Morning Break: Antacids and Allergies; Condom-Snorting; Classroom Vaping Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Apr 03, 2018
Mumps and Boosters; Ecigs and Quitting: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics include sinusitis treatment, low back pain management, waning mumps immunity, and e-cigarettes and quitting attempts Mar 31, 2018 podcast
Seven Surgeries, Two Deaths... and Still Practicing License surrendered in Wisconsin, doc pops up in N.Y. Mar 26, 2018
NCCN Refines MM Treatment Guidelines 'An attempt to help the clinician make better decisions,' expert says Mar 25, 2018
NCCN: Don't Let HIV Status Dictate Cancer Treatment New guidelines focus on most common cancers in HIV-infected patients Mar 23, 2018
Why Is Improving Population Health So Difficult? Short-term outlook, chronic disease complexity don't help Mar 21, 2018
Bariatric Surgery Alters Gene Expression Inflammatory, metabolic pathways overexpressed as 'hungry intestine' remodels gut Mar 20, 2018
Radiologists Reconsider Their Divided Specialty As IRs, DRs converge in hospital settings, can they -- should they -- stay independent? Mar 20, 2018
24-Hr Paging Cuts ED Visits for Kids with Endocrine Issues Non-routine insulin dose adjustments tops list of reasons for call Mar 20, 2018
HRV Patch Promising for Predicting Hypoglycemia T1D patients showed detectable increase in low and high frequency ratio Mar 20, 2018
ENDO: Big Breakfast May Help in Diabetics Medium lunch and light dinner reduces insulin needs Mar 19, 2018
DMAU Shows Promise as Oral Birth Control for Men Dimethandrolone undecanoate well tolerated as reversible contraceptive Mar 19, 2018 video
Two Agents Equal as Pretreatment for Adrenal Tumor Surgery Phenoxybenzamine, doxazosin OK for perioperative hemodynamic control during PCC resection Mar 18, 2018
Going Generic OK for Clopidogrel Non-inferiority achieved for ACS survivors in Canadian study Mar 14, 2018
Novel Drug Reverses Anticoagulation in Emergencies Andexanet stops 90% of action of factor Xa inhibitors Mar 13, 2018 video
Low-Dose Combo Pill Successfully Takes Down High BP Fixed dose initial treatment gets 70% of patients at hypertension goal Mar 13, 2018 video
P2Y12 Tx Subsidy Yields Positive Response from Docs, Patients Ticagrelor vouchers boost use, but clinical outcomes unchanged Mar 11, 2018 video
NOAC Helps Stem Consequences of Cardiac Damage After Surgery Fewer major vascular events with therapy after myocardial injury Mar 11, 2018 video
Cycling, Walking Also Risky in People with Epilepsy Rates higher than for car accidents, and independent of seizure meds Mar 08, 2018
Dolutegravir Effective in TB-HIV Co-infected Patients As integrase inhibitor regimen is rolled out, fears of drug-drug interactions lessened Mar 06, 2018
Optimal Post-Op Pain Management: It's Complicated Competing demands on nurses seen as biggest barrier to optimal care Mar 06, 2018
Switch to Fixed-Dose Combo Tx an Option in HIV Bictegravir shows similar efficacy and safety to dolutegravir-based regimen Mar 05, 2018
AAAAI: Penicillin Allergy Label Linked to MRSA, C. difficile Increase attributable to use of alternative antibiotics Mar 05, 2018
Sex in Late-Stage Pregnancy Tied to Higher HIV Risk Biological changes may increase HIV transmission in serodiscordant couples Mar 04, 2018
Patients Need More Info on Post-Acute Care, MedPAC Says But providing facility quality ratings is a sticky wicket Mar 01, 2018
SCCM: Early Warning System Fails to Reduce Pediatric Hospital Deaths BedsidePEWS tool did improve early detection of ICU need Mar 01, 2018
From Rehab to Pill Mill Investigated for addiction in one state, now in federal prison after working in another Mar 01, 2018
Scheduled Mucus Clearing Doesn't Reduce Ventilation Time Nebulization when clinically needed may be better ICU strategy Feb 28, 2018
Balanced IV Fluids Seem to be Safer than Saline in ICU Giving balanced crystalloids led to a lower rate of composite outcome of death from any cause Feb 27, 2018
Hospital Violence Need Not Be 'Part of the Job' Tolerance may add to problem, expert says Feb 27, 2018
'Hmm, Maybe I Don't Want an LVAD' Trial intervention's better-informed patients were less likely to opt for device Feb 27, 2018
Creepy Scam Targeted Young Female HCPs 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' Now some women in medicine are feeling the bite Feb 25, 2018
Pancreatitis Raises Risk of Later Cancer Likelihood of pancreatic cancer increased beyond 5 years after the acute episode Feb 23, 2018
Most SCAD Should Be Treated Conservatively Spontaneous coronary artery dissection typically heals without stents, AHA says Feb 23, 2018
Partial-Coverage Health Plans to Get Gov't Boost Proposed rule would expand availability of non-ACA compliant plans Feb 20, 2018
Blood Test for Concussion OK'd Helps inform management, including decision on whether CT scan is indicated Feb 14, 2018
