A CAC Score of 0 Is Not a Clean Bill of Heart Health Plaques can still be present if symptoms are involved, especially in young people and women Oct 27, 2021
Reversal, Replacement, and Reassessment in Medicine Three ways medical science progresses and what this has to do with aspirin Oct 27, 2021
Should Doctors Peddling COVID Disinformation Lose Their License? A group of physicians is pushing the Federation of State Medical Boards to do just that Oct 27, 2021 podcast
Too Many TAVR Centers Are Clustered Around Well-to-Do Communities More centers not the answer to geographic, socioeconomic disparities in access? Oct 22, 2021
'You're Still Doing WHAT After Lung Cancer Surgery?!' But don't give up on hardened smokers, researcher urges Oct 19, 2021
A Cup of Joe to Thwart Liver Fibrosis? How About Four Study finds protective benefit with high consumption, though not for fatty liver disease Oct 08, 2021
Supplements to Prevent Bone Breaks? VITAL Says Forget It Landmark trial throws more cold water on vitamin D, omega-3 pills Oct 03, 2021
Remote BP Monitoring Dips a Toe Into Post-Acute Care Hypotension emerges as a risk in pilot study Sep 30, 2021
Could a Bisphosphonate Prevent Type 2 Diabetes? Study finds association between alendronate use and future diabetes risk Sep 30, 2021
BP Care in Black Barbershops Successfully Taken Up in Nashville Los Angeles protocol adapted to a different city amid the COVID pandemic Sep 29, 2021
FDA Issues Orders Clarifying Rules for Marketing Sunscreens But more studies on sunscreen chemicals are still needed, advocacy group says Sep 24, 2021
How Many Deaths Will New Cigarette Warnings Prevent? Modeling study comes up with big numbers Sep 24, 2021
As Safety Data on HPV Vaccine Improves, Why Is Parental Hesitancy Going Up? Findings suggest "an urgent need" to combat sentiment, restore confidence, researchers say Sep 17, 2021
AI's Help in Colonoscopy Led to Fewer Missed Adenomas U.S. study explores benefit of newer technology in colon cancer screening, surveillance Sep 15, 2021
No Burgers for Baby to Minimize Asthma Risk Unexpected consequence seen from "excessive" meat-based foods in infancy Sep 08, 2021
Targeting Bacteria in COPD Shows Promise Great potential seen despite mixed results in two new trials Sep 06, 2021
European CVD Prevention Guide Leans on Age Stratification Update has new risk assessment score but goes easy on blood pressure Aug 30, 2021
Mineral Oil Likely Accounts for Some -- But Not All -- of Vascepa's ASCVD Benefit Danish study fans the flames of REDUCE-IT controversy Aug 29, 2021
Polypills Ready for Prime Time in Large Swaths of People, Researchers Say Question now is how to implement fixed-dose combo therapy in clinical practice Aug 29, 2021
Maybe Avoid These Specialists for Your Next Colonoscopy Certain specialties performed better quality colonoscopies than others, meta-analysis finds Aug 27, 2021
FDA Warns on Contamination Risk With Eco-Med Ultrasound Gels Healthcare providers must toss all of company's gels and lotions, agency says Aug 19, 2021
Incomplete Polyp Resection Proves Tricky Business for Cancer Risk Expert stresses the importance of high-quality colonoscopy Aug 13, 2021
Roche, Abbott COVID Antigen Tests Just So-So in Real-World Data "Unsatisfactory" for screening asymptomatic people, say German lab professionals Aug 09, 2021
Are Hemoglobin Cutoffs for Anemia Outdated? A growing call for WHO criteria to be tightened Aug 06, 2021
Second Dose of COVID Vaccine Safe Even After Allergic Reaction Small study found even those with anaphylaxis following the first dose tolerated the second one Jul 26, 2021
Can Gargling Protect School Kids From COVID? Underused interventions may help slow the spread of SARS-CoV-2 when schools reopen Jul 25, 2021
Acceptance of Vaginal Ring and Oral PrEP Increasing in Young African Women Adherence to these HIV preventive measures should be encouraged Jul 21, 2021
Drug Resistance in People on PrEP Who Acquire HIV PrEP rollout programs need to check for acute infections before starting therapy, experts advise Jul 20, 2021
FDA Warns Doctors, Consumers on Contaminated Chantix Latest drug found with cancer-causing nitrosamines Jul 20, 2021
Teens Need Later School Start Times The pandemic has further highlighted the health benefits Jul 19, 2021
FDA Breaks New Ground With Transplant Drug Approval No prospective trial offered or required Jul 19, 2021
'Acceptable' Lead in Drinking Water May Still Be Harmful to Patients With CKD No safe amount of lead in water for those with kidney disease, researchers warn Jul 15, 2021
Did Getting a Colonoscopy Lead to Cleaner Living? Results varied by severity of screening findings, researchers found Jul 13, 2021
Dear Parents, Kids Need Camp Providers should talk to parents about summer camp precautions that can keep kids safe and healthy Jul 12, 2021
Support for MRI-Targeted Biopsy in Prostate Cancer Screening Large Swedish study showed the approach cut overdiagnosis, unnecessary biopsies Jul 09, 2021
How Many People Skipped Their Second COVID Shot? New CDC data say 15 million people in the U.S. have not completed their vaccination series Jul 09, 2021
Cytisine Hits Snag as Smoking Cessation Aid Herbal product had previously bested placebo and nicotine replacement in randomized trials Jul 06, 2021
