Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated? May 26, 2021
50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion "If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it" May 25, 2021
Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases? May 25, 2021
N.J. Mother Sues Her Former Doctor for Fertility Fraud DNA kit identified fertility doctor as daughter's father, suit alleges May 25, 2021
Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs May 25, 2021
Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color May 25, 2021
Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community May 25, 2021
Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19 In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
Test Can Predict Death Risk With Adrenal Tumors This can help guide need for surgical intervention, researcher says May 24, 2021
Neonatal Seizures: When Should Treatment Stop? Study follows infants with acute seizures to track neurodevelopment May 24, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Still Sees No Death Reduction Researchers "disappointed" by long-term results of U.K. study of 200,000 postmenopausal women May 22, 2021
RET Fusion Inhibitor Active Beyond Lung, Thyroid Cancers Responses to selpercatinib in almost half of tumors outside approved indications May 21, 2021
Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit May 21, 2021
These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement May 20, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
After 6 Months in Space, Eyes and Brain Show Changes But it's likely these alterations are uncoupled from each other May 20, 2021
Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses May 20, 2021
Plaque Psoriasis Drug Shows Promise for Psoriatic Arthritis Monoclonal antibody targets the IL-23 p19 subunit May 20, 2021
CPAP May Cut Cardiac Events in Some At-Risk Apnea Patients Greater pulse rate response tied to greater calculated treatment benefit of CPAP May 20, 2021
Sudden Hearing Loss Reported After COVID Vaccines Preliminary report teases apart VAERS data to identify most likely cases May 20, 2021
PD-L1 Inhibitor Thwarts Recurrence in Early Lung Cancer Risk of death, recurrence 34% lower with atezolizumab after surgery and chemo May 19, 2021
Breast Cancer and MS: New Data Shed Light on Survival Study compares breast cancer patients with and without MS May 19, 2021
Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems May 19, 2021
For Safety, One Biologic a Winner in Psoriasis, Psoriatic Arthritis Lower hospitalization rates compared with other biologics or small molecule therapies May 19, 2021
Xarelto Flops for COVID-19 Clot Prevention Outside ICU ACTION trial adds nuance to the story from large platform trials May 19, 2021
Rituximab Tops Mycophenolate Mofetil for Pemphigus Vulgaris Sustained complete response rate four times higher with anti-CD20 antibody May 19, 2021
Op-Ed: This Doc Has 'Post-Litigation Stress Disorder' The legal system versus the doctor-patient relationship May 18, 2021
The Problem With Prestige An excerpt from "Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients" May 18, 2021
Antibody Cocktail Reduced Poor Outcomes in High-Risk COVID Casirivimab plus imdevimab showed clinical efficacy in phase III trial May 18, 2021
Dupixent Improves Lung Function in Kids With Uncontrolled Asthma VOYAGE phase III trial also showed exacerbation reductions May 18, 2021
Op-Ed: Will the Real COVID Experts Please Stand Up? A core set of principles separate those who make good and bad policy decisions May 18, 2021
