When Medicare Stops Covering a Test Without Warning Why didn't someone tell me, asks Hans Duvefelt, MD Aug 20, 2019
AHA Endorses Prescription Fish Oil for High Triglycerides High dose recommended in science advisory Aug 20, 2019
Should Dual Rx for Psychotic Depression Continue After Remission? Trial gives an answer, but it comes at potentially heavy cost Aug 20, 2019
Osteoporosis Tx: Good for Bones, but Not for Cutting Death Risk Fracture risk reduction fails to translate to improved survival in large meta-analysis Aug 19, 2019
Silent Strokes Common After Non-Cardiac Surgery One in 14 older patients have covert stroke, many also have cognitive decline Aug 19, 2019
Unclogging the Complex Tubes of Healthcare A hospital's pneumatic tubes are a good analogy for the healthcare system Aug 18, 2019
GLP-1 RA Benefits Extend Beyond MACE Reduction Meta-analysis pooled data on all major outcomes trials for agent class Aug 16, 2019
RA Autoantibodies Don't Disappear With Remission Findings undermine "immunologic remission" as realistic goal Aug 16, 2019
What Really Went Wrong at Jeffrey Epstein's Jail It wasn't just the guards' failure, suggests jail doctor Jeffrey Keller Aug 16, 2019
78% of Non-Cisgender College Students Report Mental Health Symptoms Transmasculine, genderqueer individuals appear particularly vulnerable to inequities Aug 16, 2019
Forgot-to-Pee Syndrome Afflicting Millions of Health Care Workers Second leading cause of morbidity in the medical field Aug 15, 2019
Requiring Hospitals to Tell Docs About Admissions Gets Pushback ACOs want access to even more info, while hospitals fear consequences for non-compliance Aug 14, 2019
Should the Elderly Discontinue Statins? The debate goes on, but Kevin Campbell, MD, believes every patient is different Aug 14, 2019 video
I Am a Keto-Friendly Cardiologist and I Love Keyto The Skeptical Cardiologist comes out of the keto "closet" Aug 13, 2019
Welcome to Jail: Spread-Eagle, Mug Shot, Used Underwear, Doc Appointment A doctor prepares to meet a new inmate Aug 13, 2019
Chronic, Active Lesions Tied to More Aggressive MS Smoldering inflammation seen even in patients treated with effective disease-modifying therapies Aug 12, 2019
In RA Remission? Halve the Xeljanz Dose Reduction appeared preferable to total withdrawal in Japanese study Aug 12, 2019
Psych Comorbidities Drive Mortality Risk for Patients With ADHD Though absolute risk of death remains small Aug 08, 2019
Vaccines Increase Risk of Gout Flares However, patients shouldn't forgo vaccines because absolute risk is low, and benefits are high Aug 08, 2019
NPs/PAs 'Just as Effective' as Physicians? I Don't Think So We need solutions to the physician shortage, but this one won't fly Aug 08, 2019
Higher Mental Health Risks for Adults With Cerebral Palsy Psychotic, mood, and other disorders more prevalent Aug 07, 2019
Vaccines Boost Gout Flare Risk, But... Patients shouldn't opt out because absolute risk is low and benefits high Aug 05, 2019
Dementia Tied to White Matter Rarefaction in Football Players With CTE But factors not associated with head trauma emerge, too Aug 05, 2019
Elon Musk's Girlfriend Got Eye Surgery for Depression. Is This Nutty? Singer says she had ocular implant to remove blue light from her vision Aug 01, 2019
FDA Approves First Drug to Treat Medical Burnout Idongivafumab targets and inhibits C-suite peptides Aug 01, 2019
Alzheimerβs Disease Linked to Altered Liver Enzymes "We have focused for too long on studying the brain in isolation" Jul 31, 2019
The Five Most Important Words You Can Say to a Patient A technique for good communication Jul 30, 2019
Gaps in NICU Care Put Black Infants at Risk But root of disparity difficult to disentangle Jul 30, 2019
How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare Once government financing entered the picture, the doctor-patient relationship was doomed Jul 29, 2019
Omron Evolv One-Piece BP Monitor: Accurate, Quick, Connected The Skeptical Cardiologist has a new favorite Jul 27, 2019
Early MS Scans Predict Long-Term Outcomes MRI lesions seen 15 years prior linked to secondary progression and disability Jul 26, 2019
Wait, What? Neil Armstrong Died From Botched Surgery!? Hospital paid $6 million to astronaut's family, newly revealed documents showed Jul 25, 2019
Vaping Companies Marketing to Teens, House Panel Told House members urged to take action, but some see public health benefit from e-cigs, too Jul 24, 2019
MRI Screening Finds More Breast Cancers, but at What Cost? Even breast cancer survivors may find it tough to sort out benefits and harms Jul 24, 2019
