Daily Medical News
The latest clinical medicine and health policy news for healthcare professionals, delivered each weekday by host Nick Andrews and MDedge editors. The information in this podcast is provided for informational and educational purposes only.
Too few women oncology investigators; is a rigid HPV vaccination schedule needed?
SPECIAL: ASCO Journal Club with Blood & Cancer host David Henry, MD
Do cannabis laws cut opioid deaths? Plus, residents swamped by debt, job offers
Treat insomnia like a disorder; what's causing new psychiatric symptoms?
Some cognitive changes 'normal' with aging; obesity declined among lower-income children
Chronic opioids and ankylosing spondylitis; 2/3 of gyn-oncs experienced sexual harassment
Does aspirin prevent anything? And how to pick the right diabetes drug
Coffee, tea, and soda increase GERD risk
Government pleas for measles vaccination
ACP Internal Medicine Meeting 2019
AAD 2019 meeting wrap-up
HIV prevention progress slows
FDA weighs esketamine for depression
Time to switch to automated BP readings?
Special Report: SABCS
Ask if kids' parents are military
US life expectancy down
TENS cuts fibromyalgia pain
A change in ‘incident to’ billing
Benzodiazepines double risk of suicide for COPD patients
DOACs cut mortality
Patient-centered guidelines for type 2 diabetes
Bisphosphonate holiday reduces risk of atypical femur fracture
Outpatients antibiotics and disease codes
9-valent HPV vaccine approved for 27-45 age group
Sexual assault, harassment linked to depression
PCV13 for older adults
Neurological disease and aging
Aspirin for the elderly: what to do
Get on top of home BP monitoring
Experts advocate for flu vaccination
America's gabapentin problem
ADHD: The big picture
Ketamine for pain syndromes
A hidden bonus for rivaroxaban?
What you should know about celiac disease
Behavioral intervention in obese adults
Troubling MRI changes and pediatric hypertension
Alarming rate of diabetes medication discontinuations
Urine drugs screens show improper medication use
Physician burnout singes patient safety
Sprain an ankle, get an opioid
Can tai chi tame seniors' fall risk?
Colonoscopy: Should 45 be the new 50?
New guidelines on prophylaxis for cancer-related immunosuppression
Baloxavir, oseltamivir similar for influenza
Cardiovascular risk with diclofenac
Modest alcohol and NAFLD
FDA approval for 2 HIV drugs
Rivaroxaban beats aspirin for VTE
Lung function decline linked to cardiovascular risk
New MI definition for infarction vs injury
Rivaroxaban data abound at ESC 2018
Lorcaserin shows cardiovascular safety
Is it time for PCPs to take over chronic HCV?
Screen for cervical cancer based on age, risk
5 digital HIPAA myths
Sleepio app tied to reducing insomnia, depression
An epidemic of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Cardiovascular risk management supported for type 2 diabetes
Medicare Advantage pushback
Variation doesn't mean quality when it comes to diet
Mobile contraception app gets FDA approval
Second-hand smoke sends teens to ED
Inducing labor earlier reduced c-section rate
Stigma for drug users with HCV
Concerns over CMS E/M payment proposal
FDA warns about azithromycin in some cancers
Fibrosis progression linked to weight
No meaningful decline in opioid use
Changes to doctor payment for in-office drugs
Finally, New migraine drugs
Valsartan cancer risk is low
Free skin cancer screening highlights need
Antibody cleared amyloid plaques, slowed cognitive decline
Blood pressure meds cut cognitive impairment risk
Is fish oil's heart benefit a fish tale?
Is fibromyalgia one disorder -- or two?
Brain damage, slight benefit seen in epinephrine cardiac arrest
Bundle pay plan didn’t save money
Telemedicine payment expansion?
Managing HIV with diabetes
Too many antibiotics prescribed in urgent care
Less documentation highlights new Medicare fee proposal
New hypertension guidelines means millions more hypertensives
Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the ACA
Sjogren's syndrome recommendations are close
Solriamfetol could improve sleep measures
Migraine trigger myths
HPV testing that detects cervical precancers earlier
Promising low glucose alert system
Updated anthrax vaccine recommendations
Medicare beneficiaries are dying differently
Addiction: Veterans with pain, opioid use disorder
Opioids do more harm than good for musculoskeletal pain
FDA approves Epidiolex for Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and Dravet syndrome
Skyrocketing insulin prices lead to adherence issues
Herpesvirus infections may have a pathnogenic link to Alzheimer's disease
Galectin-3: A post-MI prognostic biomarker for our times