Salt Reference Intake Levels Updated Report draws attention to levels that will shake CV risk Mar 05, 2019
Rehab Recruiters; Lilly the Cannabis King; Feds Pin Blame in Child Deaths This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 05, 2019
Sepsis and Death; Bag Mask Ventilation: It's PodMed Double T! This week's topics also include complications of shoulder surgery and induction of labor Mar 02, 2019 podcast
HIV Prevention Initiatives Take Spotlight at CROI President Trump's new initiative to end HIV epidemic topic of special session Mar 01, 2019
ACIP: After WHO Delay, FDA Waits to Select Flu Strains for Vax Also, ACIP issues new language on vaccines for anthrax and Japanese encephalitis Feb 27, 2019
Black History Month: Five Questions With the U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, MD, MPH, discusses role models, improving care for African-Americans Feb 25, 2019
New Opioid Epidemic 'Hot Spots' Emerge in U.S. Once considered largely a Midwest problem, opioid mortality is rising quickly in Eastern U.S. Feb 22, 2019
Morning Break: Rebranding Eating Disorders; Spike in Kratom Concerns; Vaccine Laws Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the staff Feb 22, 2019
Significant Decline in Precancerous Cervical Lesions in U.S. Proportion of lesions with HPV16/18 fall across age, ethnic groups Feb 21, 2019
African Americans Genetically Susceptible to Menthol Cigarettes? Genetic variant not found in other ethnic groups Feb 19, 2019
Postpartum Readmissons: Racial Disparities Abound 'A critical public health issue that is gaining traction,' researcher says Feb 15, 2019
Risky Antibiotics Still Widely Prescribed at Hospital Discharge Programs aimed at reducing fluoroquinolone use fail to address discharge practices Feb 13, 2019
Altria's Snuff Safer Than Cigarettes, FDA Panel Agrees Advisory group backs wording of Copenhagen modified-risk claim Feb 07, 2019
Did OxyContin Reformulation Boost HCV Rates? Association suggests "unintended consequence" of abuse deterrent opioids Feb 04, 2019
Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums? Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 01, 2019
When Docs Sexually Violate Patients First of a three-part series on physicians who abuse patients and the institutions that enable them Jan 24, 2019
Childhood Lead Exposure Tied to Mental Health Issues in Later Life Greater exposure also associated with difficult personality traits in adulthood Jan 23, 2019
Top Causes of Death in U.S. Kids: Car Crashes, Guns, and Cancer U.S. outpaced other developed countries in top two causes of death Dec 19, 2018
Mental Illness Doesn't Mean Mass Murder The mental health system needs improvement, but violence isn't the reason Dec 13, 2018
$2 Test Could Transform Sickle Cell Dx in Africa May have applications in high-income countries as well Dec 04, 2018
Morning Break: Measles Rebound; New FDA Warnings; Cancer Dx Scares Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the staff Nov 30, 2018
Top-Ranked Hospitals Have Better Survival Rates U.S. News and World Report rankings not associated with fewer readmissions Nov 28, 2018
1.2 Million Children and Teens Have Peanut Allergies Two studies estimate current PA prevalence to be 2.2% Nov 20, 2018
Study: Adult-Onset Food Allergy Fairly Common Almost half of over 40,000 U.S. adults reported allergy development after age 18 Nov 19, 2018
Parental Pacifier Sucking May Lower Kids' Allergy Risks Lower early-life total IgE production linked to mom or dad orally "cleaning" pacifier Nov 17, 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
AMA Urges Coverage for Added Breast Cancer Screening Resolution aimed at women with dense breasts 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
National Exercise Guidelines Now Say 'Just Move' HHS recs say to sit less, move more to improve health outcomes Nov 12, 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
'Tiny Targets' Aid in Fighting African Sleeping Sickness Low-tech devices slash tsetse fly populations in Congo Nov 01, 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
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
