AMA Moves on Policing Harassment Board backs new policy for complaints at AMA events; TIME'S UP Healthcare partnership could be next Jun 10, 2019
Protesters Rally, Disrupt Opening Session at AMA Meeting Activists urge the association to support Medicare for All Jun 08, 2019
Obamacare Cut Racial Disparities in Cancer Care Time to cancer treatment evens in blacks and whites with Medicaid expansion Jun 03, 2019
USC Party Dean Gets $1.8M; TV Doc Disciplined; Fla. 3-Strike Law Fails Bad Practice: a weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation May 24, 2019
Do Physicians Still Get Invited to Patients' Funerals? Milton Packer wonders whether medicine is about health or about life May 22, 2019
Mt. Sinai Institute Called Hotbed of Sex, Age Discrimination Former employees describe sexist, ageist, racist behavior in 174-page filing May 15, 2019
Your Patient Died. Now What? Do's and (one big don't) from an expert forensic pathologist May 14, 2019
Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool May 07, 2019
Self-Care is a 'Necessity' for Doctors, Expert Says Go for "work/life integration," not "work/life balance" Apr 15, 2019
Aggressive Therapy at End of Life Common in Cancer Little or no benefit for patients who died within 30 days of diagnosis Apr 15, 2019
I Have Cancer. Please Don't Call Me a 'Survivor' No chemo, no radiation, no symptoms, a few biopsies -- hardly the stuff of heroism Apr 15, 2019
Physicians Must Speak Up on Moral Issues, Murthy Says Former Surgeon General also has ideas on avoiding burnout Apr 12, 2019
My Advice to Early-Career Physicians: Don't Play It Safe! Milton Packer recommends a contrarian path for career development Apr 10, 2019
Ideal Body Weight Calculators for Kids Often Disagree Study compared five common methods for determining obesity in children Apr 01, 2019
Aggressive Tx Remains Common for Adults, Children Near Death Many patients continue with treatments they probably don't need Mar 30, 2019
At Michigan Rally, Trump Boasts of Healthcare Accomplishments "We're going to get rid of Obamacare," he tells cheering crowd Mar 29, 2019
Digital Rectal Exams: Worth the Trouble? Howard Wolinsky looks for the evidence, and doesn't find much Mar 29, 2019
More States Moving to Ban Early Abortions Two have enacted 6-week bans in the last three months Mar 28, 2019
'Party House' Rehab; Whistleblower Millionaire; 911 Needs CPR This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 27, 2019
Is Coffee the Key to Curbing Medical Equipment Waste? One hospital slashed inventory spoilage by 31% Mar 27, 2019
You're 70 -- It's Time You Underwent Skills Testing Is this what age discrimination looks like? Mar 21, 2019
Not OK: When Patients Sexually Harass Physicians A common yet rarely discussed abuse Mar 21, 2019 video
Not Your Run-of-the-Mill Medical School These three schools emphasize community service, primary care Mar 20, 2019
Fertility Fraud; Pharma's 'Patient' Advocacy; Mass. Nursing Homes Fined This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 20, 2019
'We Have to Define Our Lane,' Leana Wen Tells Public Health Workers Planned Parenthood chief says it's important to resist pressure to narrow field's focus Mar 19, 2019
What I Learned During My 11-Year Sabbatical From Cardiology Milton Packer on why he decided to start and stop being a department chair Mar 13, 2019
Patient-on-Provider Violence in the Pain Clinic "Some physicians desperate enough to carry handguns for self-protection" Mar 11, 2019
Could the 'Pence Effect' Undo #MeToo? Fears that men in healthcare will simply avoid women, to the latter's detriment Mar 07, 2019
When Not to Use Biologics for Psoriasis Comorbidities, special populations, idiosyncrasies influence decisions Mar 06, 2019
Rehab Recruiters; Lilly the Cannabis King; Feds Pin Blame in Child Deaths This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 05, 2019
Black History Month: Talking With Jennifer Webb, MD How mentorship helped her overcome barriers Feb 28, 2019
When Mentor Becomes Aggressor: Why Victims Stay Silent Fear -- of nothing being done except to punish the victims Feb 28, 2019
Black History Month: Talking With Antonio Webb, MD A challenging upbringing, then service in Iraq, now orthopedic surgery Feb 27, 2019
Want to Know If Someone Is Manipulating Data? Milton Packer describes how to distinguish science from magic Feb 27, 2019
