Slicer Seen Boosting Leaflet Mobility in Aortic Stenosis Study shows feasibility of novel treatment for calcified aortic stenosis May 24, 2019
Parkinson's Tied to Bipolar Disorder Trends emerge even after adjusting for mood stabilizers May 22, 2019
Do Physicians Still Get Invited to Patients' Funerals? Milton Packer wonders whether medicine is about health or about life May 22, 2019
Low-Volume, Same-Day Prep Gets Job Done for Colonoscopy Study shows similar efficacy between split-dosing and same-day bowel preparations May 22, 2019
Tissue-Selective Afib Ablation; ED Drug for HF? Pacemaker Warning Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 13, 2019
Ultrasound Therapy for Prostate Ca Yields High PSA Response PSA falls by 95%, prostate shrinks by 90% in men with localized prostate cancer May 07, 2019
Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool May 07, 2019
Low-Dose Azithromycin May Improve COPD Exacerbation Outcomes But larger studies are needed to confirm efficacy, safety May 03, 2019
Calcium Channel Blocker Flops in Parkinson's Disease Trial "Disappointing" results from 3-year study don't back prior findings May 02, 2019
Aggressive Therapy at End of Life Common in Cancer Little or no benefit for patients who died within 30 days of diagnosis Apr 15, 2019
Practice 'Cultural Humility' in End-of-Life Conversations Clinicians should know the limits of their cultural understanding Apr 12, 2019
LVAD-Related GI Bleeding: Another Reason to Take Heart Failure Drugs Dose-response relationship seen Apr 08, 2019
FDA Issues 'Clean' List for Sartan Drugs Nitrosamine-free ARBs do exist, agency stresses Apr 04, 2019
Sexual Problems Common in Arthritis Patients Dysfunction, loss of intimacy mostly go unaddressed Apr 03, 2019
Alzheimer's Diagnoses Change With Amyloid PET Scans Results lead to new clinical management for nearly two-thirds of patients Apr 02, 2019
Aggressive Tx Remains Common for Adults, Children Near Death Many patients continue with treatments they probably don't need Mar 30, 2019
Digital Rectal Exams: Worth the Trouble? Howard Wolinsky looks for the evidence, and doesn't find much Mar 29, 2019
Ups and Downs of Exercise for Women's Bone Health Uphill versus downhill treadmill walking makes a difference in trial Mar 26, 2019
Suppressed Testicular Function 'Mostly Reversible' After Steroid Abuse But process can take upwards of 9 months Mar 26, 2019
Older Adults Still Struggle With Hypoglycemia Endocrine Society issued new diabetes clinical practice guidelines for older adults Mar 25, 2019
For RA With COPD, Abatacept is Safe No increased pulmonary risks compared with other biologics Mar 21, 2019
Fertility Fraud; Pharma's 'Patient' Advocacy; Mass. Nursing Homes Fined This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 20, 2019
Two Knees at Once: More Clarity on Pluses and Minuses Surgeons say it's feasible in even severely obese patients, but beware of complications Mar 19, 2019
Vasculitis in the Very Old: The Eyes Have It Vision loss a major complication; mortality also high in the over-85 group Mar 10, 2019
SPRINT Re-Analysis Has News for Smokers With Hypertension Outcomes worse with aggressive blood pressure targets Mar 08, 2019
Medical Marijuana and Older Adults Well tolerated among elderly patients; nearly a third reduced opioids Feb 28, 2019
One-Time FIT Adequately Detects CRC but Not Advanced Adenomas Accuracy depends on varying test thresholds for positive result Feb 25, 2019
Kidney Disease Payment System Draws Medicare Scrutiny 'We do not think the state of kidney disease care is acceptable' Feb 15, 2019
Study Quantifies Dental, Jaw Risks With Denosumab 10-year data suggest oral issues common Feb 14, 2019
'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk? Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement Feb 14, 2019
Language Issues in Degenerative Aphasia Have a Hearing Component Primary progressive aphasia is not just a neurolinguistic problem, study shows Feb 11, 2019
Colonoscopy Misses More Adenomas Than Thought Forget 'one and done' -- adenomas per positive colonoscopy better measure of quality, researchers say Feb 08, 2019
Trump's Health: Excellent or 'Ticking Bomb'? Zero publicly reported medical events in first 2 years in office Feb 07, 2019
Rats, My PSA Went Up. Do I Need Another Bleeping Biopsy? "Active surveillance" doesn't have to mean invasive testing for every biomarker blip Jan 29, 2019
Comorbidities Common in Older 'Frequent Fliers' in the ED Diabetes topped the list; pain-related diagnosis and injury were other factors Jan 28, 2019
Study Raises Questions on Nuedexta Prescribing Real-world data show PBA drug given mainly to dementia and Parkinson's disease patients Jan 07, 2019
