Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
CSF Leak From COVID-19 Nasal Swab Reported Patient had unusual vulnerability; clinicians urged to check patients' surgical history Oct 01, 2020
Dax Shepard's Opioid Relapse The actor and podcast host opens up about his recent struggles Sep 30, 2020
Generic Levothyroxine vs Brand Name: Which Is More Effective? Study looked at patients with mild thyroid dysfunction Sep 30, 2020
How Would You Answer 'The Penis Question'? Motivate patients by being an agitator, not an irritator Sep 29, 2020
Many Residential Addiction Tx Centers Don’t Offer MAT, at a Deadly Cost Abstinence-only models aren't for everyone Sep 29, 2020
Some MS Drugs Linked With Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Registry data looks at risks of hospitalization, ICU admission, ventilation Sep 28, 2020
Novel Biologic Promising in Mid-Stage Scleroderma Trial Significant differences seen at week 24 for the agent versus placebo on background therapy Sep 28, 2020
COVID-19 Hits Black MS Patients Hard COViMS registry gives first look at outcomes among North American patients Sep 28, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
With H. Pylori, Higher-Dose PPIs May Promote Gastric Intestinal Metaplasia Retrospective Israeli study comes with many caveats, however Sep 24, 2020
These Forbes 400 Billionaires Made Their Fortunes in Healthcare 14 individuals, $66 billion in combined net worth Sep 24, 2020
Positive Anti-PD-1 Data in Gastric, Esophageal Cancer Better OS, PFS with nivolumab, pembrolizumab in advanced/metastatic disease Sep 23, 2020
Britons With Type 1 Diabetes Die Nearly 8 Years Earlier But keeping HbA1c in check can mitigate this early mortality Sep 23, 2020
Some 'Brain-Boosting' Supplements Contain Unapproved Drugs Doses and drug combinations may be dangerous Sep 23, 2020
Immunotherapy Falls Short Again in Ovarian Cancer No PFS benefit in advanced disease with addition of atezolizumab to chemo, bevacizumab Sep 23, 2020
More Evidence for Cognitive Benefits With Metformin in T2D Prospective study followed more than 1,000 older patients for 6 years Sep 23, 2020
NHIS Data Set Pre-Pandemic Anxiety, Depression Benchmarks Disparities identified by age, sex, race, and geography Sep 23, 2020
Novel Once-Weekly Insulin Shines for Type 2 Diabetes Phase II study compared with daily insulin glargine U100 Sep 22, 2020
Novel Tx Helps Some Advanced Cervical Cancer Patients Three-fourths in small trial obtain disease control or better with antibody-drug conjugate Sep 22, 2020
No Benefit With Anti-PD-L1 Drug in Metastatic TNBC Lack of progression-free, overall survival boost with atezolizumab contrast with prior trial Sep 22, 2020
Popular Therapy Fails to Reduce C-Section Infection Risk Increased risk of adverse skin reactions brings trial to a halt Sep 22, 2020
Should You Trust the New Apple Watch on Blood Oxygen Readings? The Skeptical Cardiologist peels back the hype Sep 21, 2020
Adjuvant Anti-CDK Thwarts Early Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk of invasive recurrence declines 25% in patients with high-risk disease Sep 20, 2020
Drug Active in 'Undruggable' KRAS-Mutant NSCLC Responses in a third of patients, disease control rate approaching 90% Sep 20, 2020
CDK4/6 Inhibition Boosts PFS in Endometrial Cancer Median PFS more than doubled by adding palbociclib to endocrine therapy Sep 19, 2020
COVID-19 in Health Workers; Stimulating New White Blood Cells: It's TTHealthWatch! This week's topics also include gene expression and COVID infection, and outbreaks in childcare settings Sep 19, 2020 podcast
Skip Chemo for Older Patients With HER2+ Breast Cancer? Less than one-month survival loss at 3 years with trastuzumab monotherapy Sep 18, 2020
Case Report Links Parkinson's Disease to COVID-19 Parkinson's symptoms emerged after patient was hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 Sep 18, 2020
Does Virus Dose or Load Predict How Sick You Get With COVID-19? Initial exposure, strength of virus infection both seen as contributors to illness severity Sep 18, 2020
Flu, COVID-19 or Both? Don't Overlook Co-Infection, CDC Urges With overlapping signs and symptoms, surveillance, testing more important than ever Sep 17, 2020
How Accurate Are Home Blood Oxygen Monitors? The Skeptical Cardiologist examines pulse oximeters labeled not for medical use Sep 17, 2020
CDC: COVID-19 Wiped Out the Flu Around the World This Year Community mitigation measures halted the other pandemic here and abroad... but winter is coming Sep 17, 2020
Double Mastectomy Linked to Sexual, Body Image Issues in Young Women Pre-op counseling or decision aids could help women make better informed decisions Sep 16, 2020
DCIS Tied to Higher Chance of Breast Cancer Death Black women and those under 40 at particularly high risk Sep 16, 2020
For Cardiac Arrest, Too-Hasty Transport Gets in the Way of Good CPR Study suggests EMS practice is counterproductive Sep 15, 2020
No Rise in Fracture Risk With SGLT2 Inhibition Weight change in type 2 diabetes on these drugs did not increase risk of osteoporotic fractures Sep 15, 2020
CDC: Most Kids Dying From Coronavirus Had Underlying Conditions Enormous racial-ethnic disparities revealed as well Sep 15, 2020
