Many with Metastatic Kidney Cancer Can Skip Surgery Overall survival with single-agent sunitinib better than with resection Jun 04, 2018
Hot Chemo Fails in Rare Cancer HIPEC and surgery equals surgery alone in peritoneal carcinomatosis Jun 04, 2018 video
Keytruda Alone Bests Chemo in Advanced NSCLC Monotherapy boosts survival in patients with low PD-L1, no EGFR or ALK alterations Jun 04, 2018
PI3K Inhibitor Has Mixed Results in Advanced Breast Cancer Modest progression benefit, but substantial side effects, with taselisib Jun 03, 2018
Women Get Less Aggressive Tx for Head and Neck Ca Registry data find that women are less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation than men Jun 01, 2018
Doc-to-Doc: Neurosurgeon by Day, TV Consultant by Night Oren Gottfried, MD, helps maintain a little medical accuracy on the little screen May 30, 2018 video
Alzheimer's: Rethinking the 'One-Size-Fits-All' Approach NIH conference emphasizes tailored prevention and treatment May 29, 2018
How To Talk To Patients' Families Tips for nurses to navigate emotionally challenging encounters May 27, 2018
Ustekinumab: Novel Help in Vasculitis? Steroid-sparing effects demonstrated in small pilot study May 24, 2018
Antidepressants Carry Weight Gain Risk Years Into Treatment Most prominent in second and third years of therapy May 24, 2018
Home Ventilation Saves $$$ Despite Initial Cost COPD patients extend time away from doctors and hospital with add-on device May 24, 2018
Nurse-Led ICU Intervention Improves Family Communication Surrogates' levels of anxiety/depression remained unchanged, however May 24, 2018
Aspirin Appears Protective in COPD Patients Too early for recommendations, but rate of 'moderate acute' exacerbation was reduced May 24, 2018
Phototherapy Delays Radical Prostate Cancer Tx Half as many conversions from surveillance at 4 years May 24, 2018
New Type of Spontaneous Vertigo Identified in Korea No known cause, but appears potentially treatable May 23, 2018
Prostatitis Symptoms Fall with PDE5 Blocker More relief with combo than with antibiotics alone May 23, 2018
Could Lawn Weed Prevent COPD Exacerbations? Oral extract of speedwell plant deemed safe in phase IIa trial May 23, 2018
Warfarin Class Tied to Higher Death Rate in COPD Retrospective results shouldn't change practice, but deserve more study May 23, 2018
Carvedilol Helps Protect Heart During PPGL Surgery Med offers superior blocking for cardiac complications in pheochromocytoma May 23, 2018
Study: Hospitals Overuse VTE Prophylaxis 65% of patients in non-ICU wards in Michigan got more than recommended May 22, 2018
Better Specificity with Next-Gen Thyroid Gene Sequence Test Afirma GSC seems to send fewer patients for surgical intervention May 22, 2018
Thyroid Nodule Location Predictive of Malignancy Nodules in the upper pole more likely to be cancerous May 22, 2018
Hypogonadal Men See Better Heart Health on Testosterone Tx Fewer deaths due to MACE seen over 10 years versus controls May 21, 2018
FeNO Helps in Cough Treatment High levels of nitric oxide indicate whether steroids may be appropriate May 21, 2018
Do You Know the Best Way to Take At-Home BP? Anthony Pearson, MD, wonders why patients shouldn't cross their legs May 21, 2018
Dapagliflozin Tied to Drop in Hepcidin Levels Decrease may boost hematocrit and hemoglobin after SGLT-2 inhibitor therapy May 20, 2018
Assay May Help Avoid Needless Prostate Biopsies Distinguishes clinically significant from insignificant/benign disease May 19, 2018
Low PTH-Calcium Ups Risk for Long-Term Parathyroid Problems Levels help guide patient management after thyroidectomy May 19, 2018
Sorting Out Genomic Tests for Prostate Cancer Discordance between tests, with NCCN risk criteria May 18, 2018
ACOG: Postpartum Pain Management Requires Individualized Approach Opioids may be 'held in reserve' if other options fail May 18, 2018
Risk Factors for Ipilimumab-Induced Hypophysitis Remain Unclear Researchers recommend close monitoring of these patients May 18, 2018
In Lupus, Time on Dialysis Matters Survival in lupus nephritis worsens after 24 months of dialysis May 18, 2018
Lung Cancer Screening Rates Disappoint Evidence shows benefit for high-risk smokers but few get tested May 17, 2018
CBT Tops Acupuncture for Treating Insomnia in Cancer Survivors But both methods provide alternative to sleeping pills May 17, 2018
Six Months of Trastuzumab Equal to 12 in Breast Ca Similar outcomes and less cardiotoxicity, but more research needed May 16, 2018
Report: Next Pandemic Will Likely Be Respiratory-Based Virus Experts argue that increased surveillance on a clinical and public health level is critical May 14, 2018
Chemo-Induced Neuropathy Common after Childhood Cancer Neurotoxicity more prevalent in children treated with cisplatin May 14, 2018
