I Ran Out of Compartments It's unsustainable to endlessly compartmentalize in the medical profession Mar 18, 2022
Women in Healthcare: 'Then' and 'Now' A look at progress on five issues women face in medicine, both as patients and professionals Mar 17, 2022
Military Exposure to Burn Pits Under Scrutiny Wearable technology, better registries, "compassionate common sense" urged over denials of harm Mar 17, 2022
Can Doctors Get Drafted Into the Military? A look inside the Health Care Personnel Delivery System and the history of drafts Mar 17, 2022
Medicare Claws Back Money for Dubious Birth-Tissue Stem Cell Shots Government seeks to recoup more than 2 years of payments for unproven treatments Mar 16, 2022
Why Have Pharmaceutical Giants Continued Their Operations in Russia? According to Milton Packer, the Western healthcare industry needs to find its moral compass Mar 16, 2022
Advocates to Government: 'Go Big' on HIV Prevention Efforts Overhaul needed to improve access and cost after systemic failures, experts say Mar 16, 2022
Meet the Primary Care Doc Who Wants the World to Go Back to Normal Lucy McBride, MD, has become a loud, controversial voice in the debate on COVID precautions Mar 15, 2022
No Medicare Payment Hike Needed for Docs in 2023, MedPAC Says Beneficiaries seem to have adequate access to care, and few physicians are dropping out Mar 15, 2022
First Generic OK'd for Popular Asthma, COPD Inhaler FDA approves Mylan's Symbicort copy, reflecting agency's commitment to "increase competition" Mar 15, 2022
TeamHealth Will Pay $15 Million to Emergency Physicians Nation's largest staffing firm allegedly failed to pay docs for supervising NPs, PAs Mar 15, 2022
Getting the Checklist Out of the Way EHR templates may be necessary, but let's store them in an out-of-the-way place Mar 14, 2022
Reframing the 'Difficult Case' A different perspective can foster new possibilities for patient care Mar 14, 2022
FDA Warns on Using Surgical Device for Aesthetic Skin Procedures Agency details potentially life-threatening adverse events with plasma-generating device Mar 14, 2022
Getting a Cure to Hepatitis C Patients Who Use Injection Drugs Randomized trial found that HCV care housed at a harm reduction center improved chances Mar 14, 2022
FDA OKs PARP Inhibitor as Adjuvant Therapy in Early Breast Cancer Olaparib (Lynparza) approved for high-risk patients with germline BRCA mutations Mar 14, 2022
Match Week: What Are the Most 'Competitive' ? 2020 match rates provide one angle on how specialties stack up Mar 14, 2022
Judge Halts Texas' Trans Investigations; Obama Has COVID; Child Deaths and Omicron A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Mar 14, 2022
Coping With Rejection Requires Resilience What it means to be a "long-hauler," far beyond medical school and Match Day Mar 12, 2022
Staying Positive Might Actually Be a Negative for Physicians All emotions can serve important purposes Mar 12, 2022
Third U.S. Case of Congenital Varicella in the Last 25 Years CDC researchers report on an Illinois woman who contracted the virus during pregnancy Mar 11, 2022
COVID's Death Toll 3 Times Worse Than Official Counts In U.S. alone, excess deaths were 300,000 higher than those attributed to virus Mar 10, 2022
More Research Needed on Use of Premium Cigars, Report Finds These cigars seem less dangerous than cigarettes -- but it's only because of how they are smoked Mar 10, 2022
A Tale of Two Accountable Care Organizations There is still hope for the future of value-based care Mar 10, 2022
Cost-Analysis Fuels Debate on Transplant Waitlists Without available kidneys, expense of longer lists not justified, researchers argue Mar 10, 2022
Vaccine Researcher Who Developed Tinnitus After COVID Shot Calls for Further Study Gregory Poland, MD, advocates both vaccination and better understanding of possible side effect Mar 09, 2022
Rare Vaccine Death; Vape Loophole Exploited; No Paxlovid for the Imprisoned This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 09, 2022
European Authorities Warn of Deadly Contaminated Champagne Moet bottles had extremely high doses of MDMA Mar 09, 2022
Do Patients Trust Older Physicians More Than Younger Physicians? According to Milton Packer, it is self-confidence -- not age -- that really matters Mar 09, 2022
CMS Sepsis Measurement Under Fire Measure doesn't work and its re-endorsement process was flawed, critics say Mar 08, 2022
Texas Children's Hospital Puts Gender-Affirming Care on Pause Nation's largest pediatric hospital halts hormone therapy, citing possible legal ramifications Mar 08, 2022
American Doctor Helps Ukrainian Refugees in Poland "It's very hard to see what's going on and not want to help" Mar 08, 2022
Should Patients Be Our Top Priority? Your future self and your patients will thank you for putting self-care first Mar 08, 2022
Cognitive Effects Persist in Older COVID Patients Long-term cognitive decline common after SARS-CoV-2 hospitalization Mar 08, 2022
FDA Begins Releasing Pfizer COVID Vax Documents Court-ordered release runs risk of "cherry picking and taking things out of context" Mar 07, 2022
Brain Changes Seen After Mild COVID Infection Tissue damage, brain shrinkage, cognitive decline emerge in longitudinal study Mar 07, 2022
Why Selling Will Make You a Happier Doctor The skill of enrolling patients to participate in their health Mar 05, 2022
War in Ukraine May Disrupt Medical Supply Chain Though there may be few direct impacts, the global supply chain will see ripples Mar 04, 2022
