Gabapentinoids Plus Opioids Up Overdose Risk After Surgery Absolute risks of adverse events were low, however Dec 29, 2020
Laparoscopic Lavage a Safe Option in Perforated Diverticulitis No difference versus resection in long-term severe complications, but recurrence more common Dec 29, 2020
Metformin Recalls Ballooned in 2020 Last addition to the list in November brought number to 254 products recalled Dec 29, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Did Fauci Move the Herd Immunity Goal Posts? Scientists play a dangerous game when they tailor factual statements to promote policy goals Dec 29, 2020
Conservative Approach to Inpatient BP Spikes May Be Safer Oral, IV antihypertensives alike associated with worse outcomes Dec 28, 2020
Rising Out-of-Pocket Costs for Neurology Visits, Diagnostic Tests Neurologist distribution varies widely, as does involvement in patient care Dec 28, 2020
Black Doctor Who Died of COVID Said Racism Impacted Care Susan Moore, MD, said she had to beg for proper care: "This is how Black people get killed" Dec 23, 2020
Bamlanivimab Flops in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients Published results confirm why ACTIV-3 trial was stopped for futility Dec 23, 2020
GI Bleeds Tied to Worse Prognosis for COVID-19 Inpatients Anticoagulation or antiplatelet agents not tied to higher risk of bleeding in cohort study Dec 22, 2020
Spinal Benefits Seen With Cosentyx in PsA First trial to evaluate response of axial symptoms in psoriatic arthritis to biologic treatment Dec 22, 2020
Op-Ed: Atlas Shrugged? The Legacy of Scott Atlas, MD Did he always put science before agenda? Dec 20, 2020
Most Allergic Reactions Not Enough to Nix COVID-19 Vaccine More observation may be all that's required, even among those with history of severe reactions Dec 18, 2020
As COVID-19 Rages, Vaping Lung Disease Hasn't Disappeared COVID similarities complicate EVALI diagnosis Dec 17, 2020
'We Want Them Infected'; Extra Vax Doses; Tom Cruise, Distancing Enforcer A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Dec 17, 2020
Trazodone-Sildenafil Mix-Up; Ibogaine Minus Hallucinations; Facebook Flags Distress News and commentary from the psychiatry world Dec 16, 2020
Are Old Vaccines Helpful Against COVID-19? They rev the innate immune response, which appears to play a key role in fighting COVID-19 Dec 16, 2020
Broader Role for PARP Inhibitors in Breast Cancer? Responses in tumors with somatic or germline mutations related to HRD Dec 14, 2020
Online Tool Refines Individual Risks in Breast Cancer RSClin incorporates 21-gene recurrence score with tumor grade, size, and more Dec 13, 2020
IBD and COVID-19: Who Is at Risk? Worse outcomes for older patients and those with comorbidities and on steroids Dec 12, 2020
New GLP-1 Agonist Succeeds in Phase III; PFAS Chemicals & COVID-19 News and commentary from the endocrinology world Dec 11, 2020
Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma: Bispecific Antibodies Impress in Refractory Disease Odronextamab, epcoritamab surpass 90% response threshold in early trials Dec 11, 2020
Hospital Teams with Marvel for Nurse Superhero Comic Allegheny Health Network finds unique way to thank front-line nurses during the pandemic Dec 10, 2020
Gland Larceny: When Testicle Thefts Took Chicago by Storm Male rejuvenation craze sparked kidnappings and organ harvesting Dec 09, 2020
Derm Symptoms Signal MIS-C in Kids Case series shows mucocutaneous findings in most children Dec 09, 2020
Novel Agent Active in Refractory CML Asciminib doubles molecular response versus bosutinib after two or more prior lines of therapy Dec 08, 2020
High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Can Wait 6 Months for Surgery: Study Can be considered low priority procedure during COVID-19 pandemic, researchers say Dec 08, 2020
Gene Therapy Stops Bleeding in Hemophilia Single injection had durable effectiveness, study showed Dec 08, 2020
Stroke, Sexual Assault Trauma Tied to Psychogenic Seizures Large study finds novel link with cerebrovascular disease Dec 08, 2020
Saxenda OK'd for Teens with Obesity Liraglutide label now includes adolescents as young as 12 Dec 07, 2020
CRISPR-Based Tx Offers Hope in Tough-to-Treat Blood Disorders Success with investigational use of gene editing in sickle cell disease, beta-thalassemia Dec 06, 2020
Blood Cancers and COVID-19: 'A Medically Vulnerable' Group Patients with hematologic malignancies and SARS-CoV-2 face higher risks for infection, death Dec 06, 2020
Sudden Death in Epilepsy May Be More Common in Children Registry data show higher mortality rates than previously thought Dec 05, 2020
Sickle Cell Disease Tied to Worse COVID-19 Outcomes Black patients seem to be at higher risk for certain COVID-19 complications, death Dec 05, 2020
Three-Drug Regimen Reduces Myeloma Treatment Burden Efficacy maintained with addition of SQ daratumumab to pomalidomide, dexamethasone Dec 04, 2020