Federal COVID Fraud Charges Include Doc's Testing Scheme Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ May 27, 2021
Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID? ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses May 26, 2021
Hospital at Home May Reduce Hospitalization, Costs for Cancer Patients Study demonstrated efficacy, cost-effectiveness of providing hospital-level services at home May 26, 2021
Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated? May 26, 2021
Qelbree Hits Shelves; Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairment Breakthrough News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 26, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
Familial Hypercholesterolemia Tends to Slip Past Genetic Tests Array-based screens no match for more comprehensive tests May 26, 2021
50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion "If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it" May 25, 2021
Methotrexate Impairs COVID Vax Response Can extra vaccine doses or discontinuing drug benefit patients with immune-mediated diseases? May 25, 2021
N.J. Mother Sues Her Former Doctor for Fertility Fraud DNA kit identified fertility doctor as daughter's father, suit alleges May 25, 2021
Potassium Acid Blocker No Better Than PPI for Artificial Gastric Ulcers Small Japanese trial found similar outcomes with both drugs May 25, 2021
Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color May 25, 2021
Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community May 25, 2021
Low Testosterone Could Be Bad News in COVID-19 In small study, men with low levels were more likely to have severe illness May 25, 2021
Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old's Death Parents charge care delays for child with hydrocephalus were tied to arrangements for star doctor May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
Trust in Healthcare System Needs Rebuilding, Internal Medicine Group Says Scientists have to stop believing that we'll change minds with more data, adds president & CEO May 24, 2021
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
Test Can Predict Death Risk With Adrenal Tumors This can help guide need for surgical intervention, researcher says May 24, 2021
Getting Competitive Boosted Physical Activity in Diabetes Competing for top spot increased mean daily step counts in gamified study May 24, 2021
Optogenetic Tx Partially Restores Vision in Blind Man After 40 Years A less invasive approach to restoring lost sight due to retinitis pigmentosa May 24, 2021
Neonatal Seizures: When Should Treatment Stop? Study follows infants with acute seizures to track neurodevelopment May 24, 2021
Op-Ed: Diabetes Is Not an Equal Opportunity Killer Policy change and community intervention can help fight disparities May 23, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Microbiome Therapies for Recurrent C. Diff Advance Clinical trial success for two proprietary bacteria mixtures May 22, 2021
Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial Still Sees No Death Reduction Researchers "disappointed" by long-term results of U.K. study of 200,000 postmenopausal women May 22, 2021
RET Fusion Inhibitor Active Beyond Lung, Thyroid Cancers Responses to selpercatinib in almost half of tumors outside approved indications May 21, 2021
Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit May 21, 2021
Next-Gen Bioresorbable Scaffold Gets Hesitant Enthusiasm Is BRS technology ready for a comeback? May 21, 2021
These Risk Factors Can Make Severe Pancreatitis Worse Not surprisingly, clinical outcomes also suffered May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement May 20, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
After 6 Months in Space, Eyes and Brain Show Changes But it's likely these alterations are uncoupled from each other May 20, 2021
Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses May 20, 2021
Plaque Psoriasis Drug Shows Promise for Psoriatic Arthritis Monoclonal antibody targets the IL-23 p19 subunit May 20, 2021
