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
Revoke Approval of Preterm Birth Drug, FDA Advisors Say Makena is ineffective, argued FDA panel Oct 19, 2022
What's With the National Adderall Shortage? Manufacturers must meet higher demands, and also face DEA and production problems Oct 19, 2022
It's Time to Retire BMI as a Clinical Metric An undue focus on weight can lead to patient distrust and delayed care Oct 19, 2022
What My 10-Year-Old Taught Me About Boundaries Set your boundaries, and protect what's important to you Oct 18, 2022
U.S. Flu Hospitalization Rates Nearly 80% Higher for Black Adults Influenza vaccination rates also consistently lower in some minority groups Oct 18, 2022
Boston University Refutes Claims It Created Deadly New COVID Strain Media reports misrepresent animal study and misconstrue its findings, expert says Oct 18, 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
TikTok Traffic on Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Swelled After WHO's Alert Over 150 videos featuring conspiracy theories garnered nearly 1.5 million views 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
Notes From Underground: Miners Face Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Silica exposure seen responsible Oct 17, 2022
FDA Moves to Pull Controversial Preterm Birth Drug From the Market Briefing data show Makena was ineffective in reducing preterm birth, improving neonatal outcomes Oct 14, 2022
Emergency Nurse 'Drowning' in Patients, Calls Fire Department to Assist In last-resort effort, two firefighters aid understaffed ED in Washington state Oct 14, 2022
Brokers Earn More to Steer New Beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage Agent says he would double earnings if he sold MA over Medigap plans to new clients Oct 14, 2022
Ex-JAMA Chief: Cut the Hype, Spin in Published Studies Howard Bauchner, MD, says researchers want to report accurately, but "they too have their biases" Oct 14, 2022
Allergy Meds May Make Drug Overdoses More Dangerous, CDC Says About 15% of overdose deaths included antihistamines mixed with other drugs Oct 13, 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
Doctors With Disabilities Mistreated More Often by Patients, Coworkers About 25% report physical harm by peers versus only 2% of physicians without disabilities Oct 13, 2022
Uptick in COVID-Related Blood Clots: Is It Real? What experts say about concerning social media posts from the U.K. Oct 13, 2022
Why I Voted 'No' on the New ALS Drug Here are the shortcomings I saw in the phase II Relyvrio study Oct 13, 2022
Doc Walked in on Killer? IHS Sex Abuse Victims Get Millions; Axed Doc Wins Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 13, 2022
Isn't It a Seller's Market for Healthcare Professionals? Competition for a scarce resource (providers) could improve the workplace Oct 12, 2022
U.S. Experts Weigh In on Colonoscopy Status in Wake of European Trial Concerns abound after study suggests colonoscopy may be less effective than expected Oct 12, 2022
More Harm Reduction, Less Abstinence-Only in COVID Messaging, Experts Say "We know that abstinence-only doesn't work in any situation" Oct 12, 2022
Pediatricians Embrace New Strategy on Firearms: Harm Reduction AAP shifting away from highlighting its support for strict gun control Oct 12, 2022
Opioids Most Common Contributor to Fatal Poisonings in Young Kids 42% of all deadly poisonings tracked from 2005-2018 were due to Illicit or prescription opioids Oct 12, 2022
In Pediatrics, Women Face Unique Mistreatment and Disparities Studies report more sexual harassment, smaller salaries, worse patient ratings Oct 12, 2022
Will Elon Musk's Warning About the Future Hold True for Medicine? Confronting the reality of AI's role in healthcare Oct 11, 2022
What Good Is a CPAP Machine Without a Microchip? The shortage threatens the well-being of patients with sleep apnea, among others Oct 11, 2022
The Kidney Transplant Ecosystem Is Ripe for Reform Here are the policies and payment systems that need to change Oct 11, 2022
Caregiving at the End Co-host Tyler Johnson talks with the husband of previous guest, Ellen Dunphy, who died in July Oct 11, 2022 podcast
Concussion Expert's Papers Retracted Did misquotations alter concussion science and care? Oct 10, 2022
FDA Approves At-Home Furosemide for Heart Failure Strong diuretic to become available outside the hospital setting Oct 10, 2022
Cleaner Cooking Fuel Not Enough to Improve Birth Weight in Lower-Income Countries Randomized trial suggests earlier, more intense, or just different strategy might be needed Oct 10, 2022
If You Invite 455 People to Colonoscopy, You'll Stop One Case of Cancer Risk of colorectal cancer reduced with screening in randomized trial, but less than expected Oct 09, 2022
FDA OKs Tdap Vaccine for Whooping Cough Protection Before Birth Boostrix vaccine is to be delivered to the unborn child in the third trimester of pregnancy Oct 07, 2022
Nurse Protests Her Firing Over Refusal to Take Implicit Bias Training "I objected to a mandatory course grounded in the idea that I'm racist because I'm white" Oct 07, 2022
