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Medscape | Emergency Medicine Headlines
26.07.2024
Dr Jeffrey Weber discusses oral melanoma abstracts presented at ASCO 2024.
An international research review identifies multiple reasons why doctors say they aren't able to treat substance abuse, including lack of faith that interventions will work.
Extended-release buprenorphine medication was deemed safe for patients with mild opioid withdrawal.
25.07.2024
Dr Kenny Lin explains why he might recommend vitamin D supplements for some groups, but not necessarily for others.
Pediatric mental health urgent care centers offer alternatives to costly and lengthy emergency department visits.
Drs Michael Riddell and Anne Peters speak with Gary C. Hall, Jr, about competing and winning 10 Olympic medals with type 1 diabetes.
24.07.2024
Strangulation ("choking") during sex is on the rise among teens and young adults, and those being harmed are mostly women.
Are beta-blockers bad for patients with COPD? Decades of debate and clinical trials have not settled the issue.
Starting in September, if someone in Clemmons, North Carolina, calls 911 to report a cardiac arrest, the first responder on the scene may be a drone.
Although funding is a concern, the underlying problem with Italy's public healthcare system is its prioritization of budgetary prudence over patients' health.
23.07.2024
Dr David Johnson provides tips and techniques for treating abdominal pain, gastroparesis, gas and bloating, and other common conditions.
Ethicist Art Caplan discusses considerations for laboratory-developed meat.
We can't just give cash to low-income folks instead of food to improve their health, can we? That's just what these researchers did.
Asking patients to adhere to potassium restrictions for longer than needed is one frequent error, according to an experienced dietician.
Boys and young men are especially likely to use muscle-building supplements, which may be harmful or provide no benefit.
After receiving a pacemaker, this heart failure patient has changes to his ECG. Are these new rhythms normal?
The cutaneous manifestations of Munchausen syndrome by proxy are complex, but pediatric dermatologists can play an important role in their identification.
Mental health hospitalizations in people with concurrent methamphetamine use increased 10-fold over 12 years, a trend researchers characterized as "alarming."
22.07.2024
Half of patients take five or fewer tablets in the 2 weeks after leaving the emergency department for a new pain condition, data suggest.
19.07.2024
Drs Akshay Jain and Girish Joshi discuss clinical considerations to keep in mind when someone on GLP-1 therapy is undergoing elective procedures.
18.07.2024
Dr David Johnson identifies the gastrointestinal adverse events most closely associated with these popular medications, based on his review of the latest data.
Each of the seven cases were linked to treatments administered in a non-medical setting.
Electrophysiologists adopt new things a little too enthusiastically, writes John Mandrola, MD, of a new technique to treat atrial fibrillation.
17.07.2024
Illicit use of the veterinary tranquilizer xylazine continues to spread in the United States. It often fails to respond to the overdose reversal agent naloxone and can cause severe necrotic lesions.
In patients with cirrhosis, frequent emergency department visits were linked to early death and more hospitalizations.
16.07.2024
Dr Anne Peters discusses two cases where patients with diabetes had false-positive alcohol tests, and considerations to help these patients in the future.
Opioid overdose rates rose in seniors; less than half received necessary treatment. Clinicians can focus on safer pain management and reducing addiction risks via screening and patient-centered care.
13.07.2024
TD, a movement disorder associated with antipsychotics, can have traumatic effects on patients and caregivers; consider these five things to know about diagnosis, impact, and treatments.
12.07.2024
Dose reductions of edoxaban in patients over 80 years of age with atrial fibrillation produced a lower risk for bleeding.
Dr Neil Skolnik hits the highlights of the Endocrine Society's new guidance on who needs a vitamin D supplement (and who doesn't) and why testing isn't recommended.
Neurologist Kathrin LaFaver interviews Dean Ornish, MD, about his recent study on intensive lifestyle changes to slow early-stage Alzheimer's disease.
Chief trauma surgeon Kenji Inaba juggles on-call with on patrol for the LAPD. His community service mission brings medical and personal rewards (and a packed schedule).
Important changes to vaccination recommendations for COVID, flu, RSV, and pneumococcal disease -- and what's behind the changes -- are summarized here.
11.07.2024
Drs Olivia Pagani and Sarah Sammons discuss new therapies and treatment strategies in addressing HR+ metastatic breast cancer as they strive to optimize patient care.
Drs Lisa Wise and Vimal Aga discuss key aspects of agitation management in Alzheimer's disease.
10.07.2024
A Medscape survey found that physician assistants (PAs) generally expressed high satisfaction with their careers despite various challenges.
Clinicians should be aware of the symptoms of bird flu seen in the first few human cases.
05.07.2024
Physician assistants get the most satisfaction from helping patients and feeling their gratitude.
04.07.2024
Dr Anne Peters discusses the risk for hypoglycemia with the use of once-weekly insulin icodec in patients with type 1 diabetes.
03.07.2024
Find out why Dr F. Perry Wilson says that the medical tricorder perhaps wasn't as fanciful as it seemed when it was used by Dr Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek."