Alzheimer's May Start Sooner for People With Anxiety, Depression History Psychiatric disorders could have additive effects on AD pathophysiology, study suggests Feb 24, 2021
Is Nursing Board Discipline Getting More Aggressive? Texas Board epitomizes national trend, with nurses seeing campaign of intimidation Feb 23, 2021
How Long Do COVID Olfactory Problems Last? Sense of smell can be altered for 5 months or longer, Canadian study suggests Feb 22, 2021
Antibiotic Duo Wins in Diverticulitis Outpatient Tx Less risk for harms without adversely affecting outcomes, cohort studies show Feb 22, 2021
Op-Ed: Vivek Murthy's Multimillion Dollar Conflicts Are Cause for Concern The Surgeon General nominee will only treat corporate America's woes Feb 22, 2021
Op-Ed: COVID Vax Misinformation May Be Our Worst Enemy Biden needs to stop the spread of more than just the virus Feb 22, 2021
Op-Ed: The Bitter Truth of USDA's Sugar Guidelines President Biden needs to "follow the science" and act now Feb 21, 2021
Lung Hemorrhage in Lupus: Which Patients Die? Risk factors include older age, longer disease duration, infection, and certain treatments Feb 20, 2021
Why Haven's Encounter With Reality Proved Fatal Ex-CEO Gawande explains what went wrong for "model" healthcare venture Feb 19, 2021
Tulane Residency Director Removed After Filing Racial Discrimination Suit Lawsuit alleges a decade of race and gender-discriminatory behaviors Feb 18, 2021
Dialysis Crisis in Texas: 'Catastrophic' Half of dialysis units across the state still suffering winter storm havoc Feb 18, 2021
Recognizing Medical Contributions by Africans and Black Americans From early inoculations to modern medical devices Feb 17, 2021
Sleep-Dementia Link; Neanderthal Mini-Brains; MS Tx and COVID Vax News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Feb 16, 2021
COVID Vaccine for Migraine Patients? Headache, vaccine experts field questions from Twitter Feb 12, 2021
Is Asthma Tx a Breath of Fresh Air for Early COVID-19 Patients? Markedly reduced hospitalizations with inhaled steroid in small, open-label trial Feb 09, 2021
Big Brother Intervention No Fix for Hospital Hand Hygiene Practices Device that counted each drop of hand sanitizer used was of little help Feb 08, 2021
Op-Ed: If You're a Doctor, You Need Therapy You can't take care of patients until you take care of yourself Feb 06, 2021
Anti-CD20 Drugs Tied to Severe COVID in Cancer Patients Plus: Active chemo treatment may not be a COVID risk factor Feb 05, 2021
HDL Cholesterol Linked to Parkinson's Disease Population study shows relationships between HDL levels and variability with incident PD Feb 05, 2021
COVID-19 Risk Not Equal for All Critical Care Staff Antibody study in British hospital reveals exposure varied by role Feb 04, 2021
Sepsis in Children Better Controlled with Care Bundles Also: living in low-income neighborhoods linked to longer hospital stays Feb 04, 2021
Burnout Among ICU Docs Skyrocketed During COVID-19 Small Dutch survey finds link to unsafe work environment, scarcity of resources Feb 03, 2021
Brain Tumor Risk Upped With Synthetic Progestogen Absolute risk still low, however, and product not currently approved in U.S. Feb 03, 2021
Telemedicine in ICU Saves Lives, Study Finds Tele-intensivist care linked to 18% lower mortality over a decade Feb 03, 2021
Is it OK to Cut Back on Prednisone After Kidney Transplant? 15-year follow-up data support the use of early steroid cessation Feb 03, 2021
Dexmedetomidine Ties Propofol for Intubated Adults With Sepsis No significant difference in days without delirium or coma Feb 02, 2021
Dustin Diamond's Small Cell Lung Cancer "Saved by the Bell" actor diagnosed after exhaustive testing Feb 02, 2021
EHR Vendor Pays $18M to Settle Kickback Allegations DOJ accused Athenahealth of proffering luxury trips, referral fees to prospects and clients Feb 02, 2021
AGA Updates Guidelines for Refractory H. Pylori New info stresses knowing patients' antibiotic exposure and doing drug susceptibility testing Feb 01, 2021
Most College Football Head Impacts Occur in Practice, Not Games Findings may have NCAA policy implications Feb 01, 2021
80% of COVID-19 Patients May Have Lingering Symptoms, Signs More than 50 effects persisted after acute infection, meta-analysis shows Jan 30, 2021
Preventive Approach to C-Section Bleeding Pans Out in Trial Treatment lowered risk of early blood loss and transfusion, but not more severe hemorrhage Jan 29, 2021
Ethics Consult: Report Alleged Improper Doctor-Patient Relationship? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Jan 29, 2021
How Much Protection Do Babies Get From Mom's COVID Antibodies? Study is first to investigate maternal neutralizing activity Jan 28, 2021
Op-Ed: Tribalism and Virtue Signaling in Post-COVID Vax Messaging No one is chasing a zero-risk life Jan 28, 2021
Two Pediatricians Dead in Texas Murder-Suicide Austin mourns loss of beloved pediatrician Lindley Dodson, MD Jan 28, 2021
Despite Controversial Leader, Charity's COVID Field Hospitals Prove Helpful Samaritan's Purse opens field hospitals in hard-hit areas as CEO Franklin Graham faces scrutiny Jan 27, 2021
Montana Oncologist Fired for Misdiagnosing, Overtreating Patients But some rally around him Jan 26, 2021