TAP Block Cuts Post-Op Opioid Need in Bariatric Surgery Less rescue medication needed and shorter length of stay with local anesthesia technique Apr 14, 2018
Slow Medicine: More on Prostate Cancer Screening; Simple Treatments for Nausea Also, a study quantifies waste in clinical practice Apr 13, 2018
Researchers: Screen Depressed Dialysis Patients for Suicidality Depression more prevalent in dialysis population Apr 12, 2018
Readmissions High Among Peritoneal Dialysis Patients Nearly a quarter readmitted within a month Apr 12, 2018
Online Tool Helps Predict Survival in ALS Eight-factor model yields AUC of 0.78 for external predictive accuracy Apr 09, 2018
This Patient is Racist (or Sexist). Now What? Sharonne Hayes, MD, says hospitals must protect staff from patients who cross the line Apr 05, 2018 video
Morning Break: Antacids and Allergies; Condom-Snorting; Classroom Vaping Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ڴŮ staff Apr 03, 2018
Seven Surgeries, Two Deaths... and Still Practicing License surrendered in Wisconsin, doc pops up in N.Y. Mar 26, 2018
NCCN Refines MM Treatment Guidelines 'An attempt to help the clinician make better decisions,' expert says Mar 25, 2018
NCCN: Don't Let HIV Status Dictate Cancer Treatment New guidelines focus on most common cancers in HIV-infected patients Mar 23, 2018
Why Is Improving Population Health So Difficult? Short-term outlook, chronic disease complexity don't help Mar 21, 2018
Bariatric Surgery Alters Gene Expression Inflammatory, metabolic pathways overexpressed as 'hungry intestine' remodels gut Mar 20, 2018
24-Hr Paging Cuts ED Visits for Kids with Endocrine Issues Non-routine insulin dose adjustments tops list of reasons for call Mar 20, 2018
HRV Patch Promising for Predicting Hypoglycemia T1D patients showed detectable increase in low and high frequency ratio Mar 20, 2018
ENDO: Big Breakfast May Help in Diabetics Medium lunch and light dinner reduces insulin needs Mar 19, 2018
DMAU Shows Promise as Oral Birth Control for Men Dimethandrolone undecanoate well tolerated as reversible contraceptive Mar 19, 2018 video
Two Agents Equal as Pretreatment for Adrenal Tumor Surgery Phenoxybenzamine, doxazosin OK for perioperative hemodynamic control during PCC resection Mar 18, 2018
Novel Drug Reverses Anticoagulation in Emergencies Andexanet stops 90% of action of factor Xa inhibitors Mar 13, 2018 video
Low-Dose Combo Pill Successfully Takes Down High BP Fixed dose initial treatment gets 70% of patients at hypertension goal Mar 13, 2018 video
P2Y12 Tx Subsidy Yields Positive Response from Docs, Patients Ticagrelor vouchers boost use, but clinical outcomes unchanged Mar 11, 2018 video
Cycling, Walking Also Risky in People with Epilepsy Rates higher than for car accidents, and independent of seizure meds Mar 08, 2018
Dolutegravir Effective in TB-HIV Co-infected Patients As integrase inhibitor regimen is rolled out, fears of drug-drug interactions lessened Mar 06, 2018
Optimal Post-Op Pain Management: It's Complicated Competing demands on nurses seen as biggest barrier to optimal care Mar 06, 2018
Switch to Fixed-Dose Combo Tx an Option in HIV Bictegravir shows similar efficacy and safety to dolutegravir-based regimen Mar 05, 2018
AAAAI: Penicillin Allergy Label Linked to MRSA, C. difficile Increase attributable to use of alternative antibiotics Mar 05, 2018
SCCM: Early Warning System Fails to Reduce Pediatric Hospital Deaths BedsidePEWS tool did improve early detection of ICU need Mar 01, 2018
Scheduled Mucus Clearing Doesn't Reduce Ventilation Time Nebulization when clinically needed may be better ICU strategy Feb 28, 2018
Balanced IV Fluids Seem to be Safer than Saline in ICU Giving balanced crystalloids led to a lower rate of composite outcome of death from any cause Feb 27, 2018
Hospital Violence Need Not Be 'Part of the Job' Tolerance may add to problem, expert says Feb 27, 2018
Creepy Scam Targeted Young Female HCPs 'On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.' Now some women in medicine are feeling the bite Feb 25, 2018
Pancreatitis Raises Risk of Later Cancer Likelihood of pancreatic cancer increased beyond 5 years after the acute episode Feb 23, 2018
Most SCAD Should Be Treated Conservatively Spontaneous coronary artery dissection typically heals without stents, AHA says Feb 23, 2018
Partial-Coverage Health Plans to Get Gov't Boost Proposed rule would expand availability of non-ACA compliant plans Feb 20, 2018
Blood Test for Concussion OK'd Helps inform management, including decision on whether CT scan is indicated Feb 14, 2018
'Good Doctor,' Bad Cardiology John Higgins, MD, explains some aspects of medicine the ABC show got wrong Feb 13, 2018 video
Trump Releases FY 2019 Budget Proposal Includes $68 billion for HHS; continues push for ACA repeal Feb 12, 2018