Pop Star's Bout With Ménière's Disease Jessie J spent time in the hospital with inner-ear disorder Jan 05, 2021
Untreated Autism Spectrum Disorder Tied to Alcohol, Drug Abuse But those on psychotropic agents for autism seemed to attenuate their risk Jan 04, 2021
Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however Dec 29, 2020
Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs for Neurology Visits, Diagnostic Tests Neurologist distribution varies widely, as does involvement in patient care Dec 28, 2020
Altered Mental State Tied to COVID-19 Mortality In-hospital deaths higher, even when pulmonary problems were not severe Dec 21, 2020
Growth Hormones in Childhood Tied to Heart Problems Later On Women, those who were small for gestational age at highest risk Dec 21, 2020
House Dems, GOP Agree: Sacklers, Purdue Pharma 'Sickening' "I'm not sure I'm aware of any family in America that's more evil than yours" Dec 17, 2020
Trazodone-Sildenafil Mix-Up; Ibogaine Minus Hallucinations; Facebook Flags Distress News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 16, 2020
Stroke, Sexual Assault Trauma Tied to Psychogenic Seizures Large study finds novel link with cerebrovascular disease Dec 08, 2020
Tranexamic Acid May Hurt Head Trauma Survival for One Key Group Cheap antifibrinolytic given en route to hospital safe overall in registry Dec 07, 2020
Youth Not Immune to Rising Overdose Rates Overdoses with stimulants on the rise, while those involving heroin have declined Dec 07, 2020
Sudden Death in Epilepsy May Be More Common in Children Registry data show higher mortality rates than previously thought Dec 05, 2020
Overdose Calls Slam EMS in Pandemic Trends correspond with social distancing measured through cell phone data Dec 03, 2020
White Matter Damage Persists Over Time in Vets with TBI Neuroimaging results could offer prognostic markers of recovery or deterioration Dec 02, 2020
Docs Can Prescribe Opioids Via Telemedicine, for Now CMS will eventually revisit emergency guidance Nov 29, 2020
Study Reassures on MS Patients' Breast, Colorectal Cancer Risk But higher incidence of other cancers in Canadian data Nov 25, 2020
World's Deadliest Neglected Disease: Snakebite Slithers Under the Radar Pick your poison: neurotoxic or hemotoxic Nov 25, 2020
Will Vascepa Train Roll Past Negative Omega-3 Results? STRENGTH, OMEMI temper enthusiasm but may not change much Nov 24, 2020
Pregnancies, Later Menopause Tied to Progressive MS Onset Age Pregnancies may have a dose effect on delaying progressive MS Nov 23, 2020
JFK in Trauma Room One: A Witness Remembers At just 25, Joe Goldstrich, MD, was the youngest member of the Kennedy treatment team Nov 18, 2020
COVID's Heart Complications Modest in Large Registry Obese and minority groups at higher risk, though, analyses affirm Nov 18, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
Post-Surgery Monitoring Finds Afib in Discharged Patients About 20% of patients had episodes recorded on devices, study showed Nov 17, 2020
California Medical Board to Revise Dreaded Death Certificate Project 2019 death data suggest frightful consequence: doubling of fatal overdoses versus earlier years Nov 17, 2020
VITAL-AF, mSToPS: Mixed Results in Afib Screening A signal that screening by continuous ECG monitoring leads to better outcomes Nov 16, 2020
NSAID Allergies May Boost Risk for Opioid Use Disorder These patients might benefit from targeted allergy evaluation Nov 15, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Xarelto Works for Prevention in Valvular Afib RIVER trial may open the door to use in broader populations Nov 14, 2020
iMedicalApps: SCAT5 Sports Concussion Assessment Tool The most current guideline in a web app Nov 13, 2020
43% Cardiac Arrest Survival? ECMO Strategy Promising in Early Studies Exceeded expectations for outcomes Nov 13, 2020
You're Never Prepared for the Screams Telling people a loved one died is never easy Nov 13, 2020 podcast
Sleep Apnea Common with Erectile Dysfunction Before considering surgery for ED, send patients for sleep apnea testing, researcher advises Nov 12, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
Brilinta Wins Indication in Recurrent Stroke Prevention FDA approval based on THALES give the drug a foothold beyond CVD Nov 06, 2020
Ethics Consult: Amputate a Healthy Limb? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Nov 06, 2020
tPA Stroke Benefit Consistent Up to 9 Hours Better functional outcomes with treatment for perfusion mismatch beyond the typical window Nov 04, 2020
Long-Term Ocrelizumab Benefits Seen in PPMS No new safety signals, but more research needed about anti-CD20 drugs and COVID-19 Nov 02, 2020
ED Docs: Don't Fear Buprenorphine for Acute Opioid Withdrawal No DEA waiver needed for one-time dosing, ACEP speakers note Oct 30, 2020