Hospital Medicine

A new review in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology is highlighting the impact of marijuana use on heart health.

The weekly physician-led series will kick off on Monday, January 27.

New research suggests Abbott's HeartMate 3 could revolutionize preimplantation strategy by eliminating use of categories based on transplant eligibility.

Medical students felt better about seeking mental health help after they learned of senior physicians who sought treatment for their own mental illnesses.

Despite it being the preferred treatment in guidelines, ticagrelor was linked with more major bleeding and dyspnea than clopidogrel.

The approval allows Lannett to move forward with a cocaine hydrochloride nasal solution, as an ester local anesthetic for nasal diagnostic procedures or surgeries.

Approval of Aidoc's AI package could improve diagnosis and subsequent outcomes for stroke in emergency departments.

From new tech, to better therapy, to resolution on vaping, what will dominate discussion in US medicine this decade?

Palliative care programs could be a way to improve the quality of end-of-life care for patients who die in the hospital.

The tweet chat returns for a special crossover collaboration with a popular health data organization.

Doctors are prone to workplace gaffes like anyone else. Here's a list of the funniest ones yet.

Patients who presented at the emergency department with deliberate self-harm were more likely to have suicide mortality than those with suicidal ideation or other concerns.

Investigators analyzed Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries and found that current measures do not show high- and low-performing facilities.

The machine-learning model could be used to increase timeliness of discharges, investigators suggested.

What the current critical care team looks like, and how it could be bettered.

With a shortage of hearts available, investigators turn to HCV-positive donors to try to reduce wait times.

Being overweight or obese during pregnancy resulted in impaired motor skills and lower IQ in young boys.

A predictive assessment shows southern states will be the most burdened with rising rates of obesity and severe obesity—some nearing 60% of adults.

The compact delivery system is designed to reduce space needs for hospitals providing emergent care to patients with hypoxic respiratory failure associated with pulmonary hypertension.

An increased rate of at-risk teenagers sought mental healthcare following intervention at 6 months rather than 2.

Early diagnosis of dementia could lead to earlier treatment.

Women with medically high-risk pregnancies feel they need to suppress their feelings of stress to protect the health of their fetus.

The findings do not support early testing of vitamin D deficiency in critically ill patients.

A new study from Brigham and Women's Hospital found a home hospital model of care reduced cost while maintaining standards of care compared to typical in-hospital care.

Why implementing regimented care may be more complicated than setting the rule in the first place.