Plastic Surgery Practice Accused of Posting Fake Reviews Must Pay $5 Million Complaint accused Allure Esthetic and its owner of illegal business practices Jul 04, 2024
Financial Incentives for Quitting Smoking: A Mixed Bag Randomized trial of lower-income adults suffered significant losses to follow-up Jul 04, 2024
What I Learned When My Research Project Got 'Scooped' This past week was probably the toughest of my research career Jul 04, 2024
Another Person Tests Positive for Bird Flu, CDC Says Colorado dairy worker becomes the fourth human case tied to dairy cattle outbreak Jul 04, 2024
Nurse's Death Under Investigation; Acquittal for Doc Accused of Killing Patients A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 03, 2024
There Is No 'Alternative' to IVF, Ob/Gyns Warn "Restorative reproductive medicine" is a political rather than a scientific concept, ASRM says Jul 03, 2024
Fake Therapist Fooled Hundreds; Jail Doc Discipline; FDA Lobbying Workarounds This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 03, 2024
The Rise of Employee Stock Ownership Plans in Healthcare A new path for physician practice ownership Jul 03, 2024
In Wake of SCOTUS Ruling, Biden Tells Doctors to Provide Emergency Abortions Administration has argued that some new abortion bans conflict with 40-year-old EMTALA law Jul 03, 2024
Supreme Court to Weigh if FDA Was Heavy-Handed With Its Flavored E-Cig Regulations Agency is appealing a lower court ruling siding with vaping companies Jul 03, 2024
Physician Burnout Rate Drops; Tattoo Ink Contamination; Dengue Fever in Florida Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 03, 2024
FDA OKs Another Drug for Early Alzheimer's Disease Decision gives patients a second anti-amyloid treatment option Jul 02, 2024
Biden Administration Proposes Rule for Workplaces to Address Excessive Heat But industry opposition may make a blanket mandate difficult to implement Jul 02, 2024
As Conspiracy Theories Abound, Can We Restore Trust in Public Health? Yes, if we engage the public more directly Jul 02, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake Kidney transplants did not increase either Jul 02, 2024
Supreme Court Decision May Have Sweeping Effects on Healthcare, Experts Say Chevron ruling curbs federal power, could upend drug approvals, Medicare drug price negotiation Jul 02, 2024
Nurse Shows Kids How to 'Stop the Bleed' Born of a nurse mom's concern about gun violence, program teaches kids life-saving skills Jul 02, 2024
Access to Pediatric Care Is Rapidly Eroding The health of future generations is at stake Jul 02, 2024
Fecal Bacteria at U.S. Beaches; America's Hoarding Problem; Nasal COVID Vax Trial Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 02, 2024
House Panel OKs Bills on Obesity Drug and Breakthrough Device Coverage in Medicare Meanwhile, CMS proposed rule on the device coverage, issued a year ago, awaits a final version Jul 01, 2024
One Country's Routine ECGs Flag Risk of Cardiovascular Events Later On However, the results aren't certain to sway U.S. recommendations for general population screening Jul 01, 2024
The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many As PCPs convert to concierge medicine, patients who can't afford it need to find a new physician Jul 01, 2024
Nurse Anesthetists Fire Back at Scope-of-Practice Citations CRNAs in California argue "Immediate Jeopardy" citations have it wrong Jul 01, 2024
Air Pollution in Childhood Tied to Bronchitis Symptoms in Adulthood Link largely persisted when researchers adjusted for childhood respiratory conditions Jul 01, 2024
Louisiana Limits Scope of Noncompetes for Physicians New legal restrictions go into effect for all physician contracts starting in January Jul 01, 2024
Far Fewer Kids Would Be Dead If U.S. Was on Par With Europe Nearly 20,000 pediatric deaths could be avoided each year if U.S. met peer nation mortality rates Jul 01, 2024
Why Is Doctor Pay Decreasing and What Can We Do About It? It's time to take back control of our profession Jul 01, 2024
Street Medicine Teams Help Homeless People Rehydrate in Extreme Heat Rising temperatures call for new avenues of care Jul 01, 2024
Trump's False Comment; H5N1 Pandemic Unfolding in Slo-Mo? Researcher's Fraud Charge Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jul 01, 2024
Rate of Young Women Getting Sterilized Doubled After Roe Was Overturned Some women forced to find new doctors to perform the procedure Jun 30, 2024
No One Wins in a Medical Student Research Arms Race It's time for a firm cap on residency application publication numbers Jun 30, 2024
Did Cold Medications Affect Biden's Debate Performance? How the American people assess the debate hinges on the answer Jun 29, 2024
Why Protecting Black Girls on Social Media Should Be a Public Health Priority This population faces unique challenges due to the intersection of racism and sexism Jun 29, 2024
Medical Students Are Learning to Treat Others, but Who Is Caring for Them? A call to normalize self-care in medicine Jun 29, 2024
Docs Unmoved by Supreme Court's Emergency Abortion Decision Case involving EMTALA, Idaho law changes little, they say Jun 28, 2024
Can Individual States Effectively Cap Prescription Drug Costs? In 11 states, prescription drug affordability boards are attempting just that Jun 28, 2024
CDC Advisors Back Updated COVID, Flu Vaccines for the Fall ACIP also votes to recommend new pneumococcal vaccine for adults Jun 28, 2024
DOJ Charges Dozens of Doctors, NPs in $2.7 Billion Healthcare Fraud Crackdown 76 medical professionals among the nearly 200 charged Jun 28, 2024
