The Skeptical Cardiologist received an email last week from a patient with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (Afib) saying she was having an episode, documented on her…
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President Trump, who announced he tested positive for COVID-19 early Friday morning, was headed to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in the late afternoon…
“Hospitals need to work with staff to figure out solutions to gaps that lead to outbreaks when expected human mistakes happen.” — Nahid Bhadelia, MD,…
A new analysis of data from the Women’s Health Initiative CaD (Calcium and Vitamin D) trial showed that women with greater menopausal symptoms faced higher…
Dapagliflozin (Farxiga) was granted breakthrough therapy designation by the FDA for chronic kidney disease in patients without type 2 diabetes, AstraZeneca announced. President Trump’s obesity…
Simultaneous heart-liver-kidney (HLK) transplants are feasible but require special consideration of donor and recipient selection and the equity of organ allocation, experts cautioned. At the…
Post-radiotherapy ipilimumab (Yervoy) led to a small but persistent long-term survival advantage in a placebo-controlled trial of men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC). The…
High-risk healthcare workers and first responders should receive the COVID-19 vaccine first, followed by people with “significant” risk of severe disease due to chronic conditions…
President Trump has a much higher risk of dying and being hospitalized due to his recent COVID-19 diagnosis than young, healthy people do, according to…
Seven former FDA commissioners from both parties penned an editorial criticizing the Trump administration for suggesting it could influence scientific standards for vaccine approval, potentially…