When Medicare Stops Covering a Test Without Warning Why didn't someone tell me, asks Hans Duvefelt, MD Aug 20, 2019
AHA Endorses Prescription Fish Oil for High Triglycerides High dose recommended in science advisory Aug 20, 2019
Osteoporosis Tx: Good for Bones, but Not for Cutting Death Risk Fracture risk reduction fails to translate to improved survival in large meta-analysis Aug 19, 2019
Silent Strokes Common After Non-Cardiac Surgery One in 14 older patients have covert stroke, many also have cognitive decline Aug 19, 2019
RA Autoantibodies Don't Disappear With Remission Findings undermine "immunologic remission" as realistic goal Aug 16, 2019
What Really Went Wrong at Jeffrey Epstein's Jail It wasn't just the guards' failure, suggests jail doctor Jeffrey Keller Aug 16, 2019
Newer Prostate Cancer Agents Not Free of Heart Risk Patients with three or more cardiac conditions were at highest risk of early death Aug 14, 2019
Requiring Hospitals to Tell Docs About Admissions Gets Pushback ACOs want access to even more info, while hospitals fear consequences for non-compliance Aug 14, 2019
Should the Elderly Discontinue Statins? The debate goes on, but Kevin Campbell, MD, believes every patient is different Aug 14, 2019 video
In RA Remission? Halve the Xeljanz Dose Reduction appeared preferable to total withdrawal in Japanese study Aug 12, 2019
Vaccines Increase Risk of Gout Flares However, patients shouldn't forgo vaccines because absolute risk is low, and benefits are high Aug 08, 2019
There Is Such Thing as a Too-High LVEF Study suggests sweet spot and proposes fourth left ejection phenotype Aug 07, 2019
Vaccines Boost Gout Flare Risk, But... Patients shouldn't opt out because absolute risk is low and benefits high Aug 05, 2019
Dementia Tied to White Matter Rarefaction in Football Players With CTE But factors not associated with head trauma emerge, too Aug 05, 2019
Elon Musk's Girlfriend Got Eye Surgery for Depression. Is This Nutty? Singer says she had ocular implant to remove blue light from her vision Aug 01, 2019
Alzheimer’s Disease Linked to Altered Liver Enzymes "We have focused for too long on studying the brain in isolation" Jul 31, 2019
How Medicare Ruined American Healthcare Once government financing entered the picture, the doctor-patient relationship was doomed Jul 29, 2019
Omron Evolv One-Piece BP Monitor: Accurate, Quick, Connected The Skeptical Cardiologist has a new favorite Jul 27, 2019
Wait, What? Neil Armstrong Died From Botched Surgery!? Hospital paid $6 million to astronaut's family, newly revealed documents showed Jul 25, 2019
Smoking-Related PAD Risk Lingers Even After Quitting "Impact of smoking on major artery disease may last up to 30 years," researcher says Jul 22, 2019
Alzheimer's Insulin Study Puzzles Researchers Open-label extension shows a prolonged positive effect on cognition, but only in a subset Jul 19, 2019
Is It Time to Start Stopping Aspirin for Stroke Prevention in Afib? The Skeptical Cardiologist questions a die-hard habit Jul 17, 2019
Does Alzheimer's Disease Stem From Infection? Scientists debate, and one company targets gingivitis bacterium to slow Alzheimer's progression Jul 17, 2019
ATTR Cardiomyopathy: 'Red Flags' for Screening Consensus group highlights eight things to look for Jul 11, 2019
Mentally Stimulating Activities and Cognitive Impairment Can certain late-life activities help the aging brain? Jul 10, 2019
Entresto Out-of-Pocket Costs Out of Control? Study highlights one reason for "sluggish" uptake Jul 10, 2019
How Common Are Accutane-Related Psychiatric Events? Difficult to untangle whether increased cases of depression, suicide are related to treatment or acne itself Jul 03, 2019
Opioids Overused in Acute Gout May contribute to opioid crisis -- and other effective therapies are available Jul 03, 2019
Alternatives to Open-Heart Surgery Pushing Surgeons to Do Better Old techniques get a makeover Jul 02, 2019
Low LDL Cholesterol and Hemorrhagic Stroke Another study raises questions about low lipids and ICH Jul 02, 2019
LAA Occluder PREVAILs in Cost-Effectiveness Costs saved a decade later compared to warfarin Jul 02, 2019
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: 'Red Flag' for Subsequent ATTR, Heart Failure Goal is to catch cardiac amyloidosis early, clinicians say Jul 01, 2019
Is Dean Ornish’s Lifestyle Program 'Scientifically Proven' to Reverse Heart Disease? The Skeptical Cardiologist dissects the claims Jul 01, 2019
American Pain Society Goes Belly Up Opioid lawsuit costs prompt membership to approve bankruptcy filing Jun 28, 2019
ACIP: Hep A and MenB Vaccine Recommendations Updated Hepatitis A recommendations expanded for people with HIV; panel stands pat on flu vaccine policy Jun 28, 2019
