The Myth of the Comprehensive 20-Minute Visit We need to make more healthcare happen before and after the in-office appointment Oct 21, 2024
Potentially Large Cost Savings With Home-Based OCT for Neovascular AMD Study suggests potential to eliminate a third of in-office visits without harming care Oct 21, 2024
Daily Oral Edaravone for ALS No Better Than On/Off Regimen Changes in CAFS, ALSFRS-R scores comparable at 48 weeks Oct 21, 2024
Psychologist Behind the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' Dies at 91 Philip Zimbardo was criticized for becoming an active participant in controversial study Oct 21, 2024
Stroke Prevention Guideline Adds Recs for GLP-1 Drugs, Gender-Affirming Care Recommendation updates also address social determinants of health Oct 21, 2024
Late ED Doc's Secret Life; Flesh-Eating Bacteria in Florida; COVID Vaccine Lawsuit Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 21, 2024
Case Study: What Is the Cause of This Right-Sided Numbness, Headache, and Blurred Vision? Clinicians consider brain tumor or abscess, before finding the completely unrelated cause Oct 21, 2024
Biden Administration Proposes Expanded Access to Contraception Private insurers would have to cover all prescribed contraceptives without cost-sharing Oct 21, 2024
Case Study: Teenage Girl's Shortness of Breath and Chest Pain Extensive investigation was needed to unravel the complications of the condition Oct 21, 2024
Preeclampsia Flagged by Common Lab Values Can the fibrinogen-to-albumin ratio help with early identification? Oct 20, 2024
Cataract Surgery Linked With Fewer Falls, Traumatic Injuries in Older Patients Study adds leg and ankle fractures, intracranial hemorrhage to evidence on falls, hip fracture Oct 20, 2024
RSV Vaccine Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations, ED Visits in Older, High-Risk Adults However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says Oct 20, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use Oct 20, 2024
Retinal Injections May Increase Risk for Cataract Surgery Complications History of injections tied to multiple postop complications, but data open to questioning Oct 20, 2024
Myasthenia Gravis Patients May Use Less Steroids After Starting Efgartigimod Insurance claims data show lower glucocorticoid usage at 1 year Oct 20, 2024
Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Helps Keyhole Surgery, but Not Outcomes Per Se No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery Oct 20, 2024
'This Medical Report Will Have Little Effect': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 's reporters Oct 20, 2024
Patients Are Relying on Lyft, Uber to Travel Far Distances to Medical Care Some are calling for states to subsidize the expensive trips for rural residents Oct 20, 2024
The Cure to Gun Violence Begins at the Ballot Box, Not the Trauma Bay The most impactful solutions extend beyond the clinical walls to the halls of government Oct 20, 2024
Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says Oct 19, 2024
Sustained Disease Control in Adolescent Myasthenia Gravis With FcRn Blocker Nipocalimab plus standard of care reduced IgG and was well tolerated Oct 19, 2024
What's in Kamala Harris' Medical History? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Oct 19, 2024
Novel Monoclonal Antibody Protects Infants Against RSV Clesrovimab reduced severe disease, hospitalizations in preterm and term healthy infants Oct 19, 2024
Rainfall and Mortality; Identifying Risk for Preeclampsia Also in TTHealthWatch: HIV-positive kidney donors Oct 19, 2024 podcast
Informed Consent, Inclusion Prioritized in Revised Ethics for Human Trials World Medical Association releases "Declaration of Helsinki" principles for medical research Oct 19, 2024
Women and Children First -- Or Not A look at the presidential candidates' records on maternal and child health Oct 19, 2024
Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year Oct 19, 2024
Study: OUD Patients More Likely to Stay on Methadone Than Buprenorphine/Naloxone Findings make a "strong case" for making methadone available in all settings, researcher says Oct 18, 2024 video
'Virtual ED' Helps One Health System Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits Half of patients referred to care at home, doctor's office, or urgent care Oct 18, 2024
Novel Targeted Drug Approved for Stomach Cancers Zolbetuximab indicated alongside fluoropyrimidine- and platinum-containing chemotherapy Oct 18, 2024
Diet and Prostate Cancer; TTFields OK'd for NSCLC; Cancer Studies Retracted -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Oct 18, 2024
Tpoxx No Better Than Placebo for Clade I Mpox "We have no current effective therapies," for mpox, expert warns Oct 18, 2024
Teen Smoking, Other Tobacco Use Dropped to Lowest Level in 25 Years, CDC Reports A drop in vaping largely explains the overall decline in tobacco use Oct 18, 2024
Immunotherapy and Immune-Related Adverse Events Use of immune checkpoint inhibitors comes with a variety of potential side effects Oct 18, 2024
Drugmaker Pulls Trodelvy's Bladder Cancer Approval In confirmatory trial, antibody-drug conjugate failed to improve OS versus chemotherapy Oct 18, 2024
How Does This Year's Flu Shot Stack Up? Effectiveness appears to be on a downward trend, CDC data suggest Oct 18, 2024
CDC Reminds Docs About This Flesh-Eating Worm Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north Oct 18, 2024
MedPod Today: Med Ed Drama; Chiropractic in Academia; MA 'Extra Benefits' Worth It? reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Oct 18, 2024 podcast
Serious Battery Issue Prompts Medtronic Insulin Pump Recall Problem linked to 170 reports of hyperglycemia and 11 ketoacidosis cases Oct 18, 2024
