M. Alexander Otto began his reporting career early in 1999 covering the pharmaceutical industry for a national pharmacists' magazine and freelancing for the Washington Post and other newspapers. He then joined BNA, now part of Bloomberg News, covering health law and the protection of people and animals in medical research. Alex next worked for the McClatchy Company. Based on his work, Alex won a year-long Knight Science Journalism Fellowship to MIT in 2008-2009. He joined the company shortly thereafter. Alex has a newspaper journalism degree from Syracuse (N.Y.) University and a master's degree in medical science -- a physician assistant degree -- from George Washington University. Alex is based in Seattle.
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How to handle anorexia in community hospitals
Pediatric hospitalists created guidelines for treating patients with eating disorders.
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The dextrose-sulfonylurea challenge: a screen for monogenetic diabetes?
ORLANDO – When investigators at Washington University, St. Louis, gave 42 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus a dose of the sulfonylurea...
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Plan now for outpatient diabetes tech in the hospital
ORLANDO – Getting ahead of the diabetes tech curve.
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Eat/sleep/console approach almost eliminates morphine for NAS
Abandon Finnegan scores and go to PRN morphine dosing.
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Restrictive transfusion will likely be standard, doc says
MUNICH—A restrictive transfusion strategy during cardiovascular surgery will likely become the standard of care, according to an investigator from...
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Restrictive transfusions do not increase long-term CV surgery risk
MUNICH - Elderly patients in TRICS III had a lower risk of poor outcomes with restrictive strategy.
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Restrictions on EMT glucagon administration should be lifted
“Increasing the availability of glucagon in the prehospital setting will likely result in reduced cost burden and adverse consequences of severe...
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Childhood obesity linked to severe dental infections
Diet is only one factor.
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ED key to reducing pediatric asthma x-rays
ATLANTA – It takes more than a guideline to change behavior.
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HbA1c cutpoint predicts pediatric T1DM within a year
ORLANDO – Among children with genetic risks for type 1 diabetes and autoantibodies against pancreatic islet cells, a...
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Timely culture reports lower LOS for neonatal fever
ATLANTA – Hospital’s procedural changes resulted in no increase in sepsis readmissions.
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FDA: Cancer risk low with recalled valsartan
Agency advises patients to check their prescriptions, and to keep physicians and pharmacists informed.
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Asthma medication ratio identifies high-risk pediatric patients
ATLANTA – A quality metric for asthma exacerbation could be lead to a helpful app.
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Short-course IV antibiotics okay for newborn bacteremic UTI
ATLANTA – There were few recurrences, no meningitis.
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Cannabis falls short for chronic noncancer pain
Findings from a 4-year prospective cohort study are not a slam dunk against cannabis for chronic pain.