02/21/2022
When Your Error Harmed a Patient and You're Wracked With Guilt
Doctors who make consequential on-the-job mistakes often feel shame, guilt, and self-doubt, while also dealing with potential patient injury. Here's how to deal with this difficult situation.
02/21/2022
37% of COVID Patients Lose Sense of Taste, Study Says
A new Monell Center analysis found that 37% of COVID-19 patients actually did lose their sense of taste and that "reports of taste loss are in fact genuine and distinguishable from smell loss."
02/21/2022
CDC Preparing to Update Mask Guidance
"As we consider future metrics, which will be updated soon, we recognize the importance of not just cases...but critically, medically severe disease that leads to hospitalizations."
02/21/2022
Typical Contact Dermatitis Screening Misses Many Allergens
Adding allergens to screening beyond the typical series, especially those found in personal care products and workplace substances, is key to diagnosing and managing the disease, authors say.
02/21/2022
FDA Approves Tralokinumab for Moderate to Severe AD
Tralokinumab is a fully human IgG4 monoclonal antibody that specifically binds to interleukin-13, a key driver of underlying inflammation in AD.
10/25/2017
FDA approves a game-changing treatment for blood cancer
The Food and Drug Administration has approved a promising new treatment called CAR-T for a particularly deadly form of cancer.
10/25/2017
Hot tub birth tied to life-threatening infection for baby
By Lisa Rapaport(Reuters Health) - A newborn girl in Canada developed a life-threatening infection after being delivered in a hot tub, according to a
10/25/2017
3 lessons for the FDA following Abbott’s cybersecurity recall | FierceHealthcare
Less than two months after the FDA issued a firmware update for 465,000 Abbott-manufactured cardiac devices with cybersecurity flaws, experts at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and the University of Michigan said there are lessons to be learned to improve cybersecurity-related recalls moving fo...
10/25/2017
Engulfed in Opioid Deaths, Ohio Turns to Science
State attempts to accelerate high-tech solutions after treatment and law enforcement fail to stem overdose fatalities
10/25/2017
Experts Outline Pathway to a Universal Influenza Vaccine
NIH-Led meeting identifies knowledge gaps, development goals.
10/25/2017
Low Serum Calcium Increases Risk of SCA
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is fatal for over 90% of patients, and more than half of men and close to 70% of women who die of SCA have no clinical history of heart disease prior to this cardiac event. It is one of the leading causes of death in the USA and kills more people than any single cancer.