To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges Overprescribing a continuing problem, Benjamin Davies tells urologists Dec 02, 2022
Hospitals Can Help Patients 'Get Connected' The Affordable Connectivity Program enables telehealth access for vulnerable patients Dec 02, 2022
Stop Passing Off Politics as Evidenced-Based Medicine Scientific results cannot be understood through a framework of rigid political doctrine Dec 01, 2022
Naturopathic Doctor Gets 3 Years for COVID Scams; Doctor Accused of Rape Found Dead A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 01, 2022
You Can't Have One Without the Other! Healthcare quality means nothing if equity isn't included Nov 29, 2022
An Affirmative Action Ban Would Be Devastating to Patient Care A pending Supreme Court decision could erode progress on improving diversity in medicine Nov 26, 2022
PA Gets 25 Years for Luring Girls on Snapchat; Doctor Arrested for Alleged Rapes A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 25, 2022
Overcrowding, Lack of Healthcare Access Help Increase COVID Mortality in Prisons Mortality rates higher for Black and Hispanic prisoners compared with whites Nov 23, 2022
Doc Fired for Accessing Medical Records of Women He Wanted to Date Artificial intelligence software alerted hospital to unusual activity Nov 23, 2022
As He Steps Down, Fauci Urges Everyone to Get Flu, COVID Vaccines Asked about his legacy, he says he's "never left anything on the field" Nov 22, 2022
Treating Obesity Should Be Our Healthcare Moonshot Behavioral health changes alone will only do so much Nov 21, 2022
CDC's Updated Opioid Guidelines Are Necessary, but Not Sufficient Additional steps are needed to calibrate opioid access and undo harm Nov 18, 2022
COVID Long-Haulers in Rural America Need More Support From a larger disease burden to fewer resources, these communities are struggling Nov 17, 2022
Hundreds Who Failed Pharmacy Boards Actually Passed For second year in a row, software glitch cost pharmacy graduates opportunities Nov 16, 2022
AMA Discusses Emergency Cardiac Care, Abortion as Delegates Wrap Up Interim Meeting Resolution on transgender athletes also approved Nov 16, 2022
Results Mixed for Docs Running for Congress Incumbents did better than challengers; some races still up in the air Nov 14, 2022
AMA President Says 'Enough is Enough' to Divisive Politics, Fake News in Medicine "We cannot allow physicians or our patients to become pawns," says Jack Resneck Jr., MD Nov 13, 2022
A Remedy for the Federally Funded Physician Shortage Raising or eliminating the cap on residency spots can make all the difference Nov 13, 2022
'I've Never Seen Anything Like This' in the Pediatric ED Greater awareness and support can help reduce the strain Nov 10, 2022
Nurse Amputated Foot for Taxidermy Shop? Guilty Plea in Doctor's Forklift Death A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 10, 2022
Leana Wen Skips APHA Talk Following Threats Against Her APHA stands by decision to have her on panel focused on challenges facing public health officials Nov 08, 2022
Internal Strife at America's Frontline Doctors: Simone Gold Accused of Misusing $$$ Nasty fight now a federal lawsuit; Gold tries to regain company control Nov 07, 2022
Don't Report Your Abortion Patients to Law Enforcement Self-managed abortion does not legally need to be reported Nov 05, 2022
Senate Report Decries Medicare Advantage Plan Marketing Deception Frustrated, confused, embarrassed enrollees often delay care after being "scammed," report notes Nov 04, 2022
Father Sues After Late Son's OR Photos End Up on Instagram; $75M Stroke MedMal Award A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 03, 2022
The USPSTF Process Is in Jeopardy A recent U.S. District Court ruling challenges the legitimacy of all task force recommendations Nov 02, 2022
Pulse Oximeters Need to Work Better for Dark-Skinned Patients, FDA Panel Says Warnings to patients and providers, improved accuracy needed, advisors say Nov 02, 2022
Regulators Move Against Two 'Misinformation' Doctors Peter McCullough, MD, and Sherri Tenpenny, DO, face new scrutiny Nov 01, 2022
Docs Can Play Many Roles in Preventing Firearm Injuries, Experts Say Screening at-risk patients, participating in research are among possible interventions Oct 28, 2022
'Pill Mill' Docs, You May Be in for a Big Scare Two recent Supreme Court cases have major implications for physician practice Oct 27, 2022
The Updated COVID Boosters Could Have Been Better From design to implementation, our bivalent shots missed the mark Oct 26, 2022
Nutrition Group Has Close Ties to Food, Pharma Companies Analysis reveals a 'symbiotic relationship' between nutrition group and industry Oct 24, 2022
Makena Is Just the Latest in Accelerated Approval Mayhem Congress must take action to reform the process Oct 24, 2022
ACIP Backs Recs for New Pneumococcal Vax in Previously Immunized Adults CDC advisors address who should get 20-valent conjugate vaccine after PCV13 Oct 22, 2022
Doc Sues Over Vax Mandate; $2.6M for Missed Pneumonia Dx; Fired PA Fires Back A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 20, 2022
Mayo Warns It Won't Take Most Medicare Advantage Plans Letters to Florida, Arizona patients suggest they enroll in original Medicare with a supplement Oct 20, 2022
Biden Promises to Codify Roe Protections Into Law if Democrats Win Midterms It will be "the first bill" I send to Congress in the new session, he said Oct 18, 2022
Insulin Rationing Common Among Patients With Diabetes More than a million Americans may be engaging in the risky practice, researchers said Oct 17, 2022
The Medicare Advantage Trade-Off: Saving Money, Losing Access Beneficiaries may spend less on premiums, but care delays are common. Do worse outcomes follow? Oct 13, 2022
