Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
RA Flares Common After Stopping Adalimumab But anti-TNF discontinuation may be possible in select patients Jan 20, 2016
Urine Screens Show Patients Don't Take ADHD Meds About a third of patients noncompliant; some take other illicit drugs instead Jan 19, 2016
Liquid Stimulant Eases ADHD Symptoms in Autism Patients also had some improvements in social scores Jan 16, 2016
The Methods Man: What's 'Normal' for a Lab Value? Hint: it's not necessarily what your EHR system says Jan 14, 2016
No DFS Benefit With Chemoradiation in Bladder Cancer Adjuvant combo reduces local recurrence after cystectomy Jan 13, 2016
Adding Hormonal Tx To Salvage RT Ups Prostate Ca Survival Metastasis, cancer-specific survival also reduced in high-risk disease Jan 11, 2016
Lower-Dose RT New Standard for Prostate Cancer? Non-inferiority demonstrated for 60 Gy versus 74 Gy Jan 09, 2016
Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance? Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire Jan 08, 2016
Aspirin May Lower Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer But confirmation needed before a firm recommendation can be made Jan 05, 2016
Rituximab and IVIG: Possible Tx for Pemphigus Vulgaris? Letter in NEJM describes long-term remission in 10 patients Dec 30, 2015
RheumNow: The Ill-Conceived Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Where fibromyalgia diagnosis can go wrong, and how to get it right Dec 29, 2015
10 Questions: Eric C. Rackow, MD Too many seniors readmitted soon after hospital discharge, expert says Dec 28, 2015
SEER Data Errors: NCI Looks To Avoid Repeats Results reassuring as SEER audit nears completion Dec 23, 2015
Five CDC Cartoons, Out of Context Agency likes to keep it simple in illustrating infectious disease Dec 18, 2015
Can Antidepressants Trigger Mania? SSRIs, venlafaxine associated with mania, but causal relationship uncertain Dec 15, 2015
Some Benefit With Entyvio for Arthritis in Crohn's Trend seen for treating extraintestinal manifestations Dec 13, 2015
No Benefit Seen for Probiotics in Ulcerative Colitis Cochrane review showed similar relapse rates for mesalazine and probiotics Dec 11, 2015
Continuous Tx May be Problematic in Status Epilepticus Longer PICU stay, more vasopressor use with continuous versus bolus therapy Dec 10, 2015
Still Only Open-Label Evidence for Cannabis Drug Data from randomized controlled trials expected in February Dec 08, 2015
Rivermead Test: More Sensitive to Memory Loss in Epilepsy? Small study suggests new test can measure decline over time Dec 06, 2015
Caffeine-Heavy Energy Drinks Give Jolt to Blood Glucose Products used in trial were sugar-free Dec 03, 2015
Bariatric Embolization Shows Promise for Weight Loss Small group of morbidly obese patients shed major pounds Dec 02, 2015
Ultrasound Shows Why Knuckles Are so Noisy Cavitation allows gas to escape while cracking Dec 02, 2015
Rheumatoid Factor Tied to Sjogren's Lymphoma Disease activity also contributed to blood cancer risk in Sjogren's syndrome Dec 02, 2015
FDA Advisory Panel Unmoved by Gepirone Data Recommends against novel antidepressant; FDA's fairness questioned Dec 02, 2015
RheumNow: Interstitial Lung Disease Not Increased With Biologics New study explores risk of ILD in RA patients on biologics Nov 28, 2015
Are Masks a Good Alternative to Flu Shots for Healthcare Workers? At some hospitals, it's vaccinate or be fired Nov 28, 2015
AHA: Multiple Listers for Transplants: Longer Wait, Lower Mortality Disparity of organs by region a factor Nov 12, 2015
AHA: 3D Imaging May Mean Better Match for Pediatric Hearts "Virtual transplant" could maximize use of donor hearts Nov 10, 2015
A Bad Combo: Predatory Journals and Homeopathy Studies A study of a homeopathic treatment for colds proves nothing, says Roy Benaroch, MD Nov 10, 2015
Stroke Spike Seen in Autoimmune Disorders After Shingles Attacks Risk increased by 50% in the first month Nov 09, 2015
Evidence Lacking for Some Fluoroquinolone Use FDA panel says risk-benefit data don't support current labeling Nov 06, 2015
From Bedside to Box Office: The Many Roles of Ken Jeong, MD The doctor-turned-actor plays a doctor in his own TV show Oct 28, 2015
Time to Retire Beta-Blockers in Uncomplicated Hypertension? Not yet, a review of the evidence suggests Oct 22, 2015
A Surgeon's View of the New TV Show 'Code Black' Skeptical Scalpel has a few bones to pick with the series Oct 20, 2015
Surgery May be Best Tx for Hashimoto's Disease Thyroidectomy leads to significant improvement in chronic fatigue Oct 20, 2015
