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Prior authorizations for infusibles cause delays, toxicities
A new study reveals the prior authorization difficulties that patients must go through to receive infusible biologics, providing evidence to...
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Try testosterone for some women with sexual dysfunction, but not others
Evidence does not support testosterone use for other conditions, and concentrations should mirror premenopausal physiological conditions.
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Social determinants of health gaining prominence
Training to recognize patients’ social determinants of health – factors such as income, living and working conditions, and access to healthy food...
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Sexual assault in military linked to sexual pain
Comorbid depression and PTSD also was likely in these female veterans.
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Inhaler technique not to blame for uncontrolled asthma in inner-city study
Study participants had suboptimal living conditions in lower income Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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Preprints come to medicine: medRxiv launches with safeguards
The new repository of preprints in medicine is intended for researcher-to-researcher communication before publication in peer-reviewed journals....
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Beyond disclosure: Industry relationships face renewed scrutiny in oncology
The recent controversy over lack of disclosure of industry payments at Memorial Sloan Kettering has opened up a wider debate in oncology over...
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FDA urges caution with robotic devices in cancer surgery
The FDA cites evidence that the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for treatment or prevention of cancers may be associated with...
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...
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FDA panel tackles mesh for anterior repair of POP
Patient-reported outcomes should trump anatomic outcomes as FDA evaluates marketed devices.
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Newer cholangioscopy system safe and effective for difficult biliary stones
Digital single-operator system is successful and safe in an international retrospective study of 407 patients.
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Yale meeting draws cadre of physician-scientists
Dr. E. Albert Reece calls for early education in research and science to boost “the research continuum.”
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Gyn surgeons’ EndoMarch empowers patients
The Nezhat brothers take a grassroots approach to grow awareness.
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The push is on to recognize endometriosis in adolescents
Treatment of endometriosis is rife with dilemmas, controversies, and shortcomings.