Trump's Health: Excellent or 'Ticking Bomb'? Zero publicly reported medical events in first 2 years in office Feb 07, 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
Study Raises Questions on Nuedexta Prescribing Real-world data show PBA drug given mainly to dementia and Parkinson's disease patients Jan 07, 2019
Severe COPD, Heart Failure a Bad Combo Symptoms of undertreated HF are too often confused with COPD Dec 14, 2018
ATS Panel: U.S. Home Oxygen Delivery System Broken CMS competitive bidding for durable medical equipment to blame, experts say Dec 13, 2018
The Importance of Palliative Nursing Care How nurses can cope with the emotional stress of providing hospice care Dec 09, 2018
Combination Regimen Extends PFS in Myeloma Large benefit but relevance of comparator questioned Dec 04, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ staff Nov 30, 2018
YouTube Videos Often Mislead on Prostate Cancer Misinformation, bias, and lack of balance in content Nov 28, 2018
Women 75 and Older Benefit from Annual Mammo Significant number of invasive cancers found Nov 26, 2018
No Surgery May Be Feasible in Gleason 9-10 Prostate Ca Study finds similar outcomes with two multimodal approaches Nov 23, 2018
The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide How nurses can deal with this controversial issue Nov 18, 2018
How Can Competency be Measured in Older Docs? AMA council guidance for testing fails to win over delegates Nov 14, 2018
AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back Nov 12, 2018
NCRI: Highlights from the Annual Conference Prostate cancer tradeoffs, rising melanoma mortality, safer regimen for thyroid cancer Nov 05, 2018
Arguing Aside, Grandparents Cope Well with Raising Grandkids Older caregivers report handling stresses as well as parents Nov 04, 2018
Lifespan in Parkinson's Tied to Early Symptoms Normal cognition early in PD predicted normal life expectancy Nov 01, 2018
Eye Imaging May Give Early Clues to Alzheimer's Abnormal retinal vasculature in two separate studies Oct 31, 2018
Diabetes No Barrier to Cataract Surgery Procedure shouldn't be delayed solely on basis of HbA1c levels, researcher says Oct 28, 2018
ACR: Can Tanezumab Be Revived for OA? Low incidence of rapidly progressive OA seen with lower doses Oct 26, 2018
Group of Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lung Cancer 14% higher likelihood in users of ACE inhibitors; causal relationship unproven Oct 25, 2018
Prostate RT Ups Overall Survival in Metastatic Disease Benefit limited to men with low disease burden Oct 22, 2018
Adding Radium-223 to Abiraterone No Help in Prostate Ca More fractures, deaths in patients with mCRPC and bone mets Oct 20, 2018
Alternative Therapies Popular With Sarcoma Patients Drug-drug interactions still poorly understood Oct 11, 2018
Seeing Red: Can Excessive Viagra Dose Permanently Damage Vision? Report describes case of persistent colored vision disturbance Oct 08, 2018
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Fall Short in VA Adherence was 77% among those with negative baseline screens Oct 04, 2018
Death Risk Elevated in Dementia Patients with Hypoglycemia Target hypoglycemic episodes instead of HbA1c, researchers urge Oct 03, 2018
ASBMR: High-Dose Forteo Plus Prolia Increased BMD Responses greater than what was seen with either drug alone in high-risk women Oct 02, 2018
Albuminuria Linked to COPD Findings suggest role for endothelial damage in the lung disease Sep 28, 2018
ASBMR: Meeting to Focus on Fractures Topics will include men's bone health, the use of burosumab, and bisphosphonate drug holidays Sep 27, 2018
More Evidence that Screening Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths Significantly lower risk in men and women Sep 26, 2018
TCT: Stopping Antiplatelets 1 Year Post-Stent Risky for Afib Patients? Underpowered trial suggested oral anticoagulation alone isn't enough Sep 24, 2018
Vascepa Prevents Major Cardiovascular Events, Says Manufacturer Big win for proprietary fish-oil product Sep 24, 2018
High Anxiety with Active Surveillance in Prostate Cancer? Not Really In my case, the first week after diagnosis was bad, but that was it Sep 23, 2018
Nonphysicians Take Growing Role in Actinic Keratosis Tx Overall cases in seniors rising as well Sep 21, 2018
Lung Denervation Cuts COPD-Related Events, Admissions One-time therapy showed most benefit in highly symptomatic patients Sep 19, 2018
