'Not a Haircut': Two Knees, Same Day ... More Risk? Evidence, experience mixed on simultaneous bilateral knee replacement Feb 14, 2019
Wendy Williams' Battle With Graves' Disease The talk show host has taken a hiatus from her show, but what is she fighting? Feb 14, 2019
Want a Better PDMP? Researchers, States are Working on It Making the results easier to read is part of the solution Feb 13, 2019
Stopping Biologics Before Joint Surgery: Is Earlier Better? For abatacept, one dosing interval sufficed in RA patients Feb 12, 2019
Pelzman's Picks: Do Rich People Get More Mental Health Meds? Also, many generic drugs aren't available in the U.S. Feb 12, 2019
Social, Community Support May Help Kids With IBD Fewer psychosocial barriers for pediatric patients and caregivers with greater community support Feb 12, 2019
Preventive Care Gets Short Shrift in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Vaccines, skin cancer, mental health not often discussed at visits Feb 12, 2019
How to Transfer Violent Patients: HealthLeaders Media Also, bundled payments for hip and knee replacements linked to decreased spending Feb 11, 2019
Better Survival for African-Americans With mCRPC Significant improvement vs whites with androgen-directed agents Feb 11, 2019 video
What Would the Ideal Healthcare System Look Like? A patient's list of issues is a reminder of what's really important Feb 10, 2019
Orgasm, Desire, Pain: Discussing Women's Sexual Health Valentine's day Facebook Live discussion Feb 08, 2019 video
Colonoscopy Misses More Adenomas Than Thought Forget 'one and done' -- adenomas per positive colonoscopy better measure of quality, researchers say Feb 08, 2019
Altria's Snuff Safer Than Cigarettes, FDA Panel Agrees Advisory group backs wording of Copenhagen modified-risk claim Feb 07, 2019
Trump's Health: Excellent or 'Ticking Bomb'? Zero publicly reported medical events in first 2 years in office Feb 07, 2019
Did OxyContin Reformulation Boost HCV Rates? Association suggests "unintended consequence" of abuse deterrent opioids Feb 04, 2019
Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums? Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 01, 2019
Body Weight and Heart Disease; New Osphena Indication; Tofu and Appetite News and commentary from the endocrinology world Feb 01, 2019
Gwyneth Paltrow's Snake Oil The science behind actress-turned-wellness guru's iffy deprivation diet Jan 31, 2019
Cat Poop and Schizophrenia; Cannabis for a 4-Year-Old News and commentary from the psychiatry world Jan 30, 2019
Risk Factors for Post-Concussion Mental Disorders Identified Injury from assault or violence ups risk; so does being black or having a psychiatric history Jan 30, 2019
Heavy Workouts Linked to Hard Arteries But subclinical calcified plaque didn't translate into mortality risk in study Jan 30, 2019
Rats, My PSA Went Up. Do I Need Another Bleeping Biopsy? "Active surveillance" doesn't have to mean invasive testing for every biomarker blip Jan 29, 2019
Comorbidities Common in Older 'Frequent Fliers' in the ED Diabetes topped the list; pain-related diagnosis and injury were other factors Jan 28, 2019
Rapid Heart Rate Tied to Higher Mortality in Cancer Patients Unexplained tachycardia linked with threefold increase in risk of death Jan 28, 2019
How Friendships Can Reduce Stress Forming bonds with fellow nurses can improve the work environment Jan 27, 2019
Does Methotrexate Work in Giant Cell Arteritis? Methotrexate add-on to glucocorticoid decreased rate of subsequent relapse by nearly two-fold Jan 26, 2019
IBD Rates Low in Patients on Cosentyx Analysis of data from 21 clinical trials in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and ankylosing spondylitis Jan 25, 2019
Genetic Profiling Disappoints for CUP Survival But testing in cancer of unknown primary site did help with prognosis Jan 24, 2019
High Response Rate in HER2+ Esophagogastric Cancer Summary findings from the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium Jan 23, 2019
Targeting IL-1 Fails in Knee OA Little benefit seen for lutikizumab on scores for pain and function Jan 23, 2019
Physician Burnout? Last Week I Made My First 20-Year Plan Milton Packer has finalized dreams for his professional future Jan 23, 2019
Death Risk Rises With No Colonoscopy After Stage I CRC Three-fold increase, but is colonoscopy the driver? Jan 22, 2019
Metastatic Gastric Ca Treatments Show Mixed Results FTD/TPI effective, but mFOLFOX plus biologic didn't improve survival Jan 20, 2019
'Incredibly Impressive' Activity in Biliary Ca with Combo Tx Responses in about 40% of patients with BRAF/MEK inhibitor pairing Jan 20, 2019
The Unkindest Cut? Circumcision Ethics, Evidence, and Activism Netflix documentary raises ethical questions, attacks circumcision to prevent HIV in Africa Jan 17, 2019
Will Biomarkers Eventually Replace Physicians? Milton Packer imagines the end of nonprocedural medicine as we know it Jan 16, 2019
