Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say More access needed to healthy food, child care Jun 14, 2021
What Leads to Patients With Diabetes Relapsing After Bariatric Surgery? Risk factors included longer diabetes duration, higher preop HbA1c in Swedish study Jun 14, 2021
Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence Jun 13, 2021
Patients with Class I Obesity Still Benefit from Weight-Loss Surgery It may be time to update NIH-established indications for bariatric surgery, experts say Jun 12, 2021
Bariatric Surgery Tied to Decreased Stroke Risk Out to 5 Years "Clinically important" finding, says researcher Jun 11, 2021
Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says Jun 10, 2021
Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care Jun 10, 2021
3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work Jun 10, 2021
TRK Inhibitor Proves Beneficial in Primary CNS Tumors One-year OS rate with larotrectinib was 85% Jun 09, 2021
'Important' Advance in Tough-to-Treat Thyroid Cancer Targeted therapy cabozantinib may represent a new standard in heavily pretreated patients Jun 09, 2021
UnitedHealthcare to Crack Down on 'Non-Emergent' ED Claims Emergency physicians group characterized new policy as "direct violation" of current standard Jun 08, 2021
Troponin Testing Presents Problems in Kidney-Impaired People High-sensitivity assays work but may flag many patients unnecessarily Jun 07, 2021
Chemoimmunotherapy Tied to Better Outcomes in Advanced NSCLC PD-L1 status and age play key roles in success of combined regimen versus immunotherapy alone Jun 05, 2021
Even Post-COVID Care Centers Are Returning to Normal As pandemic winds down, so does demand for ongoing care Jun 04, 2021
Is This Medical Board Headed for a Shake-Up? Could be the first in the nation to have public member majority Jun 04, 2021
Guns for Vaccinations; IU Health Joins the Mandate Club; NFL Ends 'Race-Norming' A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Jun 03, 2021
Doximity Hopes Doctors Buy Into Its IPO MD social networking site sets aside 15% of shares for physician members Jun 02, 2021
Inside Hahnemann's Demise; Fauci: Society 'Totally Nuts'; Anti-Vax Law Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 02, 2021
Bauchner Out as JAMA Editor-in-Chief AMA launches search for new top editor, led by Otis Brawley Jun 01, 2021
Houston Methodist Sued Over COVID Vax Mandate Employees claim policy violates federal law, sue for wrongful discharge Jun 01, 2021
PAs Attempt to Rebrand With a New Name Years-long process with hopes of boosting profession's relevance and impact May 27, 2021
50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion "If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it" May 25, 2021
Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old's Death Parents charge care delays for child with hydrocephalus were tied to arrangements for star doctor May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
Here's Why This Doc Got a Third Vaccine Dose A transplant surgeon, a heart recipient himself, saw robust antibody response after third dose May 20, 2021
CHS Sues Thousands of Patients; Hospital Parking Fees Under Fire; Trump-Era Emails This past week in healthcare investigations May 19, 2021
Falling Through the Cracks on Rapid Troponin Testing Protocols Studies point to potential risks and pitfalls with change to more sensitive, rapid testing May 18, 2021
Novel Heart Failure Agent Works Best in Sickest Patients Omecamtiv mecarbil provides benefit to those with low LVEF May 18, 2021
Plavix Beats Aspirin, Brilinta After Stenting HOST-EXAM and TALOS-AMI studies from South Korea focus on aspects of DAPT May 18, 2021
Indian States Turn to Ivermectin in COVID Crisis Two states give anti-parasitic preventatively to large swaths of population despite warnings May 18, 2021
Finerenone May Delay AFib Onset in Patients With CKD and Diabetes Risk of kidney or CV events reduced regardless of atrial fibrillation or atrial flutter history May 18, 2021
COVID Patient 'Lottery' Ensured Scarce Drugs Divided Equitably System prioritized, deprioritized certain patient groups May 17, 2021
Pacemaker Interference Warning; Religious Fasting and CVD; Toothpick in the Heart Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 17, 2021
Personalized Rehab Helpful in Heart Failure Patients Trial showed improvements in physical functioning and quality of life compared with usual care May 17, 2021
LAA Occlusion During Surgery Cuts Stroke Risk Afib patients on antithrombotic therapy saw gains from add-on left atrial appendage occlusion May 16, 2021
Harassment Charges Fly at LSU ľ¹ÏÖ±²¥ School Women say leadership fostered a culture of harassment, discrimination, retaliation May 11, 2021
Nasal Vaccines for COVID-19? Some argue intranasal vaccines, still in early trials, may be better at blocking transmission May 11, 2021
