Ohio Surgeon Pens His Own Hilarious Obit Thomas Flanigan wrote his own "shocking and unexpected, yet fabulous, exit" May 07, 2021
Private Practices' Share of U.S. Medicine Continues to Shrink AMA survey: Majority of physicians work in nonphysician-owned practice settings May 06, 2021
Neurosurgeon Settles Kickback, Unnecessary Spine Surgery Charges Allegedly performed unnecessary procedures with spine devices, got kickbacks from Medtronic May 05, 2021
Patient Awake for 13 Minutes of Surgery Paralytic initiated, but sevoflurane never turned on May 05, 2021
After Friend's Death, Physician Rallies Support for India's COVID Crisis Ash Tewari, who had COVID himself last year, tapped into his network to send supplies to Mumbai May 05, 2021
Judge Orders Hospital to Give COVID Patient Ivermectin Drug to be given to comatose Illinois patient after docs refused May 04, 2021
Peer-Support Coaching Boosts Mental Health in Front-Line Workers Non-traditional care model offers "psychological PPE" for providers during pandemic May 04, 2021
Report: Worst Hospitals for Unnecessary Procedures Lown Institute says report is the first to name hospitals with high rates of overuse May 04, 2021
Fired Minnesota Nurse Reinstated Arbitrator also ruled Cliff Willmeng isn't owed back pay, hospital scrub policy wasn't unsafe May 04, 2021
Are Birth Center Deliveries as Safe as Hospitals? Risk of neonatal seizures and death may be increased outside hospital settings May 02, 2021
Involuntary Psychiatric Holds in Kids: The Known Unknowns Literature review turns up factors associated with youth psych admissions, and knowledge gaps Apr 30, 2021
Lawsuit Against 'TikTok Doc' Jason Campbell Settled Oregon Health & Science University will pay $585,000 to settle sexual harassment charges Apr 29, 2021
How Molnupiravir Moved to the Head of the 'COVID Pill' Pack Work on the broad-spectrum antiviral started over a decade ago at Emory Apr 28, 2021
Houston Methodist: Get Vaccinated, or Get Fired Hospital's pioneering COVID vaccine mandate now threatens termination Apr 28, 2021
Novel Oxybate Tx Helps Idiopathic Hypersomnia Patients Lower-sodium oxybate improves scores on sleepiness scale compared with placebo Apr 23, 2021
Why Clotting Happens When Platelets Are Low A hematologist explains the counterintuitive concept of clots with low platelets Apr 23, 2021
Human IgG1 Antibody Shows Promise in Myasthenia Gravis Phase III study shows improvements in activities of daily living Apr 22, 2021
BTK Inhibitor Cuts Marker of Neuronal Damage in Relapsing MS Novel agent lowered neurofilament light chain levels, may help reduce neuroaxonal damage Apr 22, 2021
Black MS Patients See More Rapid B-Cell Repopulation May have implications for timing of lab draws and anti-CD20 dosing, researchers say Apr 20, 2021
Novel ALS Drug Continues to Show Survival Benefit Median time to first hospitalization not yet reached with AMX0035 in CENTAUR trial Apr 19, 2021
Global Stroke Care Takes a Hit During the Pandemic Seventy-country study finds ties to drop in volume of stroke hospitalizations, treatment Apr 17, 2021
Op-Ed: The Energy-Draining Life of a Physician It's a long, hard road, so you must find your passion Apr 17, 2021
COVID Stroke Rare in ICU Ischemic stroke in intensive care didn't raise mortality, but hemorrhagic stroke did Apr 15, 2021
Emergency Physician Wins $26M in Wrongful Termination Suit Raymond Brovont, MD, said he was fired for raising concerns about staffing issues Apr 15, 2021
Op-Ed: These Hospital COVID Restrictions Are Dumb And they aren't based in science, according to ZDoggMD Apr 14, 2021
Job Loss Seen Driving Many Nurse Suicides And a new study provides more data on risk for nurses versus physicians Apr 14, 2021
CDC Issues Health Advisory on J&J Shot; Pfizer Ramps Up; STDs at All-Time High A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Apr 14, 2021
Inhaled Steroid for Early COVID-19 Passes Another Test New analysis demonstrates speedier recovery for patients treated at home Apr 12, 2021
Common Antibiotics Spell Trouble in Existing Aortopathy More data to support the elevated risk posed by fluoroquinolones to the aortic wall Apr 12, 2021
Ethics Consult: Stop Treatment for Costly Patient? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Apr 09, 2021
Second COVID Shot: No Side Effects? No Problem Dose two doesn't have to knock you down to keep you protected Apr 08, 2021
Tech Entrepreneur Crusades for SSRI as COVID Therapy How multimillionaire Steve Kirsch and the COVID-19 Early Treatment Fund have promoted fluvoxamine Apr 08, 2021
Comfort Care on the Rise in Acute Stroke Trends show steep drop in death in-hospital with palliative interventions Apr 08, 2021
Op-Ed: We're Kind to Our Patients, Why Not Each Other? There's a dire need for peer support programs in medical training Apr 07, 2021
Continuing Certification a Cash Cow for Emergency Medicine Board An inside look at how one medical board spends its money Apr 07, 2021
These Med Board Execs Make Triple a Practicing Doc's Salary Infographic shows highest compensation, widest gaps for ABMS member boards Apr 07, 2021
Anesthesiology Group Squeezed 'Like a Boa Constrictor' Sues Insurer U.S. Anesthesia Partners alleges UnitedHealthcare is blocking competition Apr 06, 2021
Common Hospital PCR Test Affected by Viral Variant Cepheid Xpert joins three other tests for which B.1.1.7 can be problematic Apr 05, 2021
