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'3/20/2026 12:36:30 PM'

Match Day 2026: Is Family Medicine Half-Full or Half-Empty?

As medical students learn where they’ll spend their residencies, it’s clear they’re gravitating toward programs in higher-paying fields or those offering more work-life balance. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 12:35:36 PM'

Victoria Pilots PA Program for Harm Reduction Workers

Harm reduction workers who bring lived experience to harm reduction programs may themselves need support for a substance use disorder. Medscape News Canada

'3/20/2026 12:24:18 PM'

Match Day Joy: Today Is the Day for Thousands of Students

After weeks of waiting, students rejoice on Match Day at the University of Florida, while peers celebrate across the country. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 11:32:02 AM'

Some Young Adults With Suicidal Ideation Turn to Text

Many young adults with suicidal ideation use crisis text services because they lack someone to talk to; however, many do not text crisis lines because of concerns about effectiveness and embarrassment. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 11:09:46 AM'

FDA OKs Upfront Nivolumab+Chemo for Classic Hodgkin Lymphoma

The agency also granted traditional approval to later-line nivolumab indications for certain adults with the disease. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 8:27:39 AM'

COVID-19 Antiviral Use Low in Pregnancy

Pregnant patients are less likely to receive antiviral treatment for COVID than for influenza despite guideline recommendations. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 7:32:21 AM'

Former Ob/Gyn Resident Wins $10M in Maternity Leave Lawsuit

The resident claims she was forced to take a licensing exam while on FMLA leave for childbirth, failed it, and was then fired and told to pursue a different career because she is a mother. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 4:43:04 AM'

Paralympic Classification: Making Milano Cortina Fair

For clinicians, knowing the B, LW, and SB class systems helps interpret outcomes and advise athletes on training, equipment choices, and realistic performance expectations. Medscape News Europe

'3/20/2026 4:41:00 AM'

CSP vs BiV Pacing Trials Show Inconsistent Results

Two multicenter trials drew different conclusions about the value of conduction system relative to biventricular pacing for left bundle branch block in heart failure. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 4:00:00 AM'

Preferred MRI Definitions for Early Spondyloarthritis

Combining Leiden structural lesion definitions with the standard ASAS active criteria offers the most sensitive validated approach for identifying early axial spondyloarthritis on MRI. Medscape News UK

'3/20/2026 4:00:00 AM'

Infection Risk Surges Around Cirrhosis Diagnosis

Infection risk is elevated around the time of cirrhosis diagnosis vs years prior, with the elevated risk persisting post-diagnosis; the risk is notably higher in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Medscape News UK

'3/20/2026 4:00:00 AM'

Smoking Not Tied to Altered Brain Networks in Psychosis Risk

Tobacco smoking is not associated with functional connectivity alterations in large-scale brain networks among individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis. Medscape News UK

'3/20/2026 3:50:00 AM'

Adding Lenvatinib to Pembro Ups PFS in Head and Neck Cancer

In a new trial, patients with PD-L1 CPS ≥ 1 HNSCC were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive 20 mg/d lenvatinib orally plus pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously or placebo orally once daily plus pembrolizumab 200 mg intravenously. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 3:17:33 AM'

Axitinib Ups Neuroendocrine Tumor Objective Response Rate

Patients were randomly assigned 1:1 to receive either axitinib 5 mg orally twice daily or matching placebo, both combined with octreotide long-acting release 30 mg, in an international study. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 3:06:32 AM'

Women With Metabolic Risks More Prone to Liver Fibrosis

Women with certain cardiometabolic risk factors face a disproportionately greater increase in the odds of clinically significant liver fibrosis than men. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 2:55:50 AM'

Waste Not, Want Not: Scientists Turn Plastic Into Levodopa

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline treatment for Parkinson’s disease. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 2:26:22 AM'

Employee Dies Of Meningitis in North France, Company Says no Link to UK Outbreak

An employee at French nuclear fuel company ⁠Orano's La Hague site in Normandy has died of ⁠meningitis, the company said on Friday, adding that ⁠there was no ‌evidence the... Reuters Health Information

'3/20/2026 2:25:20 AM'

Inside Bloodless Transplants: Q&A With a Pioneer

Patricia Ford, MD, a leader in bloodless medicine and transfusion-free oncology, discusses her career and how she became the first to perform a bloodless stem cell transplant. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 2:24:56 AM'

Small Bowel Obstruction: Laparoscopy Shows No Long-Term Edge

Laparoscopic surgery for adhesive small bowel obstruction is not superior to open surgery, with similar recurrence rates and quality of life outcomes at 5 years. Medscape Medical News

'3/20/2026 2:23:42 AM'

UTICalc Accurately IDs Urinary Tract Infection in Babies

Calculator could streamline assessment and standardize urine testing in febrile preverbal children in emergency departments. Medscape Medical News