What's Driving Healthcare Consolidation? The Answer May Surprise You To compete with big health systems, small providers have to get bigger, expert says May 21, 2024
Insufficient Sleep May Influence Cognition in Teens With Overweight and Obesity Restricted sleep did not have same effects on adolescents with less weight May 21, 2024
Add-On Dupilumab for COPD Backed by Second Phase III Trial NOTUS study confirms fewer exacerbations with biologic for patients on maximum inhaled therapy May 21, 2024
Faster Complete Abortion With Reduced Interval Between Mifepristone and Misoprostol However, the time from misoprostol to complete abortion is slightly longer May 21, 2024
Withdrawing Life Support; Social Mobility and Dementia; Bilateral Focused Ultrasound News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience May 21, 2024
Public Health Preparedness for Bird Flu Varies Widely Across the U.S. Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations May 21, 2024
NEJM Rescinds Embargo Policy Barring Physician-Focused Publications Change follows a campaign by the Association of Health Care Journalists May 21, 2024
From Resident to Academic Attending: The Challenges Ahead With appropriate support, this can be a time of growth and learning May 21, 2024
Endoscopic Ablation Reduces 'Hunger Hormone,' Yields Weight Loss in Early Trial First-in-human study targets ghrelin production with mucosal ablation as obesity treatment May 21, 2024
After the Only Hospital in Town Closed, a City Directs Its Ire at Politicians In rural communities, over 100 hospitals have downsized services or closed over the past decade May 21, 2024
New PAD Guidelines; AHA on Postpartum Care; Exercise Didn't Stop CAC Progression Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine May 21, 2024
Can Pink Noise Enhance Sleep and Memory? Early Research Drives a Color Noise Buzz. "There's still a lot of work we have to do," says one researcher May 21, 2024
Analysis: Pulsed Field Afib Ablation Superior to Thermal Methods Also, what real-world data are showing about new workflow patterns and PFA use in heart failure May 21, 2024
Two Antibiotic Regimens Are Effective for M. Xenopi Pulmonary Infections Patients benefited from clarithromycin or moxifloxacin plus rifampin/ethambutol May 21, 2024
Healthcare Use Reduced When Female Gastroenterologists See Patients Female patients appeared to derive the greatest benefit, researchers say May 21, 2024
Death, Injuries After Turbulence; More Herds with H5N1; Water Cyberattack Warning Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 21, 2024
Acetaminophen Fails to Improve Mortality, Need for Organ Support in Sepsis However, treated patients were less likely to develop ARDS, respiratory dysfunction May 20, 2024
Legal Marijuana Leads to More Hospital Trips for Older Adults ED visits tripled after edible cannabis was legalized in Canada May 20, 2024
PROTECT Drugs Tied to Slower eGFR Decline vs Standard Care in IgA Nephropathy Slower kidney function decline observed with sparsentan and irbesartan May 20, 2024
Senate Paper Mulls Options for Fixing Physician Pay in Fee-for-Service Medicare Regular inflation updates, getting rid of MIPS among the ideas discussed May 20, 2024
Doubt Cast on MGUS-Autoimmune Disease Link Population-based study fails to confirm earlier findings May 20, 2024
FDA Withdraws Approval of FGFR Inhibitor for Bile Duct Cancer Sponsor for infigratinib (Truseltiq) failed to recruit and enroll patients in confirmatory study May 20, 2024
Can Robots Make Gallbladder Surgery Safer? Observational study suggests benefit compared with laparoscopic surgery May 20, 2024
FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilars to Aflibercept for AMD Yesafili and Opuviz can be substituted at a pharmacy without consulting the prescriber May 20, 2024
Hot Flash Drug Succeeds in Two Pivotal Trials Women had less severe and frequent vasomotor symptoms with the non-hormonal treatment May 20, 2024
What to Know About the U.K.'s Tainted Blood Scandal Tens of thousands contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions during the 1970s and 1980s May 20, 2024
Does COVID-19 Persist? An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID May 20, 2024
FTC Oversight of Pharmaceutical Sector 'Minimal' Over Last 20-Plus Years The agency pursued a handful of actions per year, allowed 61 of 62 mergers it challenged May 20, 2024
Four Might Be the Magic Number for Anticoagulation of Subclinical Afib ARTESiA trial analysis suggests a key threshold for CHA2DS2-VASc score May 20, 2024
Beta-Blocker Fails to Prevent COPD Exacerbations However, trial results don't affirm safety risks suggested by other studies May 20, 2024
Early CRT Benefits HF With Moderately Reduced Ejection Fraction Trial suggests a possible disease modifying benefit May 20, 2024
Finding Undiagnosed Asthma, COPD and Treating It Shows Benefit in Trial Healthcare utilization for respiratory illness halved while quality of life, symptoms improved May 20, 2024
Once-Promising Drug for Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Fails in Phase III Trial An open-label extension trial of pamrevlumab was cancelled due to these results May 20, 2024
When It Comes to the EMR, Little Things Matter a Lot Cutting one click from a routine process can make a big difference May 20, 2024
Leadless Pacing Wirelessly Linked to Subcutaneous Defibrillator Hits Targets for ATP Modular leadless system could expand S-ICD use by offering painless anti-tachycardia pacing May 20, 2024
Revisiting 'Left Without Being Seen' Metrics in the ED The current system drives problematic decisions regarding how care is allocated May 20, 2024
Audio-Only Telemedicine Preferred by Spanish-Speaking Patients Seeking Contraception And using interpreters was not perceived by patients as a barrier to care May 20, 2024
Novel Drugs for IPF Improve Lung Function in Mid-Stage Trials "These are among the two most exciting sets of results we've seen," researcher says May 20, 2024
Whole Foods Hepatitis; Plane Crash Kills Physician; Docs Criticize Mask Ban Proposal Health news and commentary gathered by staff May 20, 2024
