Nerve Plane Block May Improve Mastectomy Pain Also: obese children and post-surgery pain; patient-controlled epidurals after C-section Oct 16, 2018
Unplanned Pregnancy May Double Miscarriage Risk in Epilepsy Patients Interpregnancy interval, conception age also may play roles Oct 15, 2018
Understanding Neuropathic-Like Knee Pain Central risk factors may contribute to the condition, study shows Oct 13, 2018
Rare HIV PrEP Failure Reported in San Francisco Truvada for pre-exposure prophylaxis remains highly effective, experts say Oct 11, 2018
I'm Drowning A researcher-patient's plea for broader inclusion in cystic fibrosis trials Oct 11, 2018
No Infection Dx for Abx; Combo Tx for MRSA Scores; CMV Vax Promising Presentations, late-breaking clinical trials cover a variety of topics Oct 10, 2018
SSA Transition Safe, Effective for NETs Long-term survival, cost-effectiveness examined in other studies Oct 09, 2018
More Evidence That Baloxavir Reduces Flu Symptom Duration Investigational antiviral matches or exceeds efficacy of oseltamivir Oct 08, 2018
Study: Cell-Based Flu Vax Not Superior to Egg-Based Vax No significant difference in effectiveness against influenza A in 2017-2018 season Oct 08, 2018
Seeing Red: Can Excessive Viagra Dose Permanently Damage Vision? Report describes case of persistent colored vision disturbance Oct 08, 2018
Surgery Improves Survival for most pNETs Mortality odds 70%-80% lower for all but stage I disease Oct 06, 2018
Medical 'Dog Wash' Cuts Risk of MRSA Spread From Therapy Dogs Pilot study of intervention in pediatric oncology ward shows promising results Oct 05, 2018
Space Oddities: Changing Microbiomes in the Final Frontier A virologist-turned-astronaut's most interesting research may be outside the lab Oct 04, 2018
ERs Filling Up with Psych Cases Millions more visits were linked to the conditions in 2015 compared with 2009 Oct 04, 2018
Rogue Doctors and Boundaries How far outside the mainstream should healthcare professionals be permitted to go? Oct 04, 2018
Deaths from Non-Obesity-Related Cancers Higher in T2D Even in some obesity-related malignancies, high BMI was inversely tied to cancer death Oct 03, 2018
Emergency Docs Say Assaults Common in the ED Just under half report physical attacks at work Oct 02, 2018
Sickle Cell in the ED: Old Therapies, New Strategies With treatments unchanged in decades, docs seek to improve delivery Oct 02, 2018
Rifaximin Chaser May Cut CDI Relapse Pooled data from two RCTs suggested 50% drop in recurrence after standard antibiotics Sep 28, 2018
Amputation, the Quick and Durable Way to Shed Pounds Nobody's going to regain THAT weight Sep 27, 2018
Limited Screen Time Linked to Better Cognition in Kids Less than 2 hours a day tied to better neurocognitive development Sep 26, 2018
More Evidence that Screening Cuts Lung Cancer Deaths Significantly lower risk in men and women Sep 26, 2018
Newer ALK Inhibitor Tops Standard in NSCLC Significant improvement in PFS with brigatinib after short follow-up Sep 26, 2018
Docs Need to Discuss Money Matters with Cancer Patients Breast cancer, older patients report high levels of "financial toxicity" Sep 26, 2018
Anti-PD-L1 Drug Boosts Survival in Stage III NSCLC New standard of care for patients with inoperable disease Sep 26, 2018
A Doctor's Life at the Nation's Oldest Hospital, Now on TV "New Amsterdam," based on Eric Manheimer's experiences, comes to prime time Sep 25, 2018
No Survival Benefit with Cranial RT for NSCLC Better disease-free survival, fewer brain mets Sep 25, 2018
Lung Denervation Cuts COPD-Related Events, Admissions One-time therapy showed most benefit in highly symptomatic patients Sep 19, 2018
Repeat CRP Tests If Spine Disease Uncertain Post-hoc analysis of patients with axial spondyloarthritis Sep 17, 2018
Serious Infection Risk with Biologics for Atopic Dermatitis Double the risk associated with systemic nonbiologics Sep 14, 2018
Psoriasis Response Falls as Comorbidities Rise Comorbid conditions reported in two-thirds of patients Sep 14, 2018
Daily, Weekly Seizure Cycles More Common Than Previously Thought Cycles may occur in more than 80% of epilepsy patients Sep 13, 2018
Vasopressors May Contribute to ICU-Related Weakness Association was independent of other known risk factors Sep 11, 2018
