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
Tourette's, Tics Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks Swedish data show links, but other factors could be at play Jan 14, 2019
Active Smokers Far More Likely to Fail on Chemo for Bladder Ca Higher rates of disease recurrence seen as well Jan 10, 2019
Does Johnson's Baby Powder Cause Cancer? Milton Packer says the $4.69-billion verdict is about anger, not medicine Jan 09, 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
2018 Landmark Infectious Diseases Trials, in Graphic Form New flu antiviral, oral abx for stable endocarditis among standouts Jan 06, 2019
Trump Proposes Overhaul of Part B Drugs Plan hinges on benchmarking U.S. prices to those abroad Jan 04, 2019
Reveling in the 'Q Word' Things were pretty, uh, calm at this doctor's office on New Year's Eve Jan 04, 2019
Teens Who Self-Harm: More Likely to Hurt Others? U.K. twin study finds different clinical features in these "dual harmers" Jan 04, 2019
Feds, States Implement Raft of Health New Rules in 2019 New Medicaid expansions, aid-in-dying laws in the mix Jan 03, 2019
Which Bariatric Surgery Needs Most Revisions Over the Decades? Long-term analysis compared banding, vertical banded gastroplasty, and gastric bypass Jan 03, 2019
Transgender Medicine Advances but Gaps Remain More progress to come with advocacy, says expert Jan 03, 2019
MRI Proving Cost-Effective for Tracking Liver Fat But it's not ready to replace biopsy for assessing advanced disease Jan 02, 2019
Seizure Patients Often See Swift Return to Hospital Will CMS penalize epilepsy readmissions in the future? Dec 28, 2018
Combo Biologics in RA? Be Cautious Risk of adverse events appeared to be less with tapered doses Dec 27, 2018
Alcohol, Psychological Distress Tied to REM Disorder Possible RBD risk factors vary from those for Parkinson's, study shows Dec 27, 2018
Cancer Treatment and Arthritis: A Growing Complaint Will checkpoint inhibitor-related arthritis outstrip RA in frequency? Dec 27, 2018
CV Risks Elevated in Sjogren's Patients Risk was highest for heart failure in meta-analysis Dec 27, 2018
A Walker, Olive Oil, and a Hematoma: General Surgery News Report Also, managing expectations in patients who don't want reconstruction post-mastectomy Dec 26, 2018
Infection Risk Lower With Orencia vs Anti-TNF Increased risk for hospitalized infection with TNF inhibitors was driven largely by infliximab Dec 26, 2018
Good News for Pregnant Women With Psoriatic Arthritis No adverse effect on birth outcomes, and many reported fewer joint symptoms during pregnancy Dec 22, 2018
Vaginal Estrogen Not Tied to Added Heart, Cancer Risks Study looked at 18 years of data on postmenopausal women Dec 20, 2018
