Vaginal Estrogen Not Tied to Added Heart, Cancer Risks Study looked at 18 years of data on postmenopausal women Dec 20, 2018
IL-1 Blocker Fails for Hand Osteoarthritis Pain, function, and structural changes were similar to placebo Dec 20, 2018
Kidney Stones Tied to Renal Carcinoma But more research is needed to unravel mechanisms behind the relationships, study authors say Dec 20, 2018
Top Causes of Death in U.S. Kids: Car Crashes, Guns, and Cancer U.S. outpaced other developed countries in top two causes of death Dec 19, 2018
Study: Ondansetron Mostly Safe in Early Pregnancy Increased risk of oral clefts and ear malformations, however Dec 19, 2018
Restricted Whole-Foods Diet Has Promise in Crohn's Pilot study of CD-TREAT replicates exclusive enteral nutrition changes in gut microbiome Dec 18, 2018
Two-Drug Regimen Fails to Stem Psoriasis Relapse Study looks at costimulatory blockade with abatacept after stopping ustekinumab Dec 18, 2018
Salt Accumulation May Be a Factor in Atopic Dermatitis But hypothesis regarding sodium chloride levels in skin needs more work, expert says Dec 16, 2018
Skin-Stripping Test Promising for Inflammatory Skin Diseases Protein analysis may help differentiate between eczema, psoriasis Dec 16, 2018
Higher Risk of Shingles Seen in Patients With Certain Cancers Vaccine development may help with prevention of herpes zoster in this population Dec 14, 2018
Whole-Body Cyrotherapy Caused Cold Burn Injury Trendy treatment never FDA-approved for health benefits Dec 14, 2018
Severe COPD, Heart Failure a Bad Combo Symptoms of undertreated HF are too often confused with COPD Dec 14, 2018
Immunotherapy Combo Flops in Metastatic NSCLC Durvalumab plus tremelimumab failed to improve survival versus chemotherapy Dec 13, 2018
ATS Panel: U.S. Home Oxygen Delivery System Broken CMS competitive bidding for durable medical equipment to blame, experts say Dec 13, 2018
Lack of Progress on Interoperability Frustrates House Members Subcommittee chairman says he is "extremely disappointed" Dec 11, 2018
PASDAS: Targeting Multiple Aspects of PsA Secukinumab showed efficacy for the various domains of psoriatic arthritis Dec 10, 2018
Older Sibling with Autism or ADHD Ups Risk for Younger Kids Later-born children show rates markedly greater than in general population Dec 10, 2018
The Importance of Palliative Nursing Care How nurses can cope with the emotional stress of providing hospice care Dec 09, 2018
Patients Say Quality of Life Suffered With Mastectomy for Early Breast Cancer Breast-conservation options were associated with better sexual, psychosocial outcomes Dec 07, 2018
Do Psychotropic Drugs Affect EMU Seizure Frequency? Some psych meds linked to fewer epilepsy monitoring unit seizures; others tied to more Dec 07, 2018
Levonorgestrel IUD Safe, Effective for 5 Years of Contraceptive Use Data from phase III trial finds low rates of unintentional pregnancy, acceptable safety profile Dec 06, 2018
Rethink Due for Stopping Transgender Hormone Tx Before Surgery? Review found little evidence linking hormones to surgical complications Dec 05, 2018
Fenfluramine Again Shows Efficacy in Dravet Syndrome No signs of cardiac valve toxicity, though some children lost weight Dec 05, 2018
The Most Wonderful Mistake the FDA Ever Made Milton Packer explains how an FDA error enlightened the practice of medicine Dec 05, 2018
In-Hospital Costs High for Takayasu's Arteritis Risks of cardiovascular complications also high Dec 04, 2018
Combination Regimen Extends PFS in Myeloma Large benefit but relevance of comparator questioned Dec 04, 2018
Teens, Adults With Epilepsy at High Risk for Depression Two studies call for regular mental health screening of epilepsy patients Dec 03, 2018
SABCS: Translational Before It Was Cool Growing, evolving while adhering to founding principles Dec 03, 2018
Understanding Results From the PEXIVAS Trial Anny Wu, DO, discusses the largest trial on AAV Dec 03, 2018
Seizure Risk in Pregnancy Highest With Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Changes in antiepileptic drug metabolism during pregnancy may play a role Dec 03, 2018
Benefits of CBD for Epilepsy Fades in One-Third of Patients But the observation that two-thirds continued to benefit may be a key finding Dec 02, 2018
The Importance of Diversity in Nursing Breaking down stereotypes and inclusivity barriers Dec 02, 2018
CAR T-Cell Responses Prove Durable in ALL, DLBCL Two studies demonstrate long-term control in relapsed/refractory disease Dec 01, 2018
Younger High-Risk Women Benefit From Mammography Yields in 30-39 age group at high risk comparable to 40-49 group with average risk Nov 30, 2018
Why Do Patients Withhold Information? Survey respondents report embarrassment, fear of being judged by clinicians Nov 30, 2018
No Benefit From Preventive Antibiotics in Nose Jobs Meta-analysis: infection rates the same whether prophylaxis given or not Nov 30, 2018
Radiofrequency Pulses End Back Pain Probes guided to herniated disk appears to enhance pain relief and healing Nov 30, 2018
Naltrexone May Be of Use for Chronic Skin Diseases Benefit with low-dose treatment seen in various case reports, series Nov 30, 2018
