Chronic Liver Conditions Raise Risk of Death in COVID-19 Patients Alcohol appears to play major role, researcher says Nov 16, 2020
How South Korea Avoided a COVID-19 Lockdown Test, trace, treat and transparency key to controlling outbreak, expert reports Nov 15, 2020
NSAID Allergies May Boost Risk for Opioid Use Disorder These patients might benefit from targeted allergy evaluation Nov 15, 2020
AMA Must Work Harder to End Racism in Medicine, Delegates Say "It's time for our AMA to recognize that Black lives matter" Nov 15, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Sex Talks With Doctors Vary by Patients' Sexual Orientation Findings highlight need to normalize sexual health discussions among all patients, expert says Nov 13, 2020
iMedicalApps: SCAT5 Sports Concussion Assessment Tool The most current guideline in a web app Nov 13, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
I Was Pregnant and Swallowed Handfuls of Pills And now I want to end the stigma around depression Nov 13, 2020 podcast
You're Never Prepared for the Screams Telling people a loved one died is never easy Nov 13, 2020 podcast
So Pro-Life That They Almost Killed a Pregnant Woman A doctor who did a pro-death thing Nov 13, 2020 podcast
Omecamtiv's Benefit in HFrEF Trial Gets Lukewarm Reception Can novel oral drug stand out from the crowd? Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Physicians Can Now Legally 'Ghost' Patients (Satire) Why fire patients when you can simply avoid them? Nov 12, 2020
Doc Convicted for Needless Surgeries; COVID Test Racket; Biden's FDA Chief The past week in healthcare investigations Nov 11, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
COVID-19: What Makes 'Waves' During a Pandemic? This isn't the 1918 flu, and it's not behaving like it either Nov 10, 2020
Presbyopia Device Fails to Win Over FDA Panel Data suggest modest benefit and risk for scleral implant system Nov 10, 2020
Al Roker's Prostate Cancer Morning show stalwart's diagnosis highlights discrepancies for Black men Nov 10, 2020
Some Docs Will Pay Separately to Use CPT Codes Next Year AMA licensing fee won't be included in Practice Fusion EMR in 2021 Nov 10, 2020
NY Emergency Docs Sue Insurer for Not Paying Enough Out-of-network physicians charge UnitedHealth conspired to reimburse them at lower rates Nov 09, 2020
What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers? Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in Nov 09, 2020
More Evidence Early Mortality Persists in IBD Canadian study shows treatment advances haven't erased lifespan deficit Nov 09, 2020
Cameras In the Hospital? No Thanks Privacy and trust are more important than surveillance Nov 08, 2020
Here's What's Wrong With COVID-19 Case Counts How base rate fallacy may be clouding the picture of disease activity in an Indiana college town Nov 07, 2020
Brilinta Wins Indication in Recurrent Stroke Prevention FDA approval based on THALES give the drug a foothold beyond CVD Nov 06, 2020
Ethics Consult: Amputate a Healthy Limb? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Nov 06, 2020
COVID on the Reservation: How the Hopi Have Fared Door-to-door intervention prevailed despite limited resources, though cases on the rise again Nov 05, 2020
Gut Bacteria for Psoriasis; Long-Term Hair Growth; COVID and STDs Selected presentations from the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology virtual conference Nov 05, 2020
Doctor And Nurse Play 'Would You Rather' Scrubs vs underwear, dating, and difficult patients Nov 05, 2020
HCA Workers Tell Investors the Company Fails to Protect Them "We are astonished at this" Nov 05, 2020
Texas Medical Board Dismisses Complaint Against HCQ Doc Richard Urso, MD, exonerated as "standard of care was met" Nov 04, 2020
Q&A: Elinore McCance-Katz, Head of SAMHSA "You will see far more children die of suicide than you will COVID" Nov 04, 2020
Sunshine Act Brings Some Transparency but Little Change Industry largesse to physicians unaffected; strong link between payments and choice of ICDs Nov 03, 2020
Black Doctor Dies After Giving Birth, Underscoring Maternal Mortality Crisis Tragedy shows racial disparities in pregnancy outcomes aren't solely based on access to care Nov 02, 2020
Who Gets COVID-19 Vax Next: Model Offers ACIP Several Options Priorities for vaccination change, depending on public health goals Oct 30, 2020
ED Docs: Read This Before Ordering a Urine Sample Hunting for UTIs in patients with no symptoms has downsides, studies suggest Oct 30, 2020
ED Docs: Don't Fear Buprenorphine for Acute Opioid Withdrawal No DEA waiver needed for one-time dosing, ACEP speakers note Oct 30, 2020
5 Life Lessons COVID Has Taught Me Christine Lau, MD, looks at some realizations she made over the last few months Oct 29, 2020
