Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
Sacked Moffitt Officials Didn't Report Chinese Financial Ties Not clear what was done in exchange for payments Jan 23, 2020
U.S. Nurses: A Little More Diverse and Grayer National survey shows small uptick in minority RNs; bigger increase in those over age 50 Jan 23, 2020
Ozempic OK'd for CV Prevention; LDL Drug Pricing; Lyme Disease Heart Tx Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine Jan 21, 2020
'Dead Doctors Don't Lie' Pediatrician threatened over vaccine TikTok in "global, coordinated attack" Jan 21, 2020
Your Brain on Psilocybin; Probiotics and Parkinson's; Alzheimer's Signaling News and commentary from the world of neurology and neuroscience Jan 21, 2020
Gains in Stem Cell Transplant Mortality Over Last 25 Years But outcomes still "far from perfect" Jan 20, 2020
Plavix Efficacy Blunted With Opioid in the Picture More ischemic events seen with drug combo for heart attacks managed invasively Jan 20, 2020
Candidate's Wife Claims Sexual Assault by Columbia Ob/Gyn 'This was a serial predator and he picked me as his prey' Jan 17, 2020
VA Goes Too Far on NP Independence Doctors' morale suffers, and patient care may follow suit Jan 16, 2020
Despite New Generic, MS Drug Costs Nearly Triple in 7 Years Generic glatiramer acetate "had a minimal effect on prices overall" Jan 15, 2020
Meet the 'Lien Doctors'; Hidden Clinical Trial Data; Google Nabs More Medical Records This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 15, 2020
EMS Stroke Protocols Questioned More rules are necessary to ensure patients get to Level 1 stroke centers, government panel told Jan 14, 2020
How Structural Racism Affects Healthcare Only by first acknowledging the effects can we work toward transformative changes Jan 14, 2020
Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Clinicians About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
Phlegm-Busting Drug Shows Promise in Parkinson's Ambroxol crosses blood-brain barrier and boosts GCase levels Jan 13, 2020
Yuck: Docs' White Coats Rarely See the Washing Machine New York hospital survey found most go a week or more between launderings Jan 10, 2020
After Five Months in a Coma, Young Nurse Wakes Up Chicago RN with rare autoimmune encephalitis responds to unusual treatment Jan 10, 2020
Post-Thyroidectomy Hypocalcemia and Magnesium Disorder Go Hand-in-Hand Both resulted in higher healthcare costs after surgery, study found Jan 09, 2020
Trial: Camden 'Hotspotting' Program Not Enough to Help Superutilizers Problem isn't lack of care coordination -- it's the quality of care, says program founder Jan 08, 2020
Bad News for Tau PET Tracer in CTE Only modest correlation between imaging result and actual pathology in ex-football player Jan 07, 2020
Teenager in Psych Crisis Waits 25 Days in ED for Admission Amid psychiatric bed shortage, patient left in "Kafkaesque" limbo Jan 07, 2020
Prior Authorization Cuts Costs, but Is It Bad for Patients? Psychiatry is one area where study found clear harm Jan 06, 2020
The Simpsons, the Odyssey, and Suicide An introduction to the merciless and marvelously cruel world a suicidologist must inhabit Jan 06, 2020
Boxers, MMA Fighters Show Distinct Brain Injury Patterns Can brain region volume be a biomarker for future CTE? Dec 23, 2019
New Setbacks for Former Hahnemann Residents May be on the hook for pricey "tail" malpractice insurance coverage Dec 21, 2019
Trump Administration Touts Mental Health Accomplishments Speakers offer praise for more aggressive involuntary commitment Dec 20, 2019
I Quit: Why I Fled the Country Escape from corporate insane loopholes and unethical shenanigans Dec 20, 2019 podcast
FDA Warns of Breathing Problems With Gabapentinoids Updated labeling for gabapentin, pregabalin, and new trials required Dec 19, 2019
'Dark Waters': Behind-the-Scenes With Attorney Who Took on DuPont Chemical in Teflon was "completely unregulated" when Robert Bilott went after corporate giant Dec 19, 2019
Ohio Bill: Transplant an Ectopic Pregnancy, or Go to Jail UCSF's Daniel Grossman, MD, on "abortion murder" and the dangers of legislators ignoring science Dec 17, 2019 video
Serious Illnesses in Nebraska Tied to Exosome Therapy New trend in unapproved stem cell therapy led to sepsis in some patients Dec 16, 2019
With More Healthcare in IBD Comes Better Outcomes Increases in ED visits and cost, but decline in length of stay, mortality Dec 16, 2019
ARNI for Heart Failure: Earlier Is Better "Optimal time" to give Entresto to hospitalized patients is "now" Dec 13, 2019
Checkpoints Show Different Outcomes in Breast Cancer Atezolizumab misses complete response benefit in triple negative patients Dec 13, 2019
