Mixed Topics
Feature
A tiny patch may someday do your patients’ lab work
Someday, a wearable patch could give patients and doctors the same information, minus the poke in the arm.
News
Placebo effect can be found in a cup of coffee
Plus: Humble shopping carts become diagnostic tools and dirty dentures become homes for respiratory pathogens.
Feature
Physician suicide roundtable: 8 important initiatives that can help
We ask, how full is your gas tank? Select 1 to 5 (Empty to Full). If they flag low, they receive a follow-up.
News
Low-calorie tastes sweeter with a little salt
Plus: Indiana loses its biggest Butt, and sugarless sweeteners lose the aftertaste.
From the Journals
New tool uses nanotechnology to speed up diagnostic testing of infectious disease
The researchers hope that by delivering results quickly, the device will help reduce the spread of respiratory diseases and possibly save lives....
Latest News
Docs misdiagnose aneurysm and patient dies; must pay $29M; more
“If you just treat people based on what the likelihood is, statistically, you’re going to miss a lot of life-threatening conditions.”
Conference Coverage
ACS officer provides ASCO highlights: Targeting hidden cancer, AI in oncology
A pair of new studies show that drugs can reduce cancer risk when cells are elusive.
News
The road to weight loss is paved with collusion and sabotage
Plus: Taiwanese mosquitoes face a robotic foe, and surgical knots face the cold eye of physics.
Latest News
Good COP, bad COP. Is this cardiorespiratory measure the best predictor of early death?
“Max VO2 is very important, that’s indisputable. But when do you use max VO2 in your daily life? Never.”
Feature
Should antibiotic treatment be used toward the end of life?
Around 50% of patients develop an infection in the final months, weeks, or days before their deaths.