Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor' An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery. Apr 09, 2015
Allopurinol Doesn't Worsen Acute Gout Attacks Worries that it might prove unfounded in randomized trial. Apr 09, 2015
Endo Apps: The DIY Artificial Pancreas Type 1 diabetics and their parents find solutions for closed-loop control. Apr 06, 2015
Brain Cancer: Did '60 Minutes' Report Raise False Hope? Glioblastoma virotherapy touted on CBS program is promising but preliminary. Mar 30, 2015 video
What Makes an Opioid Stronger or Weaker Than Morphine? CDC classification of stronger, weaker, and morphine-equivalent opioids is confusing. Mar 30, 2015
Doctors, Stop Sticking Your Patients So Often UCSF's Think Twice, Stick Once campaign aims to curb unnecessary venipunctures. Mar 29, 2015
Crosslinks Unhelpful in Spinal Fusion for Scoliosis Crosslinks didn't improve outcomes, but added bulk and cost. Mar 27, 2015
New Rx Protocol Improves Knee Replacement Recovery Total knee arthroplasty patients back on feet sooner with new approach to pain management. Mar 27, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors' ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture." Mar 26, 2015
Fat-Lysing Agent Makes Double Chin Disappear Consistent results seen with injection of synthetic deoxycholic acid compound. Mar 24, 2015
Orthopedists' Financial Conflicts Can Hurt Patients, Surgeon Says It's financially compelling for doctors to do things that don't help patients. Mar 22, 2015
The Case for Body Cameras: Good for Doctors -- and Their Patients Why one doctor wants to see a camera added to a clinician's equipment checklist. Mar 16, 2015
CardioBreak: Modern Bloodletting, a New Statin Strategy Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine. Mar 09, 2015
Gross Anatomy: Rare Alga Growth From Human Tissue Sample The culture was negative, so what's all this green stuff? Mar 06, 2015
Ultrasound After Steroid Shots Helps Slightly in Managing Knee OA Changes visualized after intra-articular injections are small and of borderline utility. Feb 27, 2015
Reversing Abortion Pill: Can It Be Done? A new group of anti-abortion physicians may have "the antidote" for RU-486. Feb 24, 2015
Endo Apps: How to Get Useful Glucose Meter Data There are several options for downloading and interpreting important data from diabetes patients. Feb 24, 2015
Morning Break: Penis Reduction? Patient Suffering Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff. Feb 18, 2015
Stop DMARDs Before Orthopedic Surgery in RA Patients? Deft medication management is important. Feb 12, 2015
Predicting Death in Advanced Cancer Study offers clues to guide clinicians, families about end of life. Feb 10, 2015 video
Dr. Maiden Name Will See You Now Medical students give their last names a lot of thought. Feb 02, 2015
Diabetes: Is This Tattoo Worth a 1,000 Needle Pricks? UCSD researchers report early results on a tattoo to measure blood sugar. Jan 27, 2015 video
Friday Feedback: When Grief Turns Violent How should clinicians know and react when family members blame them for adverse outcomes? Jan 23, 2015
Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU? Association seen versus resident physicians in small study. Jan 22, 2015
More Nurses May Mean Fewer Deaths in ICU High patient to nurse ratios may lead to more errors and fatal outcomes. Jan 21, 2015
When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians. Jan 19, 2015
10 Things ICUs Must Do Better Compassion tops the list by former Society of Critical Care Medicine president. Jan 19, 2015
5 Steps in Talking With Patients About Alternative Medicine Ask, explain, respect, collaborate, compromise. Jan 14, 2015
Onglyza OK in Renal Patients No increase in cardiovascular events seen in renally impaired SAVOR patients. Jan 14, 2015
CardioBuzz: Why Patients Don’t Take Heart Meds Faced with patients' instinctive aversion to pills, even after MI, what's a cardiologist to do? Jan 08, 2015
Ebola Diary: On the Ground in Sierra Leone, Part 5 Last installment in a CDC fellow's account of her experiences tracking the spread of the Ebola virus in West Africa. Jan 08, 2015
Reclast May Protect Bone by Reversing Marrow Fat Early zoledronic acid reverses bone marrow adipogenesis during estrogen deficiency. Jan 07, 2015
Do You Hear the (Heart) Beat of These Dancing Feet? If you thought electrophysiologists are boring, think again. Ditto Icelanders. Dec 28, 2014 video
Gut Hormone May Up Dehydration Risk in T2D Endogenous glucagon-like peptide-1 appears to inhibit fluid intake. Dec 28, 2014
Tx Adherence High Among Mentally Ill Vets on Methadone Methadone treatment may have ancillary benefits. Dec 09, 2014
Opioid Linked to Low Blood Sugar Tramadol was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia. Dec 09, 2014
