U.S. Agencies Must Tighten Up H5N1 Communications More effective and efficient public messaging is the need of the hour Jun 03, 2024
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Rates After RSV Shots in Sync With Trial Data, CDC Says But compared with mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, GBS was more common than expected May 31, 2024
Not All COVID Patients Benefit From JAK Inhibitor Post-hoc analysis shows that body weight makes an important difference May 28, 2024
Antimicrobial Resistance Must Be Addressed Now, Global Experts Warn "Window of opportunity" is shrinking, expert says May 24, 2024
Congressman's Stroke; Warning on Bear Meat Consumption; Paralysis via Grand Piano Health news and commentary gathered by 鶹ý staff May 24, 2024
Chest Pain in the ED: More Referrals for Cardiac Tests Not Tied to Better Outcomes No significant decrease in MACE for intermediate and high referral groups vs low referral group May 23, 2024
Mortality Signal Emerges 2 Years After Valve-in-Valve TAVR for Failed SAVR Alternative to redo surgery associated with several-fold increase in deaths, HF hospitalization May 22, 2024
Acetaminophen Fails to Improve Mortality, Need for Organ Support in Sepsis However, treated patients were less likely to develop ARDS, respiratory dysfunction May 20, 2024
Early CRT Benefits HF With Moderately Reduced Ejection Fraction Trial suggests a possible disease modifying benefit May 20, 2024
Gastrointestinal Bleeding More Common in Advanced CKD Risk was significantly higher regardless of dialysis status May 19, 2024
ShortCut Leaflet Splitter for TAVR Helps Keep Coronaries Unblocked Pivotal study supports safety, effectiveness of TAVR adjunct device against coronary obstruction May 17, 2024
Indian Myval Enters TAVR Horse Race With Good Early Performance Valve characterized by availability of intermediate sizes among other design features May 16, 2024
PICU Use for Bronchiolitis Tied to 'Striking' Rise in Noninvasive Breathing Support Multiple factors appear to be behind jump in high-flow nasal cannula, noninvasive ventilation use May 16, 2024
Prehospital Hypertension Control No Help in Unselected Acute Stroke Chinese trial suggests benefit for one stroke subtype but may need replication May 16, 2024
Andexanet Shows Efficacy in Acute ICH With Factor Xa Inhibitors But patients treated with andexanet had more thrombotic events than usual care May 15, 2024
Step-Down Antiplatelet Strategy Pairs Well With DCB Angioplasty REC-CAGEFREE II is the first randomized trial on antiplatelet strategies after DCB therapy May 15, 2024
Bicuspid Anatomy: Wrench Thrown in TAVR for Younger, Low-Risk Patients? Controversial findings of low-risk trial allowing bicuspid patients May 15, 2024
Superbugs Pose a Deadly Threat to Cystic Fibrosis Patients A little-known microbe claimed Mallory Smith's life but did not quell her light May 14, 2024
Joined Cath Procedures Turn the Table on SAVR-CABG Small trial favors percutaneous approach to concomitant aortic stenosis and coronary disease May 14, 2024
Illness Took Away Her Voice. AI Created a Replica She Carries in Her Phone. OpenAI's new AI voice generator was able to replicate her voice using only a 15-second voice clip May 13, 2024
Liver Disease, High Lipoprotein(a) Tied to Higher MI Risk in Diabetes Patients Sixfold increased risk of non-fatal MI among patients with highest levels of Lp(a) May 13, 2024
Antibiotic for Treating Sepsis Linked to Increased Mortality "Physicians should think carefully" about using anti-anaerobic antibiotics in sepsis May 13, 2024
Novel Cardiac Myosin Inhibitor Improves Exercise Capacity in HCM Drug appears on par for efficacy, possibly safer than first drug approved in the class May 13, 2024
Mortality in U.S. Youth; Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease Also in TTHealthWatch: updated breast cancer screening guidelines May 11, 2024 podcast
Avian Flu Update: U.S. Announces More Than $175 Million to Track, Contain H5N1 "The risk to the public from this outbreak remains low," HHS Secretary says May 10, 2024