Abuse-Deterrent Oxycodone Ekes Out FDA Panel Win 10-7 vote in joint advisory committee meeting favoring MNK-812 approval Nov 15, 2018
How Can Competency be Measured in Older Docs? AMA council guidance for testing fails to win over delegates Nov 14, 2018
AHA: Neighborhood Violence Takes Toll on Heart Studies connect steady diet of violence to early heart disease Nov 14, 2018
AMA Delegates Back Physician Freedom in Opioid Prescribing CDC guidelines are well-intentioned but shouldn't restrict prescribing, they say Nov 13, 2018
AHA: Stem Cells No Help in LVAD Patients Mesenchymal precursor cells didn't boost wean rates from heart assist devices Nov 13, 2018 video
AMA Urges Coverage for Added Breast Cancer Screening Resolution aimed at women with dense breasts Nov 13, 2018
AMA Delegates Support Site-Neutral Insurance Payments Proposal to send report to trustees for further discussion rejected Nov 13, 2018
New Abuse-Deterrent IR Oxycodone Drug to Be Reviewed MNK-812 employs multiple technologies to make snorting painful and injection difficult Nov 13, 2018
#MeToo Comes Home at AMA Meeting Emergency resolution calls for outside review of group's harassment policies Nov 13, 2018
AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back Nov 12, 2018
National Exercise Guidelines Now Say 'Just Move' HHS recs say to sit less, move more to improve health outcomes Nov 12, 2018
AMA President Discusses Opioid Issues, Sexual Harassment Pain undertreatment is a problem too, says Barbara McAneny, MD Nov 11, 2018
AHA: Revised Lipid Guide Boosts PCSK9s, Coronary Calcium Scans New recommendations aim to cut statins in low-risk primary prevention Nov 10, 2018 video
Inhaled Hypertonic Saline Safe, Effective in Infants With CF Study shows that randomized trials are feasible among those under 4 months Nov 09, 2018
MD<40: Back to School Orthopedic surgeon Vilas Saldanha, MD, decided to pursue a business degree Nov 08, 2018 video
Primatene Mist Returns After 7-Year Absence Reformulated asthma inhaler OK'd for over-the-counter sale Nov 08, 2018
When the Dead Need a Primary Care Physician For some people, the medical examiner may be their only doctor Nov 08, 2018
AAP: Armed Conflict Is a Pediatric Issue Group encourages clinicians to address impact on physical and mental health Nov 06, 2018
'I Had Not Kept Up': A Physician Re-Education Story Patient's overdose made Jeoffry Gordon, MD, recognize he didn't know everything Nov 02, 2018
Treating and Preventing Malaria Acquired Abroad With global progress against malaria stalling, U.S. physicians and patients need to be aware Nov 02, 2018
Morning Break: Dead-Butt Syndrome; Last Word on Cellphone Radiation; States vs Pharma Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the ·¬ΗΡΙηΗψ staff Nov 02, 2018
'Tiny Targets' Aid in Fighting African Sleeping Sickness Low-tech devices slash tsetse fly populations in Congo Nov 01, 2018
Can Prison Design Affect Inmates' Mental Health Outcomes? Art, natural light, other elements can improve results, researchers say Oct 31, 2018
SAFE Succeeds in Cutting Trachoma Burden in Sudan Country moves toward elimination of blindness-causing infection Oct 31, 2018
Bacterial Research Points to New Mosquito-Borne Disease Strategy From bathroom in Panama to vector control candidate Oct 31, 2018
Opioid for Depression Comes Before FDA Panel Buprenorphine/samidorphan drug to be scrutinized Oct 31, 2018
SGLT-2 for Stage 3 CKD; Opioids for CKD; Kidney Transplant Discard & Disabilities Roundup of more top abstracts from Kidney Week 2018 Oct 30, 2018
One Dose of Cholera Vaccine Immunogenic in Kids Trial paves way for Vaxchora pediatric indication, though more studies planned Oct 30, 2018
Still No Clarity on Merck's Ebola Vax in Congo Data suggest effectiveness but too many variables to be sure Oct 30, 2018
Confirmed: PrEP Is Safe for High-Risk Patients No significant difference in grade 3/4 adverse events, meta-analysis finds Oct 30, 2018
Inside an Outbreak: Nipah and Rift Valley Fever Health workers describe real-time efforts to stem deadly infections this year Oct 30, 2018
Single-Dose Cholera Vaccine May Only Protect Short Term But data from Haiti showed two doses were required for long-term immunity Oct 29, 2018
States Start to See Non-Fatal Strangulation as Felony But a few states haven't yet passed laws on it Oct 28, 2018
Substance Abuse and Involuntary Commitment: Will It Work? While some experts approve of the facilities, several questions remain Oct 28, 2018
Some Prisoners Executed Despite Mental Illness Diagnosis Results call into question who should receive death penalty, researchers say Oct 28, 2018
Assessing Competency in Aid-in-Dying Patients Should a competency exam by an outside doctor be required? Oct 27, 2018
ACIP: Routinely Vaccinate Homeless Against HepA Homelessness denotes increased risk for contracting disease Oct 24, 2018
Supervised Injection Sites Reduce Drug-Related Harm Facilities prevent overdose deaths and connect drug users with addiction treatment Oct 23, 2018
RA Guideline Adherence Spotty, Study Finds Treat-to-target recommendation not followed for half of patients Oct 23, 2018
