Depression Not Uncommon Among Resident Physicians
Grueling medical training may help explain finding
Percentage of Graduates Entering GME Stable Over Past Decade
Despite increase in number of U.S. medical school graduates, no change in GME placement
Doctors Rally in Support of Morcellator Use Curbed by FDA
Agency overstated odds of power morcellator spreading cancer, review group says
American Society of Hematology, Dec. 5-8
The 57th American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting and Exposition The annual meeting of the American Society of Hematology was held from Dec....
SABCS: Adding Capecitabine Ups Outcomes for Breast CA Patients
Linked to longer disease-free survival; second study links denosumab to reduced risk of recurrence
SABCS: β-Blockers, ACEIs May Protect Heart During Chemo
May also lower risk of complications that can interrupt breast cancer treatment
FDA Approves Cooling Cap to Reduce Chemo-Linked Hair Loss
Designed for women diagnosed with breast cancer
U.S. Health Care Spending Increased in 2014
Increase in 2014 followed five consecutive years of historically low health care spending
ASH: Venetoclax, Acalabrutinib Active in Relapsed CLL
Two studies show beneficial effects for patients with relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia
ASH: Prasugrel Doesn’t Cut Vaso-Occlusive Crisis in Sickle Cell
Rate of vaso-occlusive crisis events is not lower for children receiving prasugrel versus placebo
