Emergency Medicine News

• Worldwide, Doctors Report Harassment — and Inaction Doctors report mental health effects, isolation, and even quitting their jobs — yet perpetrators rarely face consequences.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Does AI Improve Paediatric Fracture Detection? A deep learning–based tool shows a high accuracy of fracture detection in children and may boost the diagnostic skills of emergency department residents, a real-world study suggests.
  Medscape News UK, April 11, 2025
• Canadian Pediatricians Ill Prepared to Treat Drug Overdoses Illicit drug toxicity is an ‘escalating public health emergency’ in Canada that affects adolescents as well as adults.
  Medscape Medical News, April 11, 2025
• Novel Blood Thinner Shows Promise in Atrial Fibrillation A recent study reveals that asundexian may reduce the risk for stroke and bleeding in patients with atrial fibrillation and limited prior anticoagulant exposure.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• Lacerations Most Common Ear Injuries in US Over 20 Years A study analyzes two decades of data on traumatic ear injuries, highlighting key demographics and injury patterns across age groups.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• AAN 2025 AI-Powered Wearable Calms Essential Tremor The Felix NeuroAI wristband delivers tailored and dynamic electrical stimulation to the ulnar, median, and radial nerves throughout the day to relieve essential tremor.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• ACC 2025 Rivaroxaban Comparable to Warfarin for LV Thrombus Post-MI The direct oral anticoagulant is an effective alternative to warfarin that offers predictable dosing without the need for routine monitoring in patients with STEMI, the RIVAWAR trial shows.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• Cardiac Dysfunction Surfaces Early With Cancer Treatment Cardiac problems associated with vascular endothelial growth factor inhibitors occur frequently in patients with cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• Canadian Medical Groups Urge Participation in April Election Medical groups are pressing their members to keep healthcare a priority for federal officials in an election campaign dominated by concerns about a trade war with the United States.
  Medscape Medical News, April 10, 2025
• US Measles Battle Hindered by Confusion Over Health Secretary Response U.S. pediatricians and infectious disease experts say the fight against rising measles cases nationwide is being hampered by a lack of forceful advocacy for vaccination from...
  Reuters Health Information, April 09, 2025
• Experts Push Back on RFK Jr’s Infection Comments The new Secretary of Health and Human Services has made claims about measles and other communicable diseases that could lead to sickness, and even death, his critics claim.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• Survival After Sudden Cardiac Arrest Rises in Young Athletes Among young competitive athletes in the United States, survival after sudden cardiac arrest has improved over time, but racial disparities persist and warrant emergency preparedness.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• ATTD 2025 Continuous Ketone Monitoring: Essential or Optional? Two endocrinologists who live with type 1 diabetes debate this issue at the Advanced Technologies & Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) 2025 meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• When a ‘Difficult’ Patient Dies Unexpectedly This difficult patient pushes clinical staff to their limits — but his quiet, unnoticed decline exposes critical issues in communication, compassion, and care.
  Medscape Medical News, April 09, 2025
• US Aid Cuts: S Sudan Cholera Patients Die Walking to Clinic Eight people in South Sudan, including five children, died on a three-hour walk to seek medical treatment for cholera after U.S. aid cuts forced local health services to...
  Reuters Health Information, April 08, 2025
• Delayed STEMI Care Linked to Reduced Heart Function The risk for reduced left ventricular ejection fraction is higher in patients with STEMI receiving delayed reperfusion than in those receiving timely reperfusion, a study finds.
  Medscape News UK, April 08, 2025
• US Health Department Will Make New Fluoride Recommendation The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will be reconvening an independent panel of health experts to make a new recommendation on putting fluoride in drinking...
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2025
• Your Gums Could Raise Your Stroke Risk by 22% New findings reveal a 22% higher stroke risk linked to periodontitis, spotlighting oral health as a key factor in preventing systemic disease.
  Medscape News UK, April 07, 2025
• Viatris to Pay Up to $335 Million to Resolve Opioid-related Claims Viatris said on Monday it would pay up to $335 million over nine years as part of a nationwide settlement to resolve claims by U.S. state and local governments that it...
  Reuters Health Information, April 07, 2025
• Noncitizens Estimated to Make Up 5% of Healthcare Workforce Home healthcare may be especially at risk for severe worker shortage due to Trump’s deportation push.
  Medscape Medical News, April 07, 2025