The Serious Conversation: Delivering Bad News by Telemedicine As office visits move online, clinicians discuss breaking life-changing diagnoses virtually Jul 13, 2020
Triple Treatment Reduces COPD Exacerbations Also a suggestion of reduced mortality with one dose level, large multicenter ETHOS trial finds Jun 25, 2020
Alzheimer's May Develop Differently in Women Brain changes appear years earlier in women than in men, imaging shows Jun 24, 2020
Muscle Relaxer Rx Doubled Over 12-Year Span Spike in prescriptions among older adults particularly concerning, researchers note Jun 24, 2020
A Diabetes Drug That Slows Cognitive Decline? Trulicity analysis hints at dementia prevention Jun 22, 2020
Dementia Linked to Previous Migraine History Midlife migraine diagnosis boosted dementia rate by 50%, Danish study shows Jun 18, 2020
Combination Ups Survival in Older AML Patients Frontline venetoclax plus azacitidine adds 5 months to median OS versus azacitidine alone Jun 17, 2020
Gout: Methotrexate May Enhance Pegloticase Response In small study, uric acid levels were reduced to near undetectable levels in almost 80% of patients Jun 09, 2020
Repetitive Negative Thinking Linked With Alzheimer's Pathology Rumination, worry tied to amyloid, tau, and cognitive decline Jun 08, 2020
DOACs More Risky With Common Antibiotic Study affirms concomitant use associated with major hemorrhage Jun 08, 2020
COVID-19 in Nursing Homes: CMS Names Names Agency rolls out data reports for individual facilities Jun 05, 2020
Low-Dose Aspirin Flops for Depression Prevention in Elderly But other anti-inflammatory agents "remain promising," says researcher Jun 03, 2020
High Marks for CAR T Cells in R/R Myeloma Response rates of 70-100% with BCMA-targeted products for heavily treated disease Jun 03, 2020
Frailty Score Joins the COVID-19 Battle Calculations help with tough decisions, reduce age bias Jun 02, 2020
Studies Make Case for Hormonal Therapy in nmCRPC Prolonged survival with three different androgen signaling inhibitors May 30, 2020
Alzheimer’s Tau Tracer Wins Landmark Approval "Major advance" toward diagnosing Alzheimer's with brain imaging May 29, 2020
Asymptomatic Intracranial Stenosis: No Cause for Alarm Common finding on imaging not associated with worse prognosis May 26, 2020
Dissolving Pacemaker in the Works Miniature, battery-free device has been promising in preclinical testing May 11, 2020
Silent Infarcts Often Defy Anticoagulation in Seniors With Afib Swiss study found surprising link to cognition from these clinically 'invisible' events May 09, 2020
S-ICD Pulls Even With Conventional ICDs PRAETORIAN head-to-head trial shows an even tradeoff in outcomes May 08, 2020
Smoking Study Adds Fuel to Parkinson's Debate Could a nasty habit have one actual benefit? May 07, 2020
BMI, Weight Change Linked to Prostate Ca Outcomes Gain or loss of body weight both show risk May 07, 2020
Blood Test Promising as Colorectal Cancer Screen In early study, better numbers than with current alternatives to colonoscopy May 07, 2020
Hormone Levels Tied to Future Breast Cancer Risk "New avenues for exploration" in risk stratification Apr 24, 2020
Seizures and COVID-19 Italian case suggests breakthrough seizures may indicate infection Apr 23, 2020
Study: Off-Label Use of DOACs Worrisome for LV Thrombi DOACs linked to more events than with warfarin for such blood clots Apr 22, 2020
Gout Raises Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults Results support need for interventions to reduce the excess risk in this population, researchers say Apr 21, 2020
One Weird Trick to Rule Out Post-TAVR Pacemaker Rapid RA pacing to predict a person's need for PPI or extended monitoring Apr 16, 2020
Allopurinol in Gout: Is There a Mortality Benefit? Hopes were that a new meta-analysis could provide an answer Apr 16, 2020
High-Dose Brain Stim Promising for Tough-to-Treat Depression Accelerated SAINT protocol well tolerated, safe in treatment-resistant depression Apr 07, 2020
Tanezumab: A Win as Last-Ditch Osteoarthritis Tx Modest pain reduction seen in patients with no other drug options Apr 03, 2020
Minimally Invasive DMR Scores a Win in T2D Outpatient duodenal mucosal resurfacing procedure showed broad range of metabolic benefits Mar 31, 2020
Phosphate Binder Type Matters in Dialysis Hospital admission rates, healthcare costs varied according to binder prescribed Mar 28, 2020
Entresto in HF Tied to Less Kidney Decline Meta-analysis shows trend favoring drug over ACE inhibitor or ARB alone Mar 27, 2020
CKD, Uric Acid, and Heart Disease: What's the Link? Stage 3 CKD patients with higher uric acid levels also saw worse heart health Mar 26, 2020
Neil Diamond Opens Up About Parkinson's Singer details his condition and makes rare appearance Mar 19, 2020
Quit Angiotensin Meds When Kidney Function Worsens? Not So Fast Low eGFR patients were better off staying on certain medications, study finds Mar 09, 2020
