Pharmacist Gets Up to 15 Years in Prison for Meningitis Outbreak Deaths More than 700 people in 20 states were sickened and dozens died, according to the CDC Oct 14, 2024
A Look at Kamala Harris' Medical History Veep in "excellent health," doctor says, with history that includes seasonal allergies, urticaria Oct 14, 2024
Acupuncture for Sciatica: Will This Trial Finally Silence the Skeptics? Findings from new study raise the bar Oct 14, 2024
Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 14, 2024
'This Was Worse Than Our National Election': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 's reporters Oct 13, 2024
Older Men's Connections Often Wither When They're on Their Own Nearly one in four men over 75 live alone, leaving them vulnerable to depression and suicide Oct 13, 2024
Election Got You Stressed and Anxious? Here's how to maintain your composure when patients have differing views Oct 13, 2024
'Personalized' Approach to RT for Bladder Cancer Promising but Challenging Low rates of toxicity and salvage cystectomy, with 2-year survival similar to surgery Oct 13, 2024
What Exercise Improved Lower Back Pain? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Oct 12, 2024
Weekend Warrior Benefits; Time-Restricted Eating and Metabolic Syndrome Also in TTHealthWatch: menopause hormone therapy in the U.S. Oct 12, 2024 podcast
It Shouldn't Be This Hard to Donate an Organ Financial support and incentives can help close the living donor gap Oct 12, 2024
Poppy Seed Brew Triggers Morphine Overdose, Drawing Attention of Lawmakers During harvesting and processing, the seeds can become coated with the opium Oct 12, 2024
Marstacimab Gets FDA Nod for Hemophilia A or B Without Inhibitors First once-weekly subcutaneous prophylactic option for hemophilia B Oct 11, 2024
Doc Who Blamed COVID Vax for Patient's Death Could Face Discipline Medical Board of California also says physician told high-risk patient to avoid boosters Oct 11, 2024
Payments to Medicare Plan Brokers Need Reform, MedPAC Says No preferential treatment should be given for enrolling people in Medicare Advantage, they argue Oct 11, 2024
ACS Guidelines Expand Lung Cancer Screening Eligibility -- Is That a Good Thing? Debate highlights pros and cons of the new recommendation Oct 11, 2024
Loneliness Tied to Alzheimer's and Dementia Risk Feeling lonely also linked with cognitive impairment that's not dementia, meta-analysis shows Oct 11, 2024
Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF Effectiveness of this personalized approach now under investigation Oct 11, 2024
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail Numerical scores from the COMLEX Level 1 mistakenly shared with ob/gyn programs Oct 11, 2024
MedPAC Commissioners Pan Some Medicare Advantage Plans' 'Extra Benefits' Services cost Medicare an extra $83B in 2024; are debit cards and groceries really healthcare? Oct 11, 2024
Back-to-Back Hurricanes Have Left Medical Disaster in Their Wake Some thoughts for responders and leadership Oct 11, 2024
Tezepelumab for Severe Asthma Improves the Odds of a Good Night's Sleep However, analysis did not control for treatments of comorbid sleep disorders, expert points out Oct 11, 2024
Real-World Evidence Links Faricimab to Rare Eye Adverse Effects After faricimab injections, two eyes had retinal vasculitis, one with significant vision loss Oct 11, 2024
Study Details Perinatal Risks of Blood Cancers Diagnosed in Pregnancy Likelihood of severe maternal morbidity more than 20 times higher versus the general population Oct 11, 2024
Experts Highlight Alarming Jump in HIV Infections Among Latinos In a perspective piece, they argue that more equitable resource allocation is needed Oct 11, 2024
Excess Deaths Highest Among Younger Minorities During COVID Pandemic Racial, ethnic disparities in all-cause excess deaths worst among those ages 25 to 64 Oct 11, 2024
Elamipretide for Barth Syndrome Survives FDA Advisory Vote Panelists acknowledge difficulty generating stronger data in ultra-rare disease Oct 11, 2024
Kate Middleton's Post-Chemo Debut; CDC Probes Cancer Cluster; 15M Adults Have ADHD Health news and commentary gathered by staff Oct 11, 2024
'Headspin Hole' and the Hazards of Breakdancing A case report details one man's head injury from breakdancing Oct 10, 2024
PI3K Inhibitor Wins FDA Approval for Advanced Breast Cancer Adding inavolisib to palbociclib/fulvestrant more than doubled PFS in endocrine-resistant disease Oct 10, 2024
Florida Hospitals Tested By Back-to-Back Storms Florida Hospital Association president says facilities are operational, with very few exceptions Oct 10, 2024
Frontline EGFR/VEGF Inhibition Slows Advanced EGFR-Positive Lung Cancer Osimertinib plus ramucirumab in first line shows 9-month PFS advantage over EGFR inhibition alone Oct 10, 2024
Health Workers Face Milton; Is There a Doctor on Board? #HowDoYouFeel Challenge Healthcare social media content gathered by staff Oct 10, 2024
FDA Warns Doctor Over Stem Cell Company Agency says adipose-derived stem cell treatment should be regulated as a drug and biologic Oct 10, 2024
FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients Oct 10, 2024
Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts Oct 10, 2024
Peer Reviewers Have Financial Conflicts, Too Majority reviewing for top medical journals had conflicts, and they made $1 billion in 3 years Oct 10, 2024
Doctor Shot at Home; Jury Awards Doc $2M; Nurse Arrested in Alleged Bracelet Theft A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 10, 2024