FDA Approves Fulyzaq, First Anti-Diarrheal Drug for HIV/AIDS Patients

Dec 31, 2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Fulyzaq (crofelemer) to relieve symptoms of...

FDA Approves Sirturo for Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

Dec 31, 2012

First drug to treat multi-drug resistant tuberculosis On Dec. 28, the U.S. Food and Drug...

Exercise Testing After PCI

Dec 28, 2012

Recurrent ischemia and cardiac events are common after PCI and CABG, signifying that coronary...

FDA Approves Eliquis Anti-Clotting Drug

Dec 28, 2012

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the anti-clotting drug Eliquis (apixaban), an...

Disparities Persist for Rural Cancer Survivors

Dec 27, 2012

An analysis from Wake Forest University suggests that cancer survivors living in rural areas of...

Examining Serious Cardiac Arrhythmias After Stroke

Dec 27, 2012

A German study team has found that significant cardiac arrhythmias following an acute...

Enhancing Consultations in the ED

Dec 26, 2012

In EDs nationwide, consultations between emergency physicians (EPs) and other doctors or specialists for advice or intervention regarding patient care occur on a daily basis. Emergency medicine (EM) consultation is an important...

Bedside Tool Helps Predict Outcomes After Stroke

Dec 26, 2012

A clinical prediction rule for death and severe disability after acute ischemic stroke— derived...

Candidemia: Incidence & Antifungal Drug Resistance

Dec 26, 2012

During the past 20 years, adults aged 65 and older appear to have replaced infants as having the...

Updating Osteoarthritis Treatment Recommendations

Dec 26, 2012

To help clinicians manage the increasing number of patients with osteoarthritis (OA), the American...

Managing Thromboembolism in Pregnancy

Dec 26, 2012

Thromboembolism is a leading cause of maternal morbidity and mortality in the United States. The...

CVD Risk Factors & PAD

Dec 25, 2012

Smoking, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and type 2 diabetes appear to be the cardiovascular...

Aspirin, Tumor Mutations, & Colorectal Cancer Survival

Dec 25, 2012

Among patients with mutated-PIK3CA colorectal cancer, regular aspirin use after their diagnosis...

Higher Calcium Intake Fights Off Hyperparathyroidism in Women

Dec 24, 2012

Increasing calcium intake in women appears to reduce the risk of hyperparathyroidism, according to...

Lipid Levels Improving Nationwide

Dec 24, 2012

Lipid levels among adults in the United States appear to have improved between 1988 and 2010,...

Do EMRs Make Documentation Too Easy?

Dec 21, 2012

There are many interesting unintended consequences of electronic medical records (EMRs). I was reminded of this by a recent blog I wrote about what interns really do when they are on call. According to a study from a VA hospital...