Op-Ed: Why PCR Cycle Threshold Is Useful in Coronavirus Testing It can help better triage patients, physician argues Jan 04, 2021
Op-Ed: Why I Refuse to Get the COVID Vaccine Right Now America's vaccine rollout is widening socioeconomic and racial inequities Jan 04, 2021
Laparoscopic Lavage a Safe Option in Perforated Diverticulitis No difference versus resection in long-term severe complications, but recurrence more common Dec 29, 2020
Conservative Approach to Inpatient BP Spikes May Be Safer Oral, IV antihypertensives alike associated with worse outcomes Dec 28, 2020
Black Doctor Who Died of COVID Said Racism Impacted Care Susan Moore, MD, said she had to beg for proper care: "This is how Black people get killed" Dec 23, 2020
What Has COVID-19 Done to Child Welfare? The evidence is unclear; some see the pandemic as a chance to revamp systems toward prevention Dec 23, 2020
GI Bleeds Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Inpatients Anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents not tied to higher risk of bleeding in cohort study Dec 22, 2020
'We Want Them Infected'; Extra Vax Doses; Tom Cruise, Distancing Enforcer A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 17, 2020
FDA Panel Backs Entresto, Spironolactone for Broader HF Use But committee stops short of advocating categorical approval for HFpEF Dec 16, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
Online Tool Refines Individual Risks in Breast Cancer RSClin incorporates 21-gene recurrence score with tumor grade, size, and more Dec 13, 2020
IBD and COVID-19: Who Is at Risk? Worse outcomes for older patients and those with comorbidities and on steroids Dec 12, 2020
Greenhouse Gas Emissions From U.S. Healthcare On the Rise U.S. healthcare sector pollutes more than any other industrialized health system in the world Dec 11, 2020
Hospital Teams with Marvel for Nurse Superhero Comic Allegheny Health Network finds unique way to thank front-line nurses during the pandemic Dec 10, 2020
Gland Larceny: When Testicle Thefts Took Chicago by Storm Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting Dec 09, 2020
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Can Wait 6 Months for Surgery: Study Can be considered low priority procedure during COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say Dec 08, 2020
Gene Therapy Stops Bleeding in Hemophilia Single injection had durable effectiveness, study showed Dec 08, 2020
CRISPR-Based Tx Offers Hope in Tough-to-Treat Blood Disorders Success with investigational use of gene editing in sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia Dec 06, 2020
Blood Cancers and COVID-19: 'A Medically Vulnerable' Group Patients with hematologic malignancies and SARS-CoV-2 face higher risks for infection, death Dec 06, 2020
Sickle Cell Disease Tied to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Black patients seem to be at higher risk for certain COVID-19 complications, death Dec 05, 2020
Bone Marrow Improves Healing With ACL Grafts MRI confirms better outcomes than with allograft alone in randomized study Dec 04, 2020
Should Docs Who Had COVID Still Get the Vaccine? Healthcare workers consider giving up their spot in line in light of limited supply Dec 03, 2020
Overdose Calls Slam EMS in Pandemic Trends correspond with social distancing measured through cell phone data Dec 03, 2020
Heart Failure Seen in Baby With COVID-19 Full recovery made after acute decompensated presentation Dec 02, 2020
White Matter Damage Persists Over Time in Vets with TBI Neuroimaging results could offer prognostic markers of recovery or deterioration Dec 02, 2020
2021 Medicare Fee Schedule Includes 10.2% Cut in Conversion Factor Cognitive specialties will see increases while radiologists, pathologists get pay cuts Dec 02, 2020
Docs Can Prescribe Opioids Via Telemedicine, for Now CMS will eventually revisit emergency guidance Nov 29, 2020
Op-Ed: Supporting Immigrant Healthcare Supports Everyone An economic as well as ethical imperative Nov 28, 2020
Beaumont Cardiologist Wants Executives Fired Robert Safian, MD, wrote system's board about toxic culture, pursuit of profit over people Nov 25, 2020
Doc Gets 5 Years for Fraud; Vaccine-Hesitant Docs & Nurses; Lysol Under the Lid This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 25, 2020
From Art School to Medical Gowns Two-time cancer survivor's ethos aligns with pandemic demands Nov 24, 2020
Parkland 1963: The 'Heroic' Efforts to Save Governor, Assassin One nearly died 57 years ago, and a literal twist of fate doomed the other Nov 22, 2020
COVID-19 on Surfaces: Examining the Known Unknowns Data gaps in fomite transmission, effectiveness of disinfection methods still persist Nov 20, 2020
FDA OKs JAK Inhibitor and Remdesivir Combo for Severe COVID-19 EUA first for drug that acts on inflammation pathway, agency says Nov 19, 2020
COVID Patients' Crackpot Theories Take Toll on Healthcare Workers "Their last dying words are, 'This can't be happening, this isn't real'" Nov 19, 2020
JFK in Trauma Room One: A Witness Remembers At just 25, Joe Goldstrich, MD, was the youngest member of the Kennedy treatment team Nov 18, 2020
Students Update the Hippocratic Oath Codicil to standard version addresses modern realities Nov 18, 2020
