Patient Registries See Promise and Challenges Ahead Physician-driven registries adapt to a changing health system Sep 11, 2015
Bed Bug Resurgence a Multifactorial Issue Hygiene, insecticide bans, globalization all contribute Aug 27, 2015 video
Clear Health Costs: Having Insurance Doesn't Always Pay The case of the $1,700 mammogram Aug 26, 2015
Giving Patients Evidence-Based Reassurance In response to the Less-is-More series, here are five evidence-based tips for reassuring patients Aug 07, 2015
Morning Break: Your Body on a Coke? No Sex for Grandpa Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff Aug 03, 2015
The Birth and Increasingly Troubled Life of Medicare Fears of "socialized medicine" swept aside, but cost concerns eventually overtake program. Jul 30, 2015
Today's Teens Less Likely to Start Having Sex Compared with past generations, more teens in recent years using protection, or abstaining. Jul 24, 2015
Diabetic Seniors Lobby for Medicare to Cover CGM Devices Senate panel highlights glucose control issues facing Medicare patients with diabetes. Jul 17, 2015
Biogen Reports Another Tecfidera PML Case Non-fatal case is the second one for the oral MS drug. Jul 16, 2015
CDC's Meningitis B Vax Recommendation Faces Criticism Lack of universal recommendation deemed "confusing for parents" Jun 24, 2015
So You Actually Drank the Water During Your Vacation? Should you carry Cipro in your suitcase when traveling? It depends Jun 20, 2015
13 Apple Watch Medical Apps Made for Physicians Even though there are over 3,500 apps that have been customized for the Apple Watch, there are few that health providers can actually utilize for themselves Jun 01, 2015
Heavy Pot Smoking Linked With Stunted Growth Study adds to evidence for developmental abnormalities with teen marijuana use May 20, 2015
Antitibiotic-Chemo Combo Cuts Infection Risk in AML Incidence of Streptococcus viridans more than halved with prophylaxis. May 10, 2015
Injecting Opioid Tied to Blood Clotting Disorder Are most clinicians aware of this side effect of oxymorphone drug abuse? May 10, 2015
Ebola Virus Lives in Eye Long After Blood Clears 'Cured' in October, back in hospital in December May 08, 2015
Physician/Writer: Dual and Dueling Responsibilities The ethics of doctors writing about patients. Apr 10, 2015
Excerpt From 'The Digital Doctor' An insider's view of the digitization of healthcare delivery. Apr 09, 2015
Endo Apps: The DIY Artificial Pancreas Type 1 diabetics and their parents find solutions for closed-loop control. Apr 06, 2015
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
Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors' ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture." Mar 26, 2015
AAD: Frog Enzyme Clears Genital Warts Summaries of late-breaking research from the dermatology meeting. Mar 26, 2015
Psoriasis and Tonsillectomy: A Real Head Scratcher Skin disease often improves after surgery but no one knows why. Mar 24, 2015
Gross Anatomy: Rare Alga Growth From Human Tissue Sample The culture was negative, so what's all this green stuff? Mar 06, 2015
The Medium Is The Message: Second Study Confirms Mediums' Accuracy A journal publishes another paper reporting that officially certified mediums are accurate. Mar 04, 2015
Morning Break: Penis Reduction? Patient Suffering Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the staff. Feb 18, 2015
5 Steps in Talking With Patients About Alternative Medicine Ask, explain, respect, collaborate, compromise. Jan 14, 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
Is an Expensive New Antibiotic Worth the Cost? Once-weekly dalbavancin might reduce admissions, but it introduces new concerns. Dec 12, 2014
Scoring System for Lung Cancer Screening Debuts Radiologists to get tools for grading suspicious lesions. Dec 05, 2014
10 Ways Primary Care Practices Can Improve Care High quality care and cost-cutting aren't mutually exclusive. Dec 04, 2014
Investigative Combo Pill Effective Against HCV Infection Treating refractory HCV without ribavirin onboard. Nov 13, 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
That's Not Chronic Lyme, It's Cancer Three case reports demonstrate the risks of "assuming that patients have chronic Lyme disease." Nov 04, 2014
Frozen or Powdered: Fecal Transplant Works in C. Diff Donor stool need not be fresh for treating C. diff. Oct 23, 2014
Emanuel: Did I Say Die at 75? Death at age 75 was a "slightly random number," but Ezekiel Emanuel will just say No to statins, antihypertensives, and antibiotics after age 75. Oct 21, 2014
