California Voters Will Have Their Say on Drug Prices

(MedPage Today) -- Measure would require state to bargain harder with drug companies

Before Talking About Autism, Listen to Families

(MedPage Today) -- Terminology is critical, as patients themselves will tell you

Too Few Older Adults Tell Doctors About Memory Loss: Study

Title: Too Few Older Adults Tell Doctors About Memory Loss: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 1/28/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/29/2016 12:00:00 AM

Zika: The Unexpected Pandemic

(MedPage Today) -- World remains unprepared as novel pathogens just keep coming

PA Home Visits Save $$ After Cardiac Surgery

(MedPage Today) -- Physician assistant house calls cut unnecessary post-op readmissions

Morning Break: Vote on Drug Prices; Concussion Fallout; Fatal 'Dewshine'

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

Planned Parenthood Medical Chief: 'Silver Linings' in Controversy

(MedPage Today) -- It hasn't been all bad news for organization, says Raegan McDonald-Mosley, MD

Brain Protein Might Offer New Clues to Alzheimer's Treatment

Title: Brain Protein Might Offer New Clues to Alzheimer's Treatment
Category: Health News
Created: 1/27/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/28/2016 12:00:00 AM

Senate Chronic Care Report Elicits Strong Reactions

(MedPage Today) -- Advocates weigh in on management payment codes, other options

Friday Feedback: Preparing for a Zika Virus Pandemic?

(MedPage Today) -- Steps U.S. and other countries should take to contain the outbreak

Five Strategies to Enhance Teamwork and Reduce Burnout

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

How Close Is an Uber for Healthcare?

(MedPage Today) -- Closer than you think, says Davis Liu, MD

Q&A With Detroit's New Director of Public Health

(MedPage Today) -- Abdul El Sayed, MD, is optimistic about reinventing a collapsed system

How to Handle Negative Online Reviews: Physicians Practice

(MedPage Today) -- Also, the 411 on physician burnout

CardioBrief: NEJM Editor Now Supports Data Sharing

(MedPage Today) -- Flip flops follow social media firestorm

Opdivo Plus Yervoy Gets FDA OK for Melanoma

(MedPage Today) -- Nivolumab-ipilimumab quadruples PFS versus ipilimumab alone

D.C. Week: SCOTUS Says No to Obamacare Challenge

(MedPage Today) -- Supreme Court turned away a challenge to the Affordable Care Act

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Title: tacrine, (Cognex - discontinued in the U.S.)
Category: Medications
Created: 10/19/2003 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/22/2016 12:00:00 AM

How To Cope With the Emotional Weight of Medicine

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

FDA Mulls Parameters for Allergy Therapies

(MedPage Today) -- Researching allergy treatments tough in young children and infants

CardioBrief: Editors Deliver Major Victory to Open Data Movement

(MedPage Today) -- Major journals propose individual patient data sharing as condition of publication

Patient-Ordered Treatment Might Not Be Such a Good Idea

(MedPage Today) -- Letting patients participate in treatment decisions can sometimes go too far

Pelzman's Picks: Dramatic Shifts in Health Care

(MedPage Today) -- From digitization to diagnostics, everything in health care is changing

Stillbirth Rates Can Be Cut: Report (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Preventable stillbirth not just a Third World problem

NeuroBreak: Drug Trial Death; ADCS Head Replaced

(MedPage Today) -- News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

High-Deductible Plans Don't Make Patients Smart Shoppers (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Hardly anyone chooses providers based on costs, survey finds

Morning Break: Bird Flu; Killer Views; Eating Trash

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

Bringing the Healthcare Quality Message to the Masses

(MedPage Today) -- John Eisenberg died in 2002, but his filmmaker son wants to carry on his work

Zika and Microcephaly: Report from Brazil

(MedPage Today) -- A Brazilian physician-journalist describes the situation

D.C. Week: War on Cancer Redux

(MedPage Today) -- Also, Califf wins unanimous support of Senate panel as FDA commissioner

What Qualities Make a Physician Leader?

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

Should We Celebrate the Death of Meaningful Use?

(MedPage Today) -- Not necessarily, says Margalit Gur-Arie

Docs on Board With CDC Opioid Guidance

(MedPage Today) -- SERMO survey finds 87% said they will use the controversial guidelines

The Challenge of Continuity

(MedPage Today) -- Will one new scheduling rule improve a practice's continuity index?

OncoBreak: High-Tar Hookah; Dying to Be Famous; Cool Tumor Tool

(MedPage Today) -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Morning Break: Ebola's Over; DMD Drug Rejection; Bionic Penis

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

The Methods Man: What's 'Normal' for a Lab Value?

(MedPage Today) -- Hint: it's not necessarily what your EHR system says

MedPAC Recommends Cuts to 340B Drug Program

(MedPage Today) -- Medicare advisors vote to shrink drug payments to safety-net hospitals

Network to Make More Regional Health Data Available

(MedPage Today) -- NRHI seeking to standardize public reporting of physician, hospital performance

Making the Most of Military Medics' Field Experience

(MedPage Today) -- Military veterans recruited for new physician assistant program

Cath Labs Get First Guidelines for Cancer Patient Tx

(MedPage Today) -- Recommendations bolster emerging cardio-oncology field

State AGs Join Probe of Health Insurer Mergers

(MedPage Today) -- Anthem-Cigna, Aetna-Humana merger plans prompt concern

Meaningful Use Program Is Ending, CMS Chief Says

(MedPage Today) -- Slavitt also outlines plans for better ACOs, Medicaid IT investments

Morning Break: Nursing Home Fraud; Cough Syrup Recall; Doctor Strike Threat

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

Does Cancer Screening Focus on Wrong Outcome? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Experts argue for overall mortality as the benchmark

War on Cancer Redux: Biden Leading Troops

(MedPage Today) -- State of the Union offers platform to reopen War on Cancer

Renal Denervation: This Is Why Device Trials Need Sham Controls

(MedPage Today) -- Subtle biases are unavoidable in open-label studies, study suggests

Pelzman's Picks: Fed Up Docs Unionize

(MedPage Today) -- It's time to modernize the pager system and care continuity, and more

What's in Store for Legislative Advocacy?

(MedPage Today) -- 2016 marks a new beginning, says ACP's Bob Doherty

AMA Launches Company in Silicon Valley

(MedPage Today) -- Hopes $15 million investment will help get products to the market faster

NeuroBreak: Costly Mind Games; Chocolate Milk for Concussion?

(MedPage Today) -- News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience

FDA: Califf Wins Unanimous Support of Senate Committee

(MedPage Today) -- Smooth sailing for FDA nominee

Morning Break: Addyi's Market Flop; U.K. Docs on Strike; Tom Brady's Diet

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

21 Health Organizations Join Next Gen of ACOs

(MedPage Today) -- New ACO model allows for up to 100% financial risk

Concierge Medicine: Better Patient Access, But ...

(MedPage Today) -- Effects on care quality less certain

D.C. Week: Obama Vetoes ACA Repeal

(MedPage Today) -- FDA issues "high risk" warning for transvaginal mesh

Primary Care Practice: Bonus Days Are Over

(MedPage Today) -- 10% pay cut marks new year

'Vilsack Should Be Sacked': Experts React to Dietary Guidelines

(MedPage Today) -- But plenty of praise for focus on dietary patterns

Turning to Medicaid to Insure Lowest-Paid Employees

(MedPage Today) -- Critics say companies are shifting their costs to the government

Obama Vetoes ACA Repeal Bill

(MedPage Today) -- Fulfills vow to reject GOP-led repeal effort

Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance?

(MedPage Today) -- Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire

Physician Audit, Feedback Curbs Inappropriate Cardiac Imaging (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Excessive scans reduced by more than half

Morning Break: Fitbit Sued; Test-Tube Testicles; Adult Coloring Book

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

CardioBrief: Zombie Lab Reneges on Promises to Patients

(MedPage Today) -- "Free" tests now bring threatening bill collection letters

Health Tip: Coping With Alzheimer's Disease

Title: Health Tip: Coping With Alzheimer's Disease
Category: Health News
Created: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/8/2016 12:00:00 AM

Ethics Allegations Rise Again for CHAMPION PHOENIX

(MedPage Today) -- Watchdog group calls for investigation of antiplatelet preloading in PCI

Op-Ed: Media 'Hijacking' the Science on Cholesterol Recs

(MedPage Today) -- Forget the headlines -- updated federal diet guidelines got it right

12 Tips for the New Year

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

Round Two at FDA for Buprenorphine Implant

(MedPage Today) -- Reviewers cite problems with responder rate in new Probuphine study

Spike in Drug Shortages Worries ER Docs (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Emergency departments pinched by rising drug shortages

Poor Circulation in Brain Linked to Psychosis in Alzheimer's Patients

Title: Poor Circulation in Brain Linked to Psychosis in Alzheimer's Patients
Category: Health News
Created: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 1/5/2016 12:00:00 AM

Mexico's 10% Sugary Drink Tax Tied to Less Consumption (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Reduction was greatest in least affluent households

Cleveland Pressures Hospitals to Keep EDs Open to All Ambulances

(MedPage Today) -- Diversion a problem in emergency departments nationwide

Mergers Don't Enhance Quality, FTC says: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, time to get serious about antimicrobial stewardship

Improve Patients' Experience in One Sentence

(MedPage Today) -- The importance of making a personal connection with a patient

Update: New, if Belated, Gov't Interest in CFS Encourages Patients

(MedPage Today) -- New center in NINDS to focus on chronic fatigue