AAP: Armed Conflict Is a Pediatric Issue Group encourages clinicians to address impact on physical and mental health Nov 06, 2018
Parental Injury Tied to Troubled Sleep for the Kids Teenagers, children of parents with both PTSD and TBI at increased risk Nov 04, 2018
Survey: Kids Couldn't Tell Real Gun from Toy Gun Also, only one-third of parents followed guidance for safe gun storage Nov 04, 2018
Malaria Hits Papua New Guinea Once Again Historic declines in 2013-2014 offset by major increase in 2017 Oct 30, 2018
Acute Kidney Injury Linked with Higher Dementia Risk Risk heightened even among those with full renal recovery Oct 28, 2018
Expert Panel: Cap Oxygen Saturation at 96% for Acutely Ill Patients Recommends special caution for stroke, MI patients Oct 25, 2018
Group of Blood Pressure Drugs Linked to Lung Cancer 14% higher likelihood in users of ACE inhibitors; causal relationship unproven Oct 25, 2018
Nerve Plane Block May Improve Mastectomy Pain Also: obese children and post-surgery pain; patient-controlled epidurals after C-section Oct 16, 2018
Unplanned Pregnancy May Double Miscarriage Risk in Epilepsy Patients Interpregnancy interval, conception age also may play roles Oct 15, 2018
I'm Drowning A researcher-patient's plea for broader inclusion in cystic fibrosis trials Oct 11, 2018
No Infection Dx for Abx; Combo Tx for MRSA Scores; CMV Vax Promising Presentations, late-breaking clinical trials cover a variety of topics Oct 10, 2018
Knowledge Gaps on HPV's Link to Head/Neck Ca for Docs in Training Few are equipped to perform HPV vaccine counseling, study found Oct 10, 2018
Seeing Red: Can Excessive Viagra Dose Permanently Damage Vision? Report describes case of persistent colored vision disturbance Oct 08, 2018
Medical 'Dog Wash' Cuts Risk of MRSA Spread From Therapy Dogs Pilot study of intervention in pediatric oncology ward shows promising results Oct 05, 2018
ERs Filling Up with Psych Cases Millions more visits were linked to the conditions in 2015 compared with 2009 Oct 04, 2018
Rogue Doctors and Boundaries How far outside the mainstream should healthcare professionals be permitted to go? Oct 04, 2018
Deaths from Non-Obesity-Related Cancers Higher in T2D Even in some obesity-related malignancies, high BMI was inversely tied to cancer death Oct 03, 2018
Emergency Docs Say Assaults Common in the ED Just under half report physical attacks at work Oct 02, 2018
Sickle Cell in the ED: Old Therapies, New Strategies With treatments unchanged in decades, docs seek to improve delivery Oct 02, 2018
Rifaximin Chaser May Cut CDI Relapse Pooled data from two RCTs suggested 50% drop in recurrence after standard antibiotics Sep 28, 2018
What 'New Amsterdam' Gets Wrong John Higgins, MD, highlights lapses in NBC pilot episode -- but gives a thumbs-up too Sep 27, 2018 video
Amputation, the Quick and Durable Way to Shed Pounds Nobody's going to regain THAT weight Sep 27, 2018
A Doctor's Life at the Nation's Oldest Hospital, Now on TV "New Amsterdam," based on Eric Manheimer's experiences, comes to prime time Sep 25, 2018
Lung Denervation Cuts COPD-Related Events, Admissions One-time therapy showed most benefit in highly symptomatic patients Sep 19, 2018
10-Minute Headstart for the Cath Lab Helps in STEMI Emergencies Quicker revascularization, possibly better survival seen in registry Sep 18, 2018
Daily, Weekly Seizure Cycles More Common Than Previously Thought Cycles may occur in more than 80% of epilepsy patients Sep 13, 2018
Levaquin With Chemo Reduces Bacteremia in Pediatric AML/ALL But no advantage seen among those undergoing transplant Sep 11, 2018
Vasopressors May Contribute to ICU-Related Weakness Association was independent of other known risk factors Sep 11, 2018
PTAC Backs New Payment Models for Emergency, Primary Care Committee also considers proposals for chronically ill patients, dialysis patients Sep 11, 2018
Why Do Female Troops Get Pregnant During Deployment? Military's efforts to provide contraception seen falling short Sep 06, 2018
Proposed House Bill Seeks to End Drug Price 'Gag Clause' Pharmacists should be able to freely tell patients that a drug will cost less out-of-pocket Sep 05, 2018
I Almost Shot Myself in the Head Until... Here's what stopped this doctor's suicidal thoughts Aug 30, 2018
Survey: Cancer Patients Will Pay Anything for Treatment Confirms what drug companies already knew Aug 29, 2018
ESC: Oral Antibiotics Safe for Stable Endocarditis Switching after a period of IV antibiotics didn't raise event rates in POET trial Aug 28, 2018
ESC: MI Redefined in International Guidelines Fourth "Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction" issued Aug 27, 2018
