The Serious Conversation: Delivering Bad News by Telemedicine As office visits move online, clinicians discuss breaking life-changing diagnoses virtually Jul 13, 2020
Audio-Only Telemedicine: Docs Say Payment Falls Short Clinicians wonder why the technology used, not a virtual visit's content or complexity, dictates reimbursement Jul 13, 2020
Tenet Gets Big Federal $$$ but Still Cuts Employees Stimulus funds, deferred taxes aren't enough to prevent a 10% workforce furlough Jul 09, 2020
COVID-19 Linked to Late Stent Thrombosis? Case report bolsters case for antithrombotic therapy Jul 08, 2020
Sobering Data on Risks of Short-Term Oral Corticosteroids Short steroid bursts linked to serious adverse events within a month Jul 06, 2020
Study: Afib Persistence Shouldn't Be Based on 7-Day Cutoff Is the current definition of "paroxysmal Afib" clinically relevant? Jul 02, 2020
Novel Tx Shows Early Promise for Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Improved pulmonary vascular resistance in phase II PULSAR study Jun 29, 2020
Migraine History Predicts Concussion Severity More concussion symptoms also seen post-injury Jun 29, 2020
Inhaled Vasodilator Promising for Lung Disease With Pulmonary Hypertension "Highly significant" improvements in exercise capacity in phase 3 results Jun 26, 2020
Renal Denervation: No Rush for BP-Lowering Benefit RADIANCE-HTN SOLO data suggest a little more time for med optimization does no harm Jun 26, 2020
Sleep Predicts Migraine Recurrence Sleep quality may identify patients at risk of developing chronic migraine Jun 26, 2020
ViV TAVR: Device, Implantation Choices Matter Long Term Worse outcomes tied to smaller original surgical valve, TAVR valve type, existing severe PPM Jun 26, 2020
Satisfactory Progress Reports for MitraClip Alternatives Mitral valve replacement, repair devices under ongoing study Jun 25, 2020
Triple Treatment Reduces COPD Exacerbations Also a suggestion of reduced mortality with one dose level, large multicenter ETHOS trial finds Jun 25, 2020
Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows Jun 24, 2020
Muscle Relaxer Rx Doubled Over 12-Year Span Spike in prescriptions among older adults particularly concerning, researchers note Jun 24, 2020
Legendary Gymnast Dies of Basilar Artery Stroke A look at world-champion Kurt Thomas's fatal condition Jun 23, 2020
A Diabetes Drug That Slows Cognitive Decline? Trulicity analysis hints at dementia prevention Jun 22, 2020
TEE-Related GI Injuries Commonplace During Structural Cardiac Interventions Even the most complex complications could be managed conservatively, however Jun 22, 2020
Sapien 3 TAVR On Par with Surgery at 5 Years Differences observed in stroke and pacemaker rates Jun 21, 2020
No Clarity on Clinical Impact of Post-TAVR Leaflet Thrombosis Cases of HALT, RLM largely limited to one leaflet Jun 21, 2020
S3 Ultra Valve Cuts TAVR Paravalvular Regurgitation Data reassuring for newer device, TVT registry analysis shows Jun 20, 2020
Dementia Linked to Previous Migraine History Midlife migraine diagnosis boosted dementia rate by 50%, Danish study shows Jun 18, 2020
Ertugliflozin Tx: Safe for the Heart in Patients With T2D Phase III VERTIS-CV trial meets primary endpoint of MACE non-inferiority Jun 17, 2020
Most Migraine Patients Lack Treatment Only 15% with moderate or severe disability received preventive drugs, U.S. survey found Jun 17, 2020
Combination Ups Survival in Older AML Patients Frontline venetoclax plus azacitidine adds 5 months to median OS versus azacitidine alone Jun 17, 2020
Access Uneven for 'Most Expensive Cardiac Medication in History' Insurance doesn't bring costs down enough for many patients, center finds Jun 17, 2020
Strange Sips, Steps Raise Concerns About Trump's Health CNN's Gupta: "A lot of clues, but no conclusions" Jun 16, 2020
Gout: Methotrexate May Enhance Pegloticase Response In small study, uric acid levels were reduced to near undetectable levels in almost 80% of patients Jun 09, 2020
Repetitive Negative Thinking Linked With Alzheimer's Pathology Rumination, worry tied to amyloid, tau, and cognitive decline Jun 08, 2020
Psoriatic Arthritis: Outcomes Similar for Cosentyx and Humira Primary endpoint of superiority for secukinumab over adalimumab not met in a phase IIIb trial Jun 08, 2020
DOACs More Risky With Common Antibiotic Study affirms concomitant use associated with major hemorrhage Jun 08, 2020
Recovered Cardiomyopathy: More Like Remission Than Cure Andrew Perry, MD, interviews Jane Wilcox, MD Jun 07, 2020 podcast
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Names Names Agency rolls out data reports for individual facilities Jun 05, 2020
CT Angiography Helpful in Suspected Stable Angina, but Not Needed for All CTA better at detecting CAD than exercise stress tests, analysis suggests Jun 03, 2020
Low-Dose Aspirin Flops for Depression Prevention in Elderly But other anti-inflammatory agents "remain promising," says researcher Jun 03, 2020
Another IL-6 Blocker Succeeds in Rheumatoid Arthritis Effective in patients with moderately to severely active disease in a phase III trial Jun 03, 2020
High Marks for CAR T Cells in R/R Myeloma Response rates of 70-100% with BCMA-targeted products for heavily treated disease Jun 03, 2020
Queen Guitarist's Agonizing May Sciatica + "small heart attack" = trying time for Brian May Jun 03, 2020
EULAR 2020: What to Expect Cancelled due to pandemic but extensive menu of virtual learning planned Jun 02, 2020
