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- Category: Disease and infection news
- ‘Connectivity’ as the Key to Healthy Communities
- 11 Mourners Die of Puzzling Illness (The Guardian)
- AAPA Locks Horns with Certifying Body
- ACP: Improving Care for LGBT Community
- Adams Confirmed as Surgeon General
- Alere introduces first-ever highly sensitive malaria test for asymptomatic infections
- AMA Debates How to Prescribe Buprenorphine
- AMA Debates Planned Medicaid Cuts
- AMA Examining Drug Price Controls
- AMA Hears Testimony on Gun Policy, Sports Injuries
- AMA Just Says No to Medicaid Cuts
- AMA Moves to Protect Immigrants, Refugees
- AMA President Urges Docs to Speak Up on Healthcare Issues
- America’s Other Drug Problem
- Antibiotic resistance: a healthcare emergency?
- Antibiotic Stewardship Works at Community Hospital
- Antibody treatment protects non-human primates against deadly Marburg and Ravn viruses
- Are Vaccines Responsible for Decline in Kid Ear Infections?
- Are you up to date on the latest medical news?
- ASCO: HPV Vax Averts Oral Infections in Young Adults
- ASM Microbe: New Diagnostics, Therapies Take the Stage in the Big Easy
- Automated rapid blood test provides accurate malaria diagnosis
- Avoiding HBV Tx Roadblocks: Gastro Endo News Report
- Biochemical self-destruct trigger guards brain cells when fighting against West Nile virus
- Bird Flu Redux: Time to Raise the H7N9 Red Flag?
- Birth of the ‘Death Doulas’ (The Huffington Post)
- By the Numbers: Syphilis by Gender, Geography, and Sexual Orientation
- By the Numbers: You Call That a Bedsore?
- California Valley Fever cases highest on record
- Cancer Seeking Drugs Hit Gene Screen Wall (Technology Review)
- Canines in Florida are hit with a contagious dog flu strain
- Cardiovascular disease risk increases after hospital admission for sepsis or pneumonia
- Case of Legionnaires’ disease in the city sparks alerts
- CDC Flags Hospitals’ Stubborn Problem with Legionnaires’ Disease
- CDC Names Top Culprits in Foodborne Illness
- CDC Updates Zika Guidance for South Florida
- CDC warning on Salmonella infections in humans from backyard poultry
- CDC: Aedes Mosquitoes Become Widely Prevalent (J Med Entomol)
- CDC: Organ Donor TB Case Reveals Flaws in Transplant Screening
- Chinese scientists develop simple fluorescence-based assay to detect carbapenem-resistant pathogens
- Cholera Kills 25 in Yemen (Reuters)
- Cholera Kills 25 in Yemen (Reuters)
- Cholera Still Killing (NPR)
- Choosing Death (The Washington Post)
- Clinical trial shows safety, effectiveness of pre-prepared cells to treat drug-resistant viral infections
- CMS Made a Map. Then Things Got Interesting
- Contaminated Measles Vaccine Kills 15 (STAT)
- D.C. Week: FDA Okays Generic Stattera, Insurance Stabilization Urged
- Decision on Hep B Vax Delayed (Dynavax)
- Dems Must Decide on Medicare-for-All (CNN)
- Directly observed therapy linked to decrease in mortality among MDR TB patients
- Dirtiest Food Practices Catalogued (CNN)
- Disease of antiquity: University of Notre Dame expert focuses on tuberculosis research
- Docs, Scientists React to Paris Climate Withdrawal
- Drug-Using HIV+ Women at Higher Risk of Kidney Problems Than Men
- Dual therapy effective as second-line treatment for patients infected by HIV with multiple mutations
- Easing FDA Restriction Could Help Millions Hear Better (NPR)
- Ebola Outbreak in Congo Not as Large as Feared
- Entomologist advises New Yorkers to take steps against disease-causing mosquitoes
- Epigem partners with Northumbria University to develop disposable TB testing kit
- Essential Medicines List Offers Advice on Antibiotic Use (WHO.int)
- Expedited partner therapy for STIs provides health and cost benefits
- Experimental treatment cures Marburg and Ravn virus infection in animals
- FDA Approves New HCV Combo Pill, 8-Week Regimen
- FDA issues Emergency Use Authorization for multiplex Zika test
- First-ever clinical study for effective treatment of mycetoma begins in Sudan
- Flu Vax Protects Against Severe Illness in Children
- GAO: Agencies Unprepared for Zika Outbreak
- Genetic variation linked to greater tuberculosis susceptibility
- Genital Mutilation Victims Share Their Stories (CNN)
- GM pigs one step closer to providing organs for human transplant
- GOP Health Bill Could Look to Maine (NPR)
- Gov’t Scientists Say Their Work is Compromised (Washington Post)
- Grifols provides Procleix Zika Virus Assay to screen blood donations in countries that accept products with CE marking
- Guidelines for disposal of liquid waste from Ebola patients could put sewer workers at risk
- H7N9 Flu Outbreak Largest Yet
- Haiti to receive $40.5 million from the UN to combat cholera epidemic
- Health care providers should review Ebola response plans to avoid mistakes, say experts
- Hep C Experts Condemn Cochrane Review Dissing Direct Antivirals
- Hidden parasite: Raccoon roundworms may infect people more than previously assumed
- High temperatures raise risk of serious surgical site infections
- High-Dose Vax Saved Lives in 2012-2013
- HIV Patients Do Better with Viral Suppression When They’re Paid
- HIV prevention and treatment being overlooked in older populations
- How Does Spain Beat the U.S. in Healthcare? (The New York Times)
- How PAs Can Stay Out of Hot Water
- HPV Screen Detects More Lesions But at Cost of Overtreatment
- HPV Vaccine Appears Safe in Early Pregnancy
- Hundreds of CDC Jobs Still Unfilled (Washington Post)
- iMedicalApps: Hoax App Delivers Fake HIV Dx
- Inconsiderate supplementation of iron may impair ability to fight against Salmonella
- Increasing Number of Fleaborne Diseases Seen in Texas (EID)
- Infant Zika Infection May Cause Wide-Ranging Brain Damage
- Injectable ART may have same effectiveness as standard oral treatments
- Innovate UK funds new, economic vaccine to halt spread of ‘zoonotic’ infectious diseases
- Interferon-Free HCV Combo Tx Offers Good Outcomes in Kids
- Introduction of ART has increased life expectancy in HIV patients by 10 years
- ISU entomologist urges summertime precautions against mosquitoes and ticks
- IU study may explain how Wolbachia bacterium prevents mosquitoes from transmitting deadly diseases
- Johns Hopkins researchers find ways to curb common and deadly hospital-acquired infections
- Late-Stage Trial Success for HIV Combo Tx (Reuters)
- Legionnaire’s Cases Spark Water Birth Fears (CNN)
- Lethal Brain Disease Seen in Hawaii (STAT News)
- Liver Cancer Rates Rising Rapidly in U.S.
- LMU researchers show how genetic variant in people of African ancestry modulates immune cells
- Long-Term Albumin Tx Ups Survival in Liver Failure
- Low levels of vitamin A could be strong risk factor for TB
- LSTM researchers receive £6.4 million to develop evidence-based solutions for vector control
- LSTM scientists describe new approach to screening potential TB treatments
- Lyme Disease: A Public Health Risk?
- Machine-learning algorithm may help identify hospitalized patients at risk for severe sepsis
- Majority of dengue virus infections appear to happen very close to home
- Mathematical modeling can guide design and distribution of genetically modified genes
- Medieval Meds for MRSA (Scientific American)
- Michigan HHS Chief Charged with Involuntary Manslaughter (NPR)
- Microbiomes Differ in Newer vs Older Hospital NICUs
- Molecular tests that detect drug-resistant TB may become faster alternative to traditional testing
- Mom’s Tdap Vax Protects Fetus and Newborn (Pediatrics)
- Money Running Out for Zika Tracking (Kaiser Health News)
- Monkeys Killed, but Not to Blame for Yellow Fever (CNN)
- More than 80% of Indonesian Kids Had Dengue by Age 10
- Morning Break: Amazon Pharm Plan Panned; Dissing McCain; Remaking Cervical Biopsy
- Morning Break: Breast Implant Cancer; Cholera in Yemen; Teeth Tell
- Morning Break: Crowdsourced Pee; Don’t Fight Infections; Reconsidering Goldwater Rule
- Morning Break: Minn. Measles Spreading; OD’d on Caffeine; Ransomware Vaccine
- Morning Break: Motherly Advice (or Not); Doggy OD; Fatal Tat
- Morning Break: Racist Patients; Bat Salad; No ‘Death Spiral’ for Obamacare
- Morning Break: Sarilumab OK’d for RA; Low Hanging Fruit; Tick Paralysis Danger
- Morning Break: Still No Healthcare Deal; Califf’s New Gig
- Morning Break: Surgeon General Out; Docs and Executions; Trojan Ads
- MorningBreak: GOP’s Health Plan 2.0; Insulin Black Market; Gottlieb on ‘Right to Try’
- Most people with acute conjunctivitis get wrong treatment, study suggests
- Most States Lack Comprehensive HCV Tx for Drug Users (MMWR)
- Mouse Model Offers New Insight on Zika Transmission (Scientific Reports)
- Multi-State E. coli Outbreak Linked to Soy Butter (CDC.gov)
- Multiple Drug-Resistant Bacteria Up Risk of UTIs in Nursing Homes
- Mumps Outbreaks Bad News for Vax (STAT News)
- Nacho Cheese Kills Man in California (NPR)
- New anti-viral tool could become game-changer in the fight against MERS
- New approach could help improve management decisions during Ebola outbreak
- New biosensor rapidly detects tiny concentrations of influenza A virus
- New CDISC data standard assists in development of potential Ebola treatments
- New discovery could help explain unparalleled spread of Ebola virus
- New drug offers renewed hope to patients with hepatitis C
- New field laboratory-deployed molecular test could eliminate malaria
- New findings could lead to first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines
- New Integrated Strategy Helps HIV+ Youths Get Care
- New method for diagnosing flu virus from breath samples could provide faster results
- New model may provide vital insights into life-saving treatment for CMV infection
- New Outbreak of Polio in Syria (STAT)
- New research could lead to improved therapies for global parasitic disease
- New research helps unravel ecological interplay of African bat, novel virus and a parasite
- New study shows how gut microbes can prevent severe flu infections in mice
- New study shows way to reduce catheter-associated urinary tract infections
- New study suggests potential new therapeutic approach to septic shock recovery
- New test could help physicians identify appropriate treatment for people with gonorrhea
- New Thermia online health educational tool enables faster prediction of influenza outbreaks
- New UCI Malaria Initiative aims to disrupt deadly disease transmission in Africa
- New water safety program streamlines processes to help healthcare providers reduce Legionella risk
- New way to produce protein antigen may lead to preventative vaccine for schistosomiasis
- New Year, New Vaccination Guidelines
- Newborn Syphilis Fallout from Record STD Rate (CNN)
- Newly discovered immunodeficiency can make people seriously ill from chickenpox virus
- Newly discovered natural antibiotic could help fight against drug-resistant TB
- Novel Adjuvant Improves Vax Response (Scientific Reports)
- Novel point-of-care testing strategy can speed up treatment for respiratory illnesses
- NUS researchers uncover hidden vulnerabilities on surface of dengue virus
- Off-Label Use of Urine Assay Detects Zika in Semen
- One in 12 Infants with Zika Have Birth Defects in U.S. Territories
- One in Three Newly Approved Drugs Has Safety Issues
- Oral Rotavirus Vax Shows Efficacy in African Kids
- Overall balance of bacteria on skin may be key factor for acne development
- Overcrowded emergency rooms may delay sepsis treatment, study reveals
- Parasitic Mind Control: That’s Improbable!
- Patient with Lassa Fever Offers Clues to Virus
- People who feel lonely likely to report more severe symptoms from common cold, study shows
- Performance Enhancing Drugs Now a Public Health Problem
- Pharmacy Head Linked to Meningitis Outbreak Cleared on Murder Charges (NBC News)
- Phase 2 clinical study of investigational Zika vaccine begins in the U.S., Central and South America
- Placebo Fires Up Runners (Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise)
- Plastic Film Fights Food Cross-Contamination (A&EM)
- PodMed: A Medical News Roundup From Johns Hopkins
- Polio Endgame Hits a Hitch (STAT)
- Pool Infections Linked to Parasitic Poop on the Rise (MMWR)
- Preclinical results of translational research show favorable outcomes in developing Zika virus vaccine
- Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS loses six members to apathy
- Preventative measures can help minimize rising threat of tick-borne illnesses
- Prior dengue fever in people infected by Zika does not lead to worse illness
- Prior flavivirus disease does not worsen Zika infection in rhesus macaques
- PSU research shows how viruses can undergo major mutations without losing ability to infect
- Public distrust in government-led initiatives could hinder efforts to stop Zika, other infectious diseases
- Radboudumc, iMM Lisboa, PATH team up to test new malaria vaccine concept
- Rapid treatment with protocols could benefit sepsis patients
- Real-time imaging of influenza infection in mice can be promising evaluation tool
- Recombinant Flu Vax Matches Standard Drug
- Report: Global increase in drug-resistant TB threatens to ruin efforts to eradicate the disease
- Research findings identify protein as potential new drug target for HCMV infections
- Research findings pave way for more efficient, protective influenza vaccines
- Research highlights threat of Zika virus to donated blood supplies in the U.S
- Research networks focus on investigating spread of antimicrobial resistance in humans, animals
- Researchers develop antibacterial wound dressing made from shells of crustaceans
- Researchers develop new lab-on-a-chip platform that aims to improve pathogen detection
- Researchers develop new way to assemble genome of an organism from scratch
- Researchers discover unknown enzyme in pathogens responsible for African sleeping sickness
- Researchers discover unknown enzyme in pathogens responsible for African sleeping sickness
- Researchers find low adherence of physicians to H. pylori guidelines
- Researchers find new way to make influenza visible to the naked eye
- Researchers find new way to prevent graft-versus-host disease after stem cell transplants
- Researchers hope to harness immune cells for better treatment of allergies, infections
- Researchers identify antibodies that hold promise as Ebola treatments
- Researchers identify key hormone critical for preventing spread of bacterial pneumonia
- Researchers identify many dangerous strains of TB pathogens
- Researchers identify new methods that could improve treatment for infectious diseases
- Researchers on the Hunt: Snails, Snakes, and Soil (STAT)
- Researchers question use of fungicides on imported flowers, bulbs that induce antifungal drug resistance
- Researchers receive federal funding to study consequences of West Nile and Zika virus infections
- Researchers study Lassa fever patient’s immune response and viral persistence
- Researchers study Lassa fever patient’s immune response and viral persistence
- Researchers use big data to assess impact of infected animal carriers in Ebola virus spread
- Researchers use novel phage therapy to treat patient infected with multidrug-resistant bacterium
- Robot emits UV light to destroy infection-causing bugs in hard-to-clean places
- Salmonella on Papayas Sends 35 to Hospitals, Kills One (CDC)
- Scientists could be one step closer to developing vaccines against viruses
- Scientists crack crystal structure of entire ZIKV NS5 protein
- Scientists develop easy-to-use diagnostic test that could rapidly detect flu
- Scientists develop new method to clear antibiotic-resistant bacteria from the eyes
- Scientists discover natural defense mechanism that kills TB bacteria
- Scientists discover new approach for antifungal drug treatments
- Scientists discover protein that helps provide better vaccination response
- Scientists identify gene responsible for generating key lipid in skin barrier formation
- Scientists reveal how immune cells activate to kill parasitic worms
- Scientists reveal key role of excess gut calcium in C. diff infections
- Scientists reveal novel drug delivery approach to fight swine flu at gene level
- Scientists uncover potential strategy to shock and kill HIV virus
- Senate Health Committee Heats Up Over Lack of AHCA Discussion
- Single protein allows mycobacteria to generate diverse populations and avoid TB drugs, research shows
- SLU researchers predict potential high-risk areas for Zika virus transmission in the U.S.
- South Texas fights tuberculosis one blood test at a time
- Sports Med Group: Providers Should Help Patients Be More Physically Active
- Study identifies conservation management activities that could affect Lyme disease risk
- Study offers new insights into transmission of dengue infections
- Study provides vital clues to counter superbug antibiotic resistance
- Study reveals unique retinal scar in Ebola survivors
- Study shows how E. coli bacteria hijack copper, use it as nutrient to fuel growth
- Study shows insecticide-resistance monitoring as key to controlling mosquitoes that spread Zika
- Study: HF Patients Should Get Their Flu Shots
- Summer season offers increased opportunities for parasite infestations, says researcher
- Supportive housing linked to improvements in health of formerly homeless people with HIV/AIDS
- Survey finds wide variation in hepatitis B and C testing policy and practice across the EU/EEA
- Syphilis Now Primarily a Disease of Gay Men
- Tedros Elected WHO Director General (The New York Times)
- Text messaging provides effective support in improving care for HIV, tuberculosis patients
- Text messaging provides effective support in improving care for HIV, tuberculosis patients
- The Case Against ‘Urethral Syndrome’ (Science Alert)
- The FTC Gets It Right for PAs and Antitrust Actions
- The Global Schistosomiasis Alliance unveils giant worm on Lake Geneva
- The new war on sepsis
- The Protocol for Sports Concussion Info Dissemination: Trust and Respect
- The Real Problem With the Cancer Drugs Fund (BMJ Blogs)
- This Week in Zika: Big Phase II Vaccine Trial Begins
- This Week in Zika: Birth Defects Seen in 10% of Zika-Infected Babies
- This Week in Zika: EUA Granted for Molecular Test Using Whole Blood
- This Week in Zika: Mosquitoes Not Needed to Sustain Outbreak
- This Week in Zika: New Assay May Distinguish Zika Strains
- This Week in Zika: Proposed Budget Cuts May Impact Future Zika Response
- This Week in Zika: Testing Info Lacking on Texas Health Dept. Sites
- This Week in Zika: U.S. Had ‘Reactive Response’ to Zika Outbreak
- Tips to follow when you notice signs or symptoms of ringworm
- Tobacco use more common among HIV positive individuals, York study shows
- Toddler Dies of Tick-Borne Disease (CNN)
- Transmission of mosquito-borne diseases may happen at lower temperatures than previously thought
- Transplanting More Than Feces (ABC)
- Triplet Tx Offers Impressive Results in Resistant HCV
- Trump’s Budget: A Body Blow to Healthcare and Science
- TSRI professor receives $4.8 million grant to advance potential HIV vaccine research
- TSRI scientists find new way to make cell population resistant to HIV
- TSRI study reveals first-ever structure of Lassa virus protein
- Tuskegee Syphilis Study Casts Long Shadow (AP)
- Two Nurses Contracted HepA via Organ Transplant Patient
- Tyson Foods Inc. recalls over 2 million pounds of chicken products
- U.S. Rate of Maternal HCV Infection Nearly Doubles
- U.S. Scheduled to Run Out of Primary Yellow Fever Vax by Mid-2017 (MMWR)
- U.S. Work Conditions Could Use Some Work (NPR)
- UAB researchers demonstrate persistence of donor microbes in recipients after fecal transplant
- UC Santa Cruz researcher identifies major gaps that must be filled in to control Lyme disease
- UN Doc: Climate Change is New Challenge in Fighting Disease Outbreaks
- University of Miami to begin clinical trial for testing DNA-based Zika vaccine
- UNM professor receives $1.9-million NIH grant to battle against pervasive African parasite
- USDA announces grant to decrease impact of disasters
- UTHealth participates in study to evaluate effectiveness of new injectable HIV medication
- Vaccine Reduces HPV Prevalence in Teens, Young Adults
- Voters in Seven States Oppose GOP Healthcare Bills
- West Nile Virus Hits NYC (STAT)
- West Nile virus positive mosquitoes detected in Las Vegas
- West Nile virus positive mosquitoes detected in Las Vegas
- What’s ‘in’ This Summer? Intestinal Parasites (CNN)
- WHO and partners respond to upsurge of cholera cases in Yemen
- WHO Confirms New Ebola Case in Democratic Republic of Congo
- WHO drive for increased efforts to prevent malaria
- WHO launches new ethics guidance to protect rights of TB patients
- WHO releases list of antibiotics as last resort in superbug infections
- WHO: What About TB? (STAT)
- Will ‘Right To Try’ Bill Actually Help Anyone?
- Zika entry into India – cause for concern
- Zika Lessons: What Happens Next Time?
- Zika virus affecting teenage mothers in Brazil
- Zika virus may pose increased risk to people previously infected with dengue and West Nile, study finds
- Category: Endocrinology
- Category: Health and medicine
- Category: Nephrology
- Category: Oncology and hematology
- ‘Juicing’ T cells with small molecules enhances immune response against melanoma
- ‘Thymus in a Dish’ Generates T-cells
- 411 on Hernia Repair Without Mesh: General Surgery News Report
- A Cancer Scare Changed This Doctor’s Life in 7 Seconds
- A CLOUD of possibilities: Finding new therapies by combining drugs
- A Malignant Mesothelioma Treatment Shows No Clinical Benefits
- A New Biologic to Treat Follicular Lymphoma
- A Patient’s Journey: Me and My ‘Lame’ Cancer
- ACA Repeal Called ‘Not Compatible with Cancer Diagnosis’
- Acne Predicts Academic Success: That’s Improbable!
- Acupuncture Dulls AI-Associated Joint Pain
- Adverse Effects of Prostate Cancer Treatments Vary
- AHA Addresses Heart Effects of Breast Cancer Tx
- Androgen Depletion to the Rescue of Prostate Cancer Patients
- Another PARP Inhibitor Okayed for Ovarian Ca
- Another Win for CAR-T Therapy
- Artificial Intelligence and Dermatologist-Level Classification of Skin Cancer
- ASCO Releases First Mesothelioma Guideline
- ASCO: Healthy Lifestyle Adds to Colon Cancer Survival
- Aspirin May Protect Against Colorectal Cancer
- Assay Predicts Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness
- ASTRO Guideline for Oropharyngeal Cancer Reflects Changes
- Better Outcomes with New Tx Option in Multiple Myeloma
- Better Results in NSCLC with Higher Dose of ALK Inhibitor
- Better understanding of how brain tumors ‘feed’
- Bevacizumab Fails to Boost SCLC Survival
- Big Hike in Cigarette Tax Hurts Low-Income People
- Breakthrough in better understanding acute myeloid leukemia
- Breakthrough: Gene Therapy Effective for Young Sickle Cell Patient
- Breast Cancer: Could A Specific Diet Improve The Odds?
- Can a New Use of Low-Dose Aspirin Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk?
- Can Pharmaceutical Companies Justify the High Cost of Cancer Drugs?
- Cancer Biology: Getting Down to Basics with Bob Weinberg
- Cancer Collaboration Founded by ‘Bush 41’ Closes Its Doors
- Cancer Immunotherapy May Worsen Your Symptoms Depending on Your Genes
- Cancer Screening Cessation – Opinion and Preferences of Older Patients
- Cancer Survival Takes a Hit with Alternative Medicine
- CancerCare Mobile App Helps Families Manage Their Child’s Cancer Treatment
- CAR T-Cell Tx Offers Good Outcomes in Refractory NHL
- Caution Urged When Using PFS as Surrogate for Overall Survival
- Cell Phone Radiation Unlikely to Cause Cancer
- Cell-Free DNA May Help Pinpoint Breast Ca Survival
- Cervical Cancer Still a Killer
- Changing Definition of Margin Status for Oral Cancer
- Chemo Boosts Survival in Biliary Tract Cancer
- Combo Therapies Fail to Top Monotherapy in MDS
- Comprehensive atlas of immune cells in renal cancer
- Cost-Sharing Sticker Shock for Many Cancer Patients
- CRC Mortality Rises in People Younger than 55
- Custom built molecule shows promise as anti-cancer therapy
- D.C. Week: FDA User Fee Reauthorization Passes Congress
- Death Rates from Cancer Dropping (National Institutes of Health)
- Diesel Pollution Kills 38,000 Worldwide (The Guardian)
- Dietary Fiber Reduces Toxicity Following Radiation for Pelvic Cancer
- Do Anti-Programmed Death Antibodies Cause Complications in Cancer Treatment?
- Do High Blood Glucose Levels Increase Colorectal Cancer Risk?
- Do Hormonal Contraceptives Increase Breast Cancer Risk?
- Does a Surgeon’s Opinion on Mastectomy Influence the Frequency of Surgery?
- Does Gut Flora Impact the Response to Cancer Immunotherapy?
- Does Hormone Replacement Therapy Increase All-Cause Mortality?
- Dressing the Fashionista Cancer Patient (NPR)
- Drug for Sickle-Cell Disease Wins Over FDA Committee
- Drug Gets FDA Nod for RAS Wild Type CRC (Amgen)
- Drug Helps Kids Keep Hearing after Platinum Tx
- Drug OK’d for Preventing CMV Infection in Bone Marrow Transplant
- Dual-Binding Antibody Extends Survival in ALL
- E-Cig Summit: Does FDA Regulation Go Too Far?
- Early Research Suggests Potential Immunotherapy for Skin Cancer
- EndoBreak: Risk of Maternal Obesity; Broccoli for Glucose Control?
- Environmental enrichment triggers mouse wound repair response
- Epoetin Alfa Biosimilar Clears FDA Hurdle
- Experts call for registry of egg donors
- Fasting Protects Against Chemotherapy Toxicity
- Fat Grafting Improved Satisfaction with Reconstructed Breasts
- FDA Approves ALK-Targeted Drug for NSCLC
- FDA Approves Fixed Chemo Combo for AML Subtypes
- FDA Approves IDH2 Inhibitor for AML
- FDA Warns Against Unproven Anti-Cancer Products
- First extensive immune profile of sarcomas shows some likely susceptible to immunotherapy
- Gene sequencing study reveals unusual mutations in endometriosis
- Genetics of childhood ‘overgrowth’ unraveled
- Genome organization in retinal development and retinoblastoma
- Germline Mutation Status of BCRA Gene May Impact Treatment Regimens
- Gut Bugs Signal Success of Bone Marrow Transplant
- Hardy rodent with ‘extraordinary’ anticancer defenses
- Hospitals to Pay $34 Million in False Claims Act Case (Justice Department)
- How sharing cancer data can save lives
- Imbruvica OK’d for Chronic GVHD
- Immunotherapy ‘Highly Effective’ in Lymphoma Trial (Reuters)
- Immunotherapy target suppresses pain to mask cancer
- Indoor Tanning Leads to More Chances of Sunburns
- Iron Ingot and the Fight Against Anemia
- Is Lenalidomide an Effective Maintenance Therapy for Leukemia?
- Is Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy Safe for Breast Cancer Prevention in Women With BRCA Gene Mutations?
- Limited Support for Child, Teen Caregivers (Health Affairs)
- Liquid Biopsy Passes Test for Nasopharyngeal Cancer
- Low Vitamin D Ups Relapse Risk after Stem Cell Transplant
- Lung Cancer Screening Proves Challenging in Real-Practice Setting
- Maintenance Lenalidomide Improves PFS in DLBCL
- Mammography Overused in U.S. Breast Cancer Survivors?
- Mapping DROSHA’s cleavage sites
- Moderate Exercise Can Boost Survival in CRC: Clin Onc News Report
- Morning Break: A Congressional Rescue for ACA? Docs Shun Retirement; Heroin Rx
- Morning Break: ACR ‘Scare-Mongering’? Cinnabons for Nurses; Knee Surgery Questioned
- Morning Break: Biden Persists; Shkreli a ‘Snake’; Hello, Dali (Again)!
- Morning Break: Hot Drugs; Finding Alternatives to Opioids; Big Bang at Vanderbilt
- Morning Break: New HIV Drug Combo; Asparagus-Cancer Link; Celeb-Suicide Effect?
- Morning Break: Ohio Rejects Drug Price Control Bill; Maine Expands Medicaid; Insulin Implant
- Morning Break: Rolling Stone Gathers Cancer; Surgical Quality Primer; Bullies Get a Break
- Morning Break: World’s Largest Penis; Sex Bias in Breast Milk; Cervical Ca Deaths
- MRI Can Rule Out Need for Biopsy in Men with High PSA
- New method to grow womb lining and mimic menstrual cycle in the laboratory dish
- No Benefit from Statin Use in Small Cell Lung Cancer
- No Proof of Benefit from Contralateral Mastectomy, But Rates Rise Anyway
- No Survival Benefit with Bevacizumab Maintenance in CRC
- Non-Drug Therapies Found Best for Managing Cancer Fatigue
- Novel Model to Predict Kidney Function: Clin Onc News
- Olaparib OK’d for Metastatic Breast Ca with Mutated BRCA
- Older MS Drugs May Boost Cancer Risk
- Older Women May Stop Cervical Cancer Screening Too Soon
- OncoBreak: ‘Bad at Death’; Environment and Ca; Dr. vs Dad
- OncoBreak: AHCA Opposition; NIH Funding; Melanoma Awareness
- OncoBreak: Immunotherapy Resistance; Cancer and Opioids; Awkward Moment
- OncoBreak: Terms of Life; FDA Approval Flurry; Gums and Cancer
- Oregon Becomes Fifth State to Raise Smoking Age to 21 (Time)
- Ovarian Ca Screening Has Some Benefits in High-Risk Women
- Panel Backs Bone Drugs for Postmenopausal Breast Cancer
- PD-1 Inhibitor Active in Refractory HNSCC
- PD-1 Inhibitor Disappoints as First-Line Tx in NSCLC
- Pearls from: Fatima Cardoso, MD: Part 1
- Pelzman’s Picks: Dr. Robot Will See You Now
- Possible Benefit with Proton Therapy
- Potential new treatment for kidney failure in cancer patients
- Precision medicine improves treatment outcomes for some pancreatic cancer patients
- Profile: The Accidental Cancer Giant
- Recovery Through Gum-Chewing After Laparoscopic Surgery for Gastric Cancer
- Repeat Surgeries Impair Cost Effectiveness of BCS
- Risk of Colorectal Cancer with Long-Term Antibiotic Use
- Scaffold Delivers ‘Atomic Bomb’ CAR-T Tx in Preclinical Solid Tumors
- Second cancers deadlier in young patients
- Sedentary lifestyle appears to increase risk for both kidney and bladder cancer
- Short-Course RT Not Inferior for Early Prostate Cancer
- SMS and Phone Reminders Improve Colorectal Cancer Screening Adherence
- Some mother cells kick DNA damage ‘down the road’ to offspring, study says
- Some Respond to Nivolumab After Melanoma Progression
- Space Tech Targets Breast Cancer (STAT)
- Spousal Education and Income Level Impacts Cancer Survival Rates
- Statins May Not Enhance Radiotherapy Efficacy for Brain Cancer
- Stereotactic Radiosurgery Lowers Recurrence Rate of Brain Tumors
- Studies Inform Screening for Li-Fraumeni Syndrome
- Study examines ‘watch-and-wait’ approach for people with rectal cancer
- Surprising link between blood sugar, brain cancer found
- Surveillance for Large Renal Masses
- Tai chi relieves insomnia in breast cancer survivors
- Telemedicine OK for Genetic Testing and Counseling
- Thyroid Cancer Rates Climb in Young Minorities
- Time To Improve Transplant Access for Seniors with Blood Cancers
- Tocilizumab Boosts Hemoglobin, Hematocrit in RA
- Track All Pediatric Blood Infections: Clin Onc News Report
- Tranexamic Acid Immediately After Vaginal Delivery Cuts Risk of PPH
- Trastuzumab Biosimilar Equivalent in Early HER2+ Breast CA Tx
- Tumor Cell Test Tops PSA for Survival in mCRPC
- Two biomarkers appear to predict course of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
- USPSTF Backs Individualized PSA Screening
- Virtual Tumor Board Shows Promise
- Vitamin B6 Reduces Risk of Colorectal Cancer
- Vitamin D and Cancer: Still No Clear Answers
- Weekend Surgery Better With EMR: HealthLeaders Media
- What Questions are Important to Newly-Diagnosed Pancreatic Cancer Patients?
- What’s Next for Planned Parenthood?
- White blood cell boosting drugs safe during chemo-radiotherapy
- Widespread vitamin D deficiency likely due to sunscreen use, increase of chronic diseases, review finds
- Will Preventing Diabetes Also Prevent Cancer?
- WTO Upholds Plain-Packaging Cigarette Law (Bloomberg)
- Young-Onset Breast Cancer Survival Unaffected by BRCA Status
- Category: Primary Care
- ‘God is a Porcupine’: That’s Improbable!
- ‘High-Risk’ Psychiatric Patients: Whose Risk?
- ‘I Wish It Were Otherwise’: Doc to Doc on End-of-Life Care
- ‘Science is Not a Partisan Issue’: Docs Take to the Streets
- ‘Thousands’ Implicated in Greek Novartis Bribery Probe (FiercePharma)
- 7 Outside-the-Box CME Activities
- 8 Steps to Help Desperate Patients Quickly Navigate Expanded Access (STAT)
- A ‘Make-or-Break’ Moment on Obamacare Repeal? (Politico)
- ACA Repeal Might Violate International Law (Washington Post)
- ACP, ABIM in Talks to Lessen MOC Burden
- ALA: Overall Air Quality Improved But Pollution Hotspots Persist
- Annual VA Spending for CKD Steadily Increasing
- Antidepressants, Seizure Meds OK for Diabetic Neuropathy Pain
- Antimicrobial Catheter Cap Cuts Bloodstream Infections in Dialysis Patients
- App Tracks Children’s Health
- Appeals Court Blocks Anthem Bid to Merge with Rival Cigna (Reuters)
- Are Medical Meetings Worth the Price of Admission?
- Are Salaried Docs Happier Docs?
- Are Sick Doctors Worse Doctors?
- Arthritis Incidence Shifting Younger
- Brain Research Meets Country Music (NPR)
- Breastfeeding and Baby’s IQ
- Bringing Device Makers into the Hospital: Good Business or Ethical Risk?
- Broad Strokes Won’t Do the Trick for Reforming Healthcare
- Broken BP Device Tied to Day Care Mercury Poisonings
- BSR: Early Tx Response Predicts 2-Year AS Outcomes
- By the Numbers: Docs’ Logged-On Time Increases
- C-M-Mess in PCS
- Can a Public Health Initiative Prevent Gun Violence?
- Can Larger Warnings, Smaller Logos Deter Smokers?
- Can Video Training Improve Care?
- Can You Tell When Patients Are Lying?
- Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Suicide Risk
- CAR T-Cell Tx Durability May Depend on B-ALL Disease Burden
- Cardiac Patients in Trials Don’t Reflect Real-World Populations
- CardioBrief: Major Obstruction Ahead in Treatment Of Total Coronary Blockages
- CardioBrief: Pendulum Swings Further Away From Vitamin D Supplements
- CDC Confirms the Brief, Hard Lives of Poor Kids (Pediatrics)
- CDC: Number of Repeat Teen Births Halved Since 2004
- CDK4/6 Agent Active in Metastatic Breast Cancer
- Children of Smokers Carry Tobacco Toxins on Their Hands
- Climate Tied to Alcohol-Related Liver Disease
- Closing in on Chronic Fatigue? (NPR)
- CMS Rule on ACA Marketplaces Helps Insurers
- Coffee Grounds in Surgery: That’s Improbable!
- College Debt Delays RN Advancement
- Congress Moving to Shore Up Insurance Markets
- Controversial Events Cause Distress, Feelings of Betrayal
- Cut NIH Budget and Pay the Price?
- Damage Starts Early in Kids’ Vasculitis
- Dangers of Slow Rolling Cars: That’s Improbable!
- Darth Vader Alive, Well in Tennessee (CNN)
- Did White House Order FDA to Tune TVs to Fox?
- Difficult Patient or Difficult Doctor?
- Digital Order Entry Apps Should Help, Not Hinder, Doctors
- Do Docs Have Enough Sense about Dollars?
- Do Spring Allergies Bring Thoughts of Suicide? (The Atlantic)
- DO’s Want to Extend and Expand Teaching Health Centers
- Doc Defender of UK Health Service Dies (The Independent)
- Docs’ Time Split Between Computer and Patients
- Don’t Blame Doctors for Nonadherence
- Don’t Pee in the Pool (CNN)
- Drug Combo Boosts Response Rate by Half in Melanoma
- Dual HER2 Targeting Shows Promise in CRC
- Eating Clean Not the Same as Healthy Eating (Business Insider)
- Eating Raw Meat Tied to Toxoplasmosis in Japan
- Eating Raw Meat Tied to Toxoplasmosis in Japan
- ENDO: Artificial Pancreas Promising in Kids with T1D
- ENDO: Liraglutide May Prevent Lipolysis, Ketogenesis in T1D
- Euthyroid Achievement Possible With Once-Weekly L-Thyroxine
- Exercise Boosts Brain Power in 50 Year Olds (Tech Times)
- FBI Director Invites Hospitals to Reach Out to His Agency
- FBI Director Invites Hospitals to Reach Out to His Agency
- Female OB/GYNs Less Apt to Receive Top Patient Scores
- Female OB/GYNs Less Apt to Receive Top Patient Scores
- Fitness Tracker Training Pavlov’s Humans? (Popular Science)
- Fixing the Broken Drug Pricing System
- Fixing the U.K.’s Health Service Might Help the U.S., Too
- FLT3 Inhibitor Approved for AML Subtype
- For a Cheap High, a Diarrhea Drug? (The Atlantic)
- Fossil Fuels: More Addictive and Deadly than Narcotics
- From Self-Portrait To Selfie: That’s Improbable!
- Function Not the Whole Story in Stroke; Lifestyle Tx Wards Off Dementia
- Getting Back to What We Love
- Getting Outcomes Measures to Sing in Harmony Not an Easy Task
- Glove Change During C-Section Boosts Wound Outcomes
- Glove Change During C-Section Boosts Wound Outcomes
- GOP Repeal and Replace Bill Stalls in Committee
- Health Officials Worried About Tick-Borne Virus (CNN)
- Hepatitis Deaths Rising: WHO
- Hepatitis Increases Parkinson’s Risk (NY Times)
- High Drug Prices Remain a Conundrum, Analysts Say
- High Rate of PTSD in Women with HIV
- High Rate of PTSD in Women with HIV
- Higher Childhood Lead Exposure Linked with Lower Adult IQ
- HIV Infection, Heart Failure Go Together
- Homeopathy: Is This Real Medicine?
- House Panel Considers OTC Hearing Aids and More
- House Panel Spars Over ACA Replacement Bill
- How Not to Talk to Patients
- How to Drink Flavored Water Without Damaging Your Teeth (Washington Post)
- How To Embrace Tech in Care
- How WWI Devastation Sparked Medical Innovation (The Atlantic)
- ICER Report Claims RA Tx Is Not Cost Effective
- iMedicalApps: App Tracks MOC Requirements
- iMedicalApps: Can an App Reduce the Risk of Diabetes?
- iMedicalApps: Helping Developers Create HIPAA-Compliant Apps
- iMedicalApps: Upload Documents to EMRs Instantly
- iMedicalApps.com: New Medical-Grade Smartwatch Announced
- Ineffective Treatments Still Common (The Atlantic)
- Is a Nationwide Vaccine Policy Needed?
- Is Misopristol a Risky Choice to Induce Labor? (Tatia Oden French Memorial Foundation)
- Is Tom Price Making Medicine Great Again?
- Is Tom Price Making Physician Practice Better?
- LARC Use Up in Postpartum Women
- Lower BP Targeted in New Heart Failure Guidelines
- Lupus Patients at Risk for Stroke
- Mainstream Medicine Can’t Escape Responsibility for Goop
- Many Factors Contribute to Nurses’ Alarm Response Time
- Marijuana: The Safest Recreational Drug?
- McConnell Delays Healthcare Bill Vote Until After July 4th Recess (CNN)
- Media Coverage May Influence Willingness to Donate Organs
- Medicaid Overhaul to Hit Millions of Medicare Beneficiaries, Too
- Medicare Ups Provider Incentive for Prediabetes Intervention
- MedPAC Recommends New Part B Pricing System
- Meta-Analysis: Tai Chi Keeps Seniors from Falling
- Methadone Accounted for 23% of Opioid OD Deaths in 2014
- More Breast Cancer/Alcohol Links (TIME)
- Morning Break: Failed ACA Redux; Rx by Nose; Burnout Prevention
- Morning Break: Killer Sponges; Raising the Smoking Age; Famous Brain
- Morning Break: Mail the GOP Your Ashes; ‘Gray Death;’ E-Cigs and Big Tobacco
- Morning Break: Price Probe on Tap? Dance Brains; Ohio’s Opioid Offensive
- Morning Break: The Pill as a Downer? Pro Pot Use; Cell Phone Tumor?
- Morning Break: Top R&D Spenders; Phony Peer Review; Smartphone Addicts?
- MorningBreak: Coke Levels Playing Field; Heroin, Elephant Tranquilizer; Lead Poisoning in Kids
- Multivitamins Don’t Help the Heart Even in People with Poor Nutrition
- Nearly 1 Billion People Still Smoke Every Day
- NEPAD: Better Endpoint for Progressive MS Trials?
- New Antibiotic-Resistant Gene Discovered (mBio)
- New Athlete Screening Guidelines May Cut Costs
- New Hints that Vitamin D Helps MS Patients
- New Mexico’s 2017 Plague Count Hits Three (TIME)
- NHS Takes Hard Stance on Homeopathic Remedies (The Independent)
- No Coffee-Cancer Link: That’s Improbable!
- Not So Fast, Critics Say to FDA (Boston Globe)
- Opioid Abuse Tx Offers Hope for Genetic Dermatosis
- ORBIT Score Pinpoints Repeat GI Bleeds with Anticoagulation
- Our Love of the Complex? That’s Improbable!
- Overdiagnosis Is a Problem in Pediatrics, Too
- Pain Thresholds Tied to RA Disease Activity
- Patient Care & Rheumatology Network: Doc’s Reflections on Patient Interactions
- Patient Medication Errors Doubled Over 13 Years
- PEG Tube Placement OK in Centenarian Patients
- Pelzman’s Picks: Will Insurers Cover Expensive Drug?
- People Who Exercise Less May Have Higher Mortality Rates (NPR)
- Physician Survey: $91K Pay Gap for Women Docs
- Pitavastatin Bests Pravastatin In HIV+ Adults with Dyslipidemia
- Preop Training May Shorten Hospital Stay: HealthLeaders Media
- President Trump: Good or Bad on Healthcare?
- Processing Death: The Struggle that Follows Loss
- Program to Build a Better Retina Launches (NIH)
- Psychotropic Drugs + Opioids in Pregnancy Ups Risk of Withdrawal
- PTSD After Failed Resuscitation: HealthLeaders Media
- Putting Patients First By Cutting Admin Tasks: HealthLeaders Media
- Rat Lungworm Disease Reported in Hawaii (Associated Press via Chicago Tribune)
- Reining in Drug Prices: Easier Said than Done
- Replacing the ACA: A Battle was Won, But the War Isn’t Over
- Rising Trust in Healthcare
- Saudi Arabian Teens Show Troubling Rate of HTN
- Senate Panel Gives HHS Nominees Warm Reception
- Senate Renews FDA User Fee Bill
- Serum Marker IDs Likely Responders to CAR-T Therapy in Lymphoma
- Sex Talks Crucial When Caring for Seniors (KevinMD)
- Should GOP Deal with Dems on Repeal-and-Replace?
- Should the Gov’t Mandate Essential Benefits Coverage?
- Sixty Missed Opportunities
- Smoking While Pregnant May Increase Grandchildren’s Autism Risk (ScienceDaily)
- Standardized Palliative Care Consults Cut Cancer Readmissions
- States Mulling Medicaid Options in Wake of Health Bill Failure
- Statewide Trauma System Cuts Preventable Deaths By Half
- Study Links Diet Soda to Stroke, Dementia
- Surgeon General Nominee Clears Initial Senate Hurdle
- Survey: Docs Don’t Ask IBD Patients about Sexual Health
- Swallow This Balloon – and Lose Weight
- Systemic Tx Offers Better Outcomes in Severe Uveitis
- Taxes: Docs’ Unique and Not-So-Unique Needs
- The Home-Work Life Merger: Healthcare Career Insights
- The Opioid Prescribing Conundrum
- The Problem of Physician Suicide
- Theranos Settlements to End Legal Troubles (Reuters)
- This Might Be Why You Grind Your Teeth (BBC)
- Tranexamic Acid Cuts Post-Partum Bleeding Deaths
- Using Social Media to Engage with Patients, Other Professionals
- What About Those OTC Hangover Cures?
- What Do Patients Want?
- What’s Next in Genomic Medicine?
- Whose Job Is It, Anyway?
- Why are We Straining to Communicate?
- Why are Women Docs Paid Less?
- Why I Give My Cell Phone Number to Patients
- Why Is Milk Fortified with Vitamin D, Anyway? (Huffington Post)
- Will Patient Care Suffer Under Restricted H-1B Visas?
- Women Helped Fuel Opposition to ACA Repeal (CNBC)
- World Leaders Prepare for Global Outbreak (AP)