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Hospital-Based Medicine

News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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Are Vaccine Advisors More Conflicted Than We Thought?

Rules for advisory committee members' disclosures vary widely

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Op-Ed: Quit Ignoring Natural COVID Immunity

Antibody testing and proof of prior infection can allow more people to return to normal

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A Neurologist Faces His Alzheimer's Disease

"I'm in the ring with the tiger," says Daniel Gibbs

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How to Get Patients to Speak Up When They Experience a Medical Error

Make your hospital or practice a welcoming place to report a problem, expert says

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PAs Attempt to Rebrand With a New Name

Years-long process with hopes of boosting profession's relevance and impact

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FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis

Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis

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Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID?

ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses

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Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition

Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated?

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Three Reasons Your Patients Are Unhappy

How to practice on a human level

50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion

"If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it"

A mature Black male physician shows info on a tablet to his mature Asian female patient who is wearing a headwrap

Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care

Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community

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Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19

In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness

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Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old's Death

Parents charge care delays for child with hydrocephalus were tied to arrangements for star doctor

Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities

Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway

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Op-Ed: Love Can Conquer Trauma

My wife helped me heal old mental wounds

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Neonatal Seizures: When Should Treatment Stop?

Study follows infants with acute seizures to track neurodevelopment

Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance

Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures

A male physcian at the bedside of his male patient uses virtual reality to look at MRI images of his brain.

Evaluating Tech for Clinical Use

What factors should you consider?

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Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine

Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit

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These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse

Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered

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Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled

Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement

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Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance

NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates

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After 6 Months in Space, Eyes and Brain Show Changes

But it's likely these alterations are uncoupled from each other

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Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections

As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says

A YouTube video thumbnail with Rohin Francis, MBBS, Jimmy Kimmel and the words: The Patient IS NOT THE PUNCHLINE

Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines

A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses

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CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients

Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP

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Sudden Hearing Loss Reported After COVID Vaccines

Preliminary report teases apart VAERS data to identify most likely cases

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Here's Why This Doc Got a Third Vaccine Dose

A transplant surgeon, a heart recipient himself, saw robust antibody response after third dose

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Breast Cancer and MS: New Data Shed Light on Survival

Study compares breast cancer patients with and without MS

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Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said

Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems

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For Safety, One Biologic a Winner in Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis

Lower hospitalization rates compared with other biologics or small molecule therapies

INVESTIGATIVE ROUNDUP over an image of two people looking at computer screens.

CHS Sues Thousands of Patients; Hospital Parking Fees Under Fire; Trump-Era Emails

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU

ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials

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Op-Ed: This Doc Has 'Post-Litigation Stress Disorder'

The legal system versus the doctor-patient relationship

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Elon Musk's Asperger's Syndrome

Tesla and SpaceX founder opens up on national TV

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Burnout in Cardiology; Restrictive Transfusion Foiled; and Other News From ACC

Highlights from the scientific program of the American College of Cardiology meeting

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Setbacks for Invasive Strategy, Moderate Cooling in Cardiac Arrest

Prague OHCA study, CAPITAL CHILL give some answers for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treatment

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The Problem With Prestige

An excerpt from "Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients"

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Antibody Cocktail Reduced Poor Outcomes in High-Risk COVID

Casirivimab plus imdevimab showed clinical efficacy in phase III trial

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Falling Through the Cracks on Rapid Troponin Testing Protocols

Studies point to potential risks and pitfalls with change to more sensitive, rapid testing

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