Refusing Lung Cancer Treatment: Class Trumps Race Wide variation in groups at highest risk of turning down treatment May 25, 2018
Ustekinumab: Novel Help in Vasculitis? Steroid-sparing effects demonstrated in small pilot study May 24, 2018
Antidepressants Carry Weight Gain Risk Years Into Treatment Most prominent in second and third years of therapy May 24, 2018
Home Ventilation Saves $$$ Despite Initial Cost COPD patients extend time away from doctors and hospital with add-on device May 24, 2018
Nurse-Led ICU Intervention Improves Family Communication Surrogates' levels of anxiety/depression remained unchanged, however May 24, 2018
Phototherapy Delays Radical Prostate Cancer Tx Half as many conversions from surveillance at 4 years May 24, 2018
New Type of Spontaneous Vertigo Identified in Korea No known cause, but appears potentially treatable May 23, 2018
Prostatitis Symptoms Fall with PDE5 Blocker More relief with combo than with antibiotics alone May 23, 2018
Could Lawn Weed Prevent COPD Exacerbations? Oral extract of speedwell plant deemed safe in phase IIa trial May 23, 2018
Warfarin Class Tied to Higher Death Rate in COPD Retrospective results shouldn't change practice, but deserve more study May 23, 2018
How to Stop Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Ads Milton Packer suggests a path to rein in a 20-year-old FDA policy May 23, 2018
Deadly Black Lung Disease Resurgent Among Coal Miners More than 2,000 cases of progressive massive fibrosis in last 2 decades May 22, 2018
In Virginia, He's an Addict. In New York, He's Treating Them "They keep it all very quiet. It's not part of the public record" May 22, 2018
Exercise Cuts Hyperglycemia For Cancer Patients on Chemo Pilot study hints at other benefits from walking program May 22, 2018
Thyroid Nodule Location Predictive of Malignancy Nodules in the upper pole more likely to be cancerous May 22, 2018
CPAP Lowered Heart Rate in Prediabetics with Sleep Apnea Magnitude of reductions in comparable to beta-blockers, researchers say May 21, 2018
Hypogonadal Men See Better Heart Health on Testosterone Tx Fewer deaths due to MACE seen over 10 years versus controls May 21, 2018
Biologic Improves Severe Asthma Outcomes Dupilumab reduced exacerbations, improved lung function May 21, 2018
Platelet Stimulator OK'd for Liver Disease Patients with Scheduled Procedures Avatrombopag (Doptelet) is first drug approved for this indication May 21, 2018
DES Effects Seen Extending to Users' Grandchildren Study ties ADHD to Gramma's use of pregnancy drug May 21, 2018
Do You Know the Best Way to Take At-Home BP? Anthony Pearson, MD, wonders why patients shouldn't cross their legs May 21, 2018
Multiple Lawsuits, Multiple Deaths, $900k from Medicare 'More than 15, less than 30' malpractice suits, he said May 21, 2018
Men Get Short Shrift in Fertility Assessments Misinformation about testosterone treatment may be an issue May 21, 2018
Dapagliflozin Tied to Drop in Hepcidin Levels Decrease may boost hematocrit and hemoglobin after SGLT-2 inhibitor therapy May 20, 2018
Assay May Help Avoid Needless Prostate Biopsies Distinguishes clinically significant from insignificant/benign disease May 19, 2018
Low PTH-Calcium Ups Risk for Long-Term Parathyroid Problems Levels help guide patient management after thyroidectomy May 19, 2018
Sorting Out Genomic Tests for Prostate Cancer Discordance between tests, with NCCN risk criteria May 18, 2018
ACOG: Postpartum Pain Management Requires Individualized Approach Opioids may be 'held in reserve' if other options fail May 18, 2018
Science, Religion, and Pop Culture -- A Surprisingly Healthy Mix A conference at the Vatican brings together a diverse group May 18, 2018
FDA Warns of Birth Defects from HIV Drug Dolutegravir Safety signal seen in Botswana trial data May 18, 2018
In Lupus, Time on Dialysis Matters Survival in lupus nephritis worsens after 24 months of dialysis May 18, 2018
CBT Tops Acupuncture for Treating Insomnia in Cancer Survivors But both methods provide alternative to sleeping pills May 17, 2018
Who Gets the Best Care in America? Prisoners Equal access, no bills... and way less convoluted than healthcare on the outside May 17, 2018
Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical May 17, 2018
Six Months of Trastuzumab Equal to 12 in Breast Ca Similar outcomes and less cardiotoxicity, but more research needed May 16, 2018
Asthma: As-Needed ICS/LABA Prevents Exacerbations But lower steroid dosage comes at cost of reduced symptom control May 16, 2018
Only Advanced Adenomas Confer Colorectal Cancer Risk Risk with non-advanced lesions no greater than with no lesions at all May 15, 2018
Genetics Identified for Alcohol-Related Heart Damage Variant in titin-coding gene may contribute to cardiomyopathy susceptibility May 15, 2018
