Q&A: Elinore McCance-Katz, Head of SAMHSA "You will see far more children die of suicide than you will COVID" Nov 04, 2020
Sunshine Act Brings Some Transparency but Little Change Industry largesse to physicians unaffected; strong link between payments and choice of ICDs Nov 03, 2020
Who Gets COVID-19 Vax Next: Model Offers ACIP Several Options Priorities for vaccination change, depending on public health goals Oct 30, 2020
ACIP OKs Changes to 2021 Vax Schedule Includes changes to menACWY, zoster, and language about severe allergic reactions to flu vax Oct 29, 2020
Some Hospitals Giving Back CARES Act Funds Not clear if they're returning unspent money or simply repaying loans; reporting discrepancies abound Oct 28, 2020
Homeless Camps Less Risky Than Shelters for COVID-19 Common-sense hunch gets backing in study Oct 27, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Ethics Consult: Keep Dead Man's Medical Secret? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 23, 2020
Maintenance of Certification at Issue in Appeals Court Hearing Critics fight to dump MOC Oct 22, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration? All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic Oct 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate? Oct 16, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures Oct 12, 2020
FDA Panel: Some Risk OK for Olanzapine Combo With Less Weight Gain 11-6 majority said labeling was sufficient to mitigate dangers from opioid antagonist component Oct 09, 2020
Hospital Debates Penis Transplant in Transgender Patient Landmark procedure could revolutionize sex-reassignment surgery Oct 08, 2020
How Beaumont's Megamerger Fell Apart Staff, donors at Detroit-area system upset as "efficiency" seemed to be pushing patient care aside Oct 08, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Virtual Heart Failure Care No Substitute for the Face-to-Face Visit? Reduced GDMT titration suggests a dip in quality of care Oct 05, 2020
The Unified EMR: A New Opportunity Arises A unified electronic medical record could make a big difference in patient care Oct 05, 2020
Gun Deaths in Young People: A Poverty Thing? Association remains after controlling for state-level gun prevalence Oct 05, 2020
Telemedicine Takedown; Cue the Copays; Winners for Satisfaction Emerging trends in telemedicine and telehealth Oct 05, 2020
Mask Mandate Exemptions Put Pulmonary Patients at Risk Exemptions aren't evidence based, respiratory group says Oct 02, 2020
Many Residential Addiction Tx Centers Don’t Offer MAT, at a Deadly Cost Abstinence-only models aren't for everyone Sep 29, 2020
Teen's Death Prompts Warning on 'Benadryl Challenge' FDA tries to squelch latest stupid craze Sep 25, 2020
How Accurate Are Home Blood Oxygen Monitors? The Skeptical Cardiologist examines pulse oximeters labeled not for medical use Sep 17, 2020
For Cardiac Arrest, Too-Hasty Transport Gets in the Way of Good CPR Study suggests EMS practice is counterproductive Sep 15, 2020
Post-COVID Heart Scans Without Symptoms: Not a Good Idea Multidisciplinary group urges against general population screening Sep 15, 2020
CDC: Most Kids Dying From Coronavirus Had Underlying Conditions Enormous racial-ethnic disparities revealed as well Sep 15, 2020
Op-Ed: Cheap and Fast COVID Testing Is Useless Doing a bad test daily is not the same as doing a good test once Sep 14, 2020
Black Barbershop HTN Intervention Gets Telehealth Update Patrons successfully transition from in-person to virtual pharmacist consults Sep 13, 2020
Arkansas Ballot Issue Pits Ophthalmologists Against Optometrists Ophthalmologists want to undo law allowing lesser-educated rivals to perform some laser surgery Sep 11, 2020
New Recovery Programs Target COVID Long-Haulers Pulmonologists, cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists, and more join to get patients on their feet for good Sep 10, 2020
Op-Ed: Why Anti-Psychiatry Now Fails and Harms Formerly a healthy corrective, movement now distracts from real problems and actively hurts people Sep 09, 2020
Did Reformulated OxyContin Really Discourage Abuse? FDA advisors to review Purdue Pharma's flagship product, redesigned in 2010 to resist snorting and injection Sep 09, 2020
When COVID-19 Really Is 'Just Another Flu' Imagine a world as jaded about SARS-CoV-2 as it is about influenza Sep 08, 2020
Data Security: Telehealth's Achilles Heel? Cyberattacks on the rise, can only get worse if problems aren't fixed, experts say Sep 04, 2020
Is Telemedicine the Future of Palliative Care? Proponents say it will increase access and foster rapport, but sustained uptake likely hinges on reimbursement Sep 03, 2020
