Latest News
Conference Coverage
How to avoid severe diarrhea from apremilast
Delayed up-titration of apremilast is often effective, albeit at cost of slower efficacy.
Conference Coverage
Dermatology practice gaps: improving medication management
KAUAI, HAWAII – Ophthalmologists’ hydroxychloroquine dosing recommendations to avoid retinopathy have changed.
From the Journals
Mixed outcomes in analysis of NSAIDs and IBD exacerbation
A meta-analysis and systematic review have found an increased risk of some inflammatory bowel disease with NSAID use, but the studies showed...
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Where doctors stand on Medicaid work requirements
And asthma is flourishing in a surprising location.
Feature
Medical marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Federal limits on research hinder patients’ relief
“Even though medical marijuana is legal, none of my doctors were willing to talk to me about it. . .They just kept telling me to take opioids.”
From the Journals
New PsA questionnaire fails to beat existing early screening methods
New eight-item CONTEST questionnaire matched the accuracy of the five-item PEST questionnaire.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Is rosacea a red flag for deeper dangers?
And why reading aloud to kids can cut hyperactivity.
Feature
Most physicians support Medicaid work requirements
Three states are instituting new policies for able-bodied recipients.
From the Journals
Longer poly-JIA inactivity not necessarily better before stopping anti-TNF therapy
Data “do not support the existence of a protective effect of longer duration of clinical inactive disease before considering stopping anti-TNF...
From the Journals
Life and health are not even across the U.S.
Can data from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 help close mortality gaps and prevent deaths from opioid abuse, smoking, and obesity?
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: Diabetes patients ignore a deadly risk
And a three-in-one pill could change hypertension treatment.