Reduced-Nicotine Cigarettes: Safer Than Conventional Products? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Randomized trial shows mixed results

CardioBrief: Academic Leaders on the Corporate Board

(MedPage Today) -- A disturbingly large number of leading academics pull double duty

Modeling Study Marks Cervical Ca Screening as 'Inefficient' (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Room for improvement in the current practice, researchers say

Top Reads in Slow Medicine

(MedPage Today) -- A roundup of articles with Slow Medicine themes

How Are New Drugs Evaluated by the FDA?

(MedPage Today) -- Insights from an FDA official

Morning Break: Shutdown Clock Ticking, Managing Online Critics, MS Drug Results

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

Keeping Nurses on Board: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, check out this year's rankings of U.S. healthcare plans

IOM: Most Patients Experience Diagnostic Error at Some Point

(MedPage Today) -- Report finds 5% error rate for outpatient visits

D.C. Week: Boehner Shocks Congress With Plans to Resign

(MedPage Today) -- FDA panel presses sterilization device maker for safer practice

Two New Insulin Products Win FDA Nod

(MedPage Today) -- Approvals cover Insulin degludec alone and combined with insulin aspart

Tricks to Help Physicians Stay on Track: Healthcare Career Insights

(MedPage Today) -- Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

Bye-Bye Boehner: What Does It Mean for Medicine?

(MedPage Today) -- Speaker won points for SGR fix

Not Much to Show for Nation's High Cost of Care

(MedPage Today) -- System must change dramatically to improve outcomes, says Caroline Poplin, MD

Does Hillary Clinton Have the Rx For Rising Health Costs?

(MedPage Today) -- She released two proposals this week aimed at curbing patients' health spending

Do FDA's Fast-Track Reviews Skimp on Important Data? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Two studies suggest they do, but also that program is working as intended

Drug May Calm Agitation in Alzheimer's Patients

Title: Drug May Calm Agitation in Alzheimer's Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 9/22/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/23/2015 12:00:00 AM

FDA Committee Takes Second Look at Essure Contraceptive

(MedPage Today) -- Implantable sterilization device may be linked to persistent pain, other adverse events

CardioBrief: Study Questions Usual Wisdom on Trans Fats (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Could a little trans fat found naturally in meat and dairy actually be protective?

The Methods Man: Standard Deviation vs. Standard Error

(MedPage Today) -- It makes a difference -- sometimes a very big and important difference

How HIEs Are Becoming Essential to Clinicians

(MedPage Today) -- Health information exchanges can save valuable time

Dementia

Title: Dementia
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 4/12/1999 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/18/2015 12:00:00 AM

U.K. Scientists Seek Gov't OK for Embryo Editing Studies

(MedPage Today) -- Research has been attacked as step toward eugenics and "designer babies"

Friday Feedback: Robert Califf's Potential Impact on the FDA

(MedPage Today) -- What to expect from the new commissioner

ACP to Jerry Brown: Veto Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill

(MedPage Today) -- Don't allow "medicalization of suicide"

Too Little Vitamin D May Hasten Mental Decline

Title: Too Little Vitamin D May Hasten Mental Decline
Category: Health News
Created: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

New Analysis of Paxil Data: Were Adverse Events Downplayed? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Fresh look at infamous Study 329 raises questions about pharma transparency

Blood Pressure Meds May Cut Alzheimer's Risk

Title: Blood Pressure Meds May Cut Alzheimer's Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/15/2015 12:00:00 AM

Standalone EDs: The Starbucks of Healthcare?

(MedPage Today) -- Medicare advisors scrutinize rapid growth of off-campus, independent emergency centers

Could Red Wine Ingredient Affect Progression of Alzheimer's?

Title: Could Red Wine Ingredient Affect Progression of Alzheimer's?
Category: Health News
Created: 9/11/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/14/2015 12:00:00 AM

D.C. Week: CMS Announces Plan to Stop Health Disparities

(MedPage Today) -- FDA panel not impressed with Avridi reformulation

FDA Panel Likes New Abuse-Deterrent Opioid

(MedPage Today) -- Benefits in chronic pain patients with dysphagia outweigh safety concerns from food effect

Tweet of the Week: iPhone Allows Users to Store Medical Info

(MedPage Today) -- Ever wonder what the "emergency" option at the bottom of your unlocked iPhone was for?

Invokana May Increase Bone Fracture Risk: FDA

(MedPage Today) -- Follows evidence linking the SGLT2 inhibitor to fractures

Reference Pricing Lowers Colon Ca Screening Cost (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- California group sees substantial reduction in the mean price paid for procedure

When Docs Mock Patients: Anesthesiology News Report

(MedPage Today) -- Also, seven secret methods for pediatric tracheal intubation

Universal Cholesterol Screening in Kids IDs Genetic Dyslipidemia (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Familial hypercholesterolemia is relatively common; screening may be best strategy

Antibiotics for Appendicitis Has Its Downsides

(MedPage Today) -- Antibiotics rather than surgery for appendicitis sounds good, but there are drawbacks

Morning Break: AMA Pans Insurance Merger, TV Discovers ICD-10

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

CardioBrief: Report Finds PCSK9s Effective but Overpriced

(MedPage Today) -- For widespread use, price should be dropped to $2,000

Putting College Kids to Work: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, exploring a successful new palliative care model

For the Love of Medicine: Physicians Practice

(MedPage Today) -- Results of the annual job satisfaction survey

For-Profit Companies Seek, and Get, Medicare 'Wellness' $$

(MedPage Today) -- Life Line service draws special ire from physicians

Pelzman's Picks: The Value of Proven Care

(MedPage Today) -- Also, lung cancer screening money may be better spent on smoking cessation

Morning Break: Google Health Takes on Type 1 Diabetes; Size Matters?

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

ACP on Telemedicine: Still Wary

(MedPage Today) -- Recognizing the need for and inevitability of telemedicine, ACP takes cautious stance

Out-of-Network Billing Fuels Provider-Payer Friction

(MedPage Today) -- Placing limits on out-of-network charges remains point of contention

10 Times HIPAA May Not Apply

(MedPage Today) -- Recognizing that HIPAA is not intended to interfere with a patients medical care

'This Can Only End Badly'

(MedPage Today) -- A pathologist recounts her training in the New York City medical examiner's office

7 Alzheimer's Disease Stages and Symptoms

Title: 7 Alzheimer's Disease Stages and Symptoms
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/4/2015 12:00:00 AM

Secrets to Dealing With Stress: Healthcare Career Insights

(MedPage Today) -- Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

HHS Issues Anti-Discrimination Rules for Transgender People

(MedPage Today) -- Rule also adds protections for disabled patients and for women

Combating Pediatric Pain: The Pain Medicine News Report

(MedPage Today) -- Also, new efforts to develop personalized pain treatments

7 Alzheimer's Disease Stages and Symptoms

Title: 7 Alzheimer's Disease Stages and Symptoms
Category: Diseases and Conditions
Created: 7/30/2014 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2015 12:00:00 AM

CardioNotes: Chagas Disease Myopathy, HF Monitoring, Gene Therapy (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- A slew of negative findings

ACP Opposes 'Mass Deportation' Proposals on Health Grounds

(MedPage Today) -- Latest in series of controversial stances on political issues

Too Much Weight in Middle Age Tied to Earlier Alzheimer's

Title: Too Much Weight in Middle Age Tied to Earlier Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 9/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 9/1/2015 12:00:00 AM

CardioBrief: Docs Agree, And Agree to Disagree, About FDA Rules

(MedPage Today) -- Nissen and Califf on the same page -- most of the time

Pelzman's Picks: Are EHRs Too Much Like Microsoft Office?

(MedPage Today) -- How millennials are accessing primary care, and more

Morning Break: Wrongful Birth, NOAC Safety, Psoriasis Drug Revived

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff