Predicting Death in Advanced Cancer Study offers clues to guide clinicians, families about end of life. Feb 10, 2015 video
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
Scoring System for Lung Cancer Screening Debuts Radiologists to get tools for grading suspicious lesions. Dec 05, 2014
Knee Surgery Linked to Higher OA Risk Can meniscus repairs actually worsen joint damage? Dec 04, 2014
New Treatments for High Potassium on the Horizon But ultimate success is far from guaranteed. Nov 26, 2014
I-PASS Handoff System Leads to Decline in Medical Errors Mnemonic device helps for oral and written handoffs. Nov 25, 2014
New Antibody Found in Membranous Nephropathy Antibodies against THSD7A may be behind some cases. Nov 14, 2014
Investigative Combo Pill Effective Against HCV Infection Treating refractory HCV without ribavirin onboard. Nov 13, 2014
No Need for Cancer Watch in Cirrhotic Wilson's Disease Hepatocellular carcinoma is too infrequent to merit regular surveillance. Nov 10, 2014
The Happy PCP: $400K/Yr and Home in Time for Dinner Primary care doc earns a specialist's income without working overtime. Nov 07, 2014
Are There Fewer 'Tasty' Meals After Bariatric Surgery? Taste buds may be diminished by weight-loss surgery. Nov 07, 2014
Two Gastric Balloons May Be Better than One A dual-balloon intragastric device helped patients shed more pounds. Nov 06, 2014
Munchausen by Proxy: A Case Study of Abuse This patient saw doctors in five different states. Oct 29, 2014
Kidney Stones Up Fracture Risk Risk is strongest in adolescent men and women in their 30s. Oct 24, 2014
Frozen or Powdered: Fecal Transplant Works in C. Diff Donor stool need not be fresh for treating C. diff. Oct 23, 2014
Insulin and Insulina: Bridging the Gap Physicians need to be aware of patients' beliefs about medicinal plants. Oct 22, 2014
NAMS Launches Menopause App MenoPro calculator helps design optimal therapy for individual patients. Oct 14, 2014
Case Study: Fecal Transplant Clears K. Pneumoniae Treatment of teenage girl suggests another use for fecal microbiota transplant. Oct 13, 2014
Taming the In-Basket We need to help our programmers send us only the messages we really need to see. Oct 09, 2014
