Slippery Slope: Fen-Phen Users Recall a 'Miracle' Turned Nightmare Fen-phen use was linked to heart valve damage, as these two cases illustrate. Apr 19, 2015
Teamwork Cuts In-Hospital Observation Time Lengths of stay cut substantially at one hospital chain. Apr 17, 2015
EHR Scores in National Football League Electronic health records combined with video images are improving team healthcare. Apr 15, 2015
What the Evidence Really Says About PUFAs Another look at the supposed benefits of corn oil. Apr 14, 2015
SNUS: Is This a 'Safe' Tobacco Product? Swedish smokeless tobacco maker wants FDA to soften warning label. Apr 10, 2015
Allopurinol Doesn't Worsen Acute Gout Attacks Worries that it might prove unfounded in randomized trial. Apr 09, 2015
One Battle in the War Over Expert Testimony Medical expert runs afoul of his professional association's rules. Apr 07, 2015
Endo Apps: The DIY Artificial Pancreas Type 1 diabetics and their parents find solutions for closed-loop control. Apr 06, 2015
Brain Cancer: Did '60 Minutes' Report Raise False Hope? Glioblastoma virotherapy touted on CBS program is promising but preliminary. Mar 30, 2015 video
What Makes an Opioid Stronger or Weaker Than Morphine? CDC classification of stronger, weaker, and morphine-equivalent opioids is confusing. Mar 30, 2015
Crosslinks Unhelpful in Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis Crosslinks didn't improve outcomes, but added bulk and cost. Mar 27, 2015
AAD: Frog Enzyme Clears Genital Warts Summaries of late-breaking research from the dermatology meeting. Mar 26, 2015
Finasteride for Hair Loss: Some Risk for Sexual Dysfunction Younger men who use the baldness drug see small but still significant chance for impotence, diminished libido. Mar 25, 2015
Psoriasis and Tonsillectomy: A Real Head Scratcher Skin disease often improves after surgery but no one knows why. Mar 24, 2015
Fat-Lysing Agent Makes Double Chin Disappear Consistent results seen with injection of synthetic deoxycholic acid compound. Mar 24, 2015
Acne Improves Without Use of Antibiotics Topical adapalene/benzoyl peroxide reduced lesion counts up to 75%. Mar 23, 2015
IL-17 Inhibitor Clears Psoriasis More Often Brodalumab twice as likely to clear all lesions as ustekinumab. Mar 22, 2015
Novel IL-23 Inhibitor Shows Promise in Psoriasis Interleukin-23 inhibitor has 'high efficacy, quiet safety signal.' Mar 22, 2015
Future of Dermatology on Display at AAD Program to reflect challenges to practice, scientific advances. Mar 19, 2015
Frankie the Dog Fetches - and Finds Thyroid Cancer? Canine trained in cancer scent detection gives few false positives in early test. Mar 10, 2015
CardioBreak: Modern Bloodletting, a New Statin Strategy Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine. Mar 09, 2015
Prediabetes Patients Have Fewer Gut Bugs A change for the worse apparent in the intestinal microbiome. Mar 08, 2015 video
Gross Anatomy: Rare Alga Growth From Human Tissue Sample The culture was negative, so what's all this green stuff? Mar 06, 2015
Sinking Pediatric Practice Afloat After 鶹ý Profile Sometimes an article is worth $97,000 (in back pay). Mar 05, 2015
Seeds Top EBRT as Boost Tx in Prostate Cancer And other advances in prostate cancer care from the Genitourinary Cancers Symposium. Mar 03, 2015
Citing Risks, FDA Calls for Label Changes to T Therapy Agency requires warning on heart attacks, strokes with testosterone replacement. Mar 03, 2015
Hey Doc, How Does My Penis Measure Up? Here's a Graph. A not particularly useful guide to size. Mar 03, 2015
Ultrasound After Steroid Shots Helps Slightly in Managing Knee OA Changes visualized after intra-articular injections are small and of borderline utility. Feb 27, 2015
Endo Apps: How to Get Useful Glucose Meter Data There are several options for downloading and interpreting important data from diabetes patients. Feb 24, 2015
HDAC Inhibitor OK'd for Multiple Myeloma Panobinostat targets histone deacetylases; first of its kind to win approval in myeloma. Feb 23, 2015
Morning Break: Penis Reduction? Patient Suffering Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 鶹ý staff. Feb 18, 2015
Mixed Results for Low-Dose Statin in Second Stroke Pravastatin didn't reduce incidence of recurrent stroke, but did offer other benefits. Feb 16, 2015
Concierge Medicine Firm Found Liable for Doctor's Negligence Believed to be the first-ever judgment against a concierge organization. Feb 13, 2015
Stop DMARDs Before Orthopedic Surgery in RA Patients? Deft medication management is important. Feb 12, 2015
Predicting Death in Advanced Cancer Study offers clues to guide clinicians, families about end of life. Feb 10, 2015 video
Hard Drinking in Middle Age Linked to Stroke F. Perry Wilson, MD, critiques an interesting new study in 150 seconds. Jan 30, 2015 video
Diabetes: Is This Tattoo Worth a 1,000 Needle Pricks? UCSD researchers report early results on a tattoo to measure blood sugar. Jan 27, 2015 video
