Hospital Medicine

Prophylactic Antibiotic Cuts Infection Risk After Operative Vaginal Birth

May 14, 2019

Benefits seen following operative vaginal birth at 36 weeks of gestation or later

Israel’s Zebra Medical gets FDA ok for AI chest X-ray product

May 13, 2019

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Israel’s Zebra Medical Vision said on Monday it received approval...

Exclusive: Novartis pitches discounts on pricey gene therapy for deadly muscle disorder

May 10, 2019

By Deena Beasley and John Miller LOS ANGELES/ZURICH (Reuters) – Novartis AG is offering...

Burnt: The Real-Life Toll of Burnout in Healthcare – Part 1: The Incident

May 10, 2019

Working as a medic was one of the most challenging experiences of my life. For nearly two years, I...

Fatal Overdoses Reduced With Pharmacist Dispensation of Naloxone

May 10, 2019

However, greater naloxone availability tied to more nonfatal overdoses seen in emergency departments

Health Professionals Supportive of Medicinal Cannabis

May 10, 2019

However, across medicine, pharmacy, and nursing, providers need more information

Radiation therapy consent forms too difficult to read

May 8, 2019

By Lisa Rapaport (Reuters Health) – Cancer patients usually get written consent forms to...

Low Glucose Levels at Hospital Discharge Tied to Poor Outcomes

May 8, 2019

Patients with diabetes and hypoglycemia have higher readmission rate, postdischarge mortality

FDA grants Jacobus Pharma approval for rare disease drug

May 6, 2019

(Reuters) – Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co Inc on Monday won U.S. approval for the first drug to treat children with Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder. The drug, Ruzurgi, was approved for use in...

AUA: Marijuana Tied to Increased Risk for LUTS Medications in BPH

May 6, 2019

Marijuana use also linked to worse overall semen parameters due to induction of oxidative stress

Get your children vaccinated or face fine: German health minister

May 5, 2019

BERLIN (Reuters) – German Health Minister Jens Spahn has drawn up draft legislation to...

Few at risk for opioid overdose get potentially life-saving naloxone

May 3, 2019

By Linda Carroll (Reuters Health) – A tiny percentage of people at high risk for opioid overdose are getting prescriptions for naloxone, a medication that could potentially save their lives, a new study finds. Researchers...

#PWChat: The Corporatization of Healthcare

May 2, 2019

Join us May 7 at 3:00PM EST for a live, interactive tweetchat with Linda Girgis, MD, on the...

#PWChat – Interrupting Racial/Ethnic Microaggressions in Medicine: How Bystanders can Become Upstanders

May 2, 2019

Join us May 21 at 3:00PM EST for a live, interactive tweetchat with Philomena Asante, MD, MPH,...

AstraZeneca ties up with France’s Transgene to develop viral immunotherapies

May 2, 2019

(Reuters) – British drugmaker AstraZeneca Plc and French biopharmaceutical firm Transgene SA...

Medication use drops when local drugstores close

May 1, 2019

By Carolyn Crist (Reuters Health) – People are less likely to take their heart medicine when their local pharmacies close, and the drop-off persists for at least a year, according to a U.S. study. The effect is especially...

April 2019 Briefing – Pathology

May 1, 2019

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pathology for April 2019. This roundup includes the latest research news from journal articles, as well as the FDA approvals and regulatory changes that are the most likely to affect clinical practice. Rare Variants Identified in DENND1A Gene in PCOS […]