Is Red Meat Consumption Bad for You? Not on the basis of increased dietary saturated fat, the Skeptical Cardiologist finds Dec 03, 2022
Looming Physician Pay Cut 'Unprecedented' and 'Unconscionable,' AMA President Says Number of doctors who take Medicare patients could dwindle without Congressional action Dec 02, 2022
Heart Failure From Meth Use: Growing Beast Lurks in the Shadows Exact scope of problem still unknown due to low clinician awareness Dec 02, 2022
Brain Iron Chelation Linked With Worse Outcomes in Early Parkinson's Findings raise caution about iron chelation in neurodegenerative disorders Dec 02, 2022
Chris Hemsworth's APOE4 Alzheimer's Gene The Thor actor recently learned about his genetic predisposition Dec 01, 2022
Common Treatments for Knee Osteoarthritis May Be Harmful Steroids and NSAIDs reduced pain but not disease course, studies showed Nov 30, 2022
Doc Discipline Lenient, Secretive; Patient Data Lawsuits; Dubious Hospice Referrals This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 30, 2022
Second Trial Participant Dies in Alzheimer's Drug Study "All eyes are on lecanemab," a closely watched anti-amyloid treatment Nov 28, 2022
Combo Treatment Could Delay Kidney Failure for Years in Nondiabetic CKD Big benefits projected with SGLT2/RAAS inhibitor combination therapy Nov 23, 2022
Watch for Severe Hypocalcemia in Dialysis Patients on Prolia, FDA Warns Agency said potential risk may require more frequent blood calcium monitoring Nov 22, 2022
Low-Dose Morphine Not Helpful for COPD Patients With Chronic Dyspnea More research needed to distinguish physiological from behavioral effects of dyspnea Nov 22, 2022
Dementia Risk Score Touts 'Nearly 100%' Predictive Accuracy But some experts are skeptical of novel clinical tool Nov 21, 2022
Gabapentin, Opioid Prescriptions More Likely to Overlap in Recent Years An unintentional consequence of opioid prescribing restrictions? Nov 21, 2022
Treating Obesity Should Be Our Healthcare Moonshot Behavioral health changes alone will only do so much Nov 21, 2022
CDC's Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm Nov 18, 2022
Early Cardiac Amyloidosis Still Bad News Without Treatment Observational study supports treating even asymptomatic patients Nov 16, 2022
Pain: The Great Motivator Beth Darnall and Sean Mackey discuss behavioral health therapies for chronic pain management Nov 15, 2022 video
Bone Drug Reverses Damage in Hand Osteoarthritis Provocative findings with denosumab, but don't reach for the prescription pad just yet Nov 15, 2022
Checkpoint Stimulator Passes Mid-Stage Test in Rheumatoid Arthritis Novel approach to normalizing immune activity Nov 14, 2022
Expanding Vaccination Pay, 'Public Option' Fuel Debate Among AMA Delegates Resolutions also advocate for greater accuracy in Medicare Advantage plan offerings and more Nov 14, 2022
Another Adalimumab Biosimilar Seems Set for Interchangeability Trial data pave way for FDA approval Nov 14, 2022
A Remedy for the Federally Funded Physician Shortage Raising or eliminating the cap on residency spots can make all the difference Nov 13, 2022
Twelve-Month Data Back Pegloticase-Methotrexate Gout Combo More support for add-on methotrexate to maintain protein drug's efficacy Nov 13, 2022
Want a Few Weeks of Knee Pain Relief? Try This Local nerve block proves mettle in randomized trial, though benefit didn't last long Nov 12, 2022
Cognitive Function at Older Ages Linked to Childhood Lead Exposure Consequences of early lead exposure may be felt most in the decades ahead Nov 10, 2022
Strong Showing for Novel BP-Lowering Drugs in Resistant Hypertension Aprocitentan targets the endothelin pathway, whereas baxdrostat blocks aldosterone production Nov 09, 2022
Chronic Pain: Opioids No Longer Treatment of Choice Nondrug therapies increased markedly in wake of 2016 CDC guidance Nov 07, 2022
Upfront ECMO Disappoints for Cardiogenic Shock High-cost procedure not yet justified as an early strategy Nov 07, 2022
Moving Fast on HF Drugs After Acute Hospitalization Holds Big Outcome Benefit Randomized trial shows advantages across heart failure spectrum Nov 07, 2022
Experts Agree Intravenous Iron Shows Promise for Heart Failure Patients While findings were not significant, the study was impacted by COVID lockdowns, researcher says Nov 07, 2022
Early Signs of Parkinson's May Be Seen Years Before Diagnosis Skin changes, inflammatory conditions emerge, in addition to well-known features Nov 07, 2022
Study Refutes Heart Health Claims of Dietary Supplements LDL cholesterol reductions with cinnamon, garlic, and others not on par with statin Nov 06, 2022
Decision-Support Tool Enhances Outcomes for Heart Failure Patients in the ED Pathways for HF patients picked for early discharge versus admission Nov 06, 2022
Diuretics on Par in Head-to-Head Comparison for Hypertension But a surprise signal emerges for one group in pragmatic trial Nov 06, 2022
Not So Cool After All: No CV Benefit With Lower-Temp Dialysate in Hemodialysis Some patients in MyTEMP trial even complained cooler dialysate was "worst possible feeling" Nov 06, 2022
Furosemide Holds Up to Newer, Stronger Loop Diuretic During HF Hospitalization Preference for mainstay decongestant versus torsemide likely unchanged after TRANSFORM-HF study Nov 05, 2022
Senate Report Decries Medicare Advantage Plan Marketing Deception Frustrated, confused, embarrassed enrollees often delay care after being "scammed," report notes Nov 04, 2022
Empagliflozin Protects At-Risk Patients From CKD Progression Also cut risk for cardiovascular-related death and worsening kidney function Nov 04, 2022
Doctor, Drug Rep Plead Guilty in Nuedexta Drama Fallout continues for drug pushed on elderly patients who may have been harmed Nov 03, 2022
