Quantifying Alcohol's Death Risk; NDAs Hide Docs' Mistakes; H5N1 Pandemic Prep This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 18, 2024
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality? Higher ratings tied to better surgical outcomes, but variability was high even within star groups Jun 18, 2024
Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin "Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing Jun 18, 2024
Large-Scale Intensive BP Intervention Proves Sustainable for CVD Prevention Community-based program reduced events regardless of age, diabetes Jun 18, 2024
FDA Approves Pneumococcal Vax Designed Specifically for Adults Covers serotypes responsible for over 80% of invasive pneumococcal disease in those 50 and up Jun 18, 2024
The Artificially Intelligent Physician Envisioning the role of an AI doctor from sci-fi accounts is intriguing, if not alarming Jun 18, 2024
Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl, Replacing IV Drips With Tap Water Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 died Jun 18, 2024
Lost Chances to Treat Overdose Survivors Documented in New Medicare Study Findings also highlight the difficulty of managing chronic pain Jun 18, 2024
Trump Cussed Out Fauci; Midwife Destroyed Vaccines; Ian McKellen Hospitalized Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 18, 2024
Retract Now: Negating Flawed Research Must Be Quicker Incentives and streamlined processes can prevent the spread of incorrect science Jun 18, 2024
Fix What's Broken in Healthcare Is New AMA President's Priority That includes raising Medicare reimbursement and lessening prior authorization, says Bruce Scott Jun 17, 2024
Two New Immunotherapy-Chemo Options Approved for Endometrial Cancer New indications for pembrolizumab and durvalumab in advanced disease Jun 17, 2024
Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players Jun 17, 2024
Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021 Jun 17, 2024
For Teens With Severe Obesity, Financial Incentives Work for Weight Loss Randomized trial proves benefit of adding gift card incentives to dietary measures Jun 17, 2024
'Alternative Facts' Should Not Guide Reproductive Decisions Personal agendas have no place in healthcare Jun 17, 2024
Two Tries and We're Done? I Don't Think So. We need to work harder to ensure that patient referrals actually go through Jun 17, 2024
Some Hawking Stem Cells Say They Can Treat Almost Anything. They Can't. Attorneys general in several states have sued businesses for false claims Jun 17, 2024
Surgeon General Calls for Social Media to Carry Cigarette-Like Warning Labels Labels should alert that social media has not been proven safe for adolescents, says Murthy Jun 17, 2024
Secret Pentagon Anti-Vax Campaign; FDA's Tylenol Warning; E. Coli at the Olympics Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 17, 2024
Funding Instability Plagues Program That Brings Docs to Underserved Areas Unlike funds for Medicare graduate medical education, funding must be appropriated by Congress Jun 16, 2024
I Tried to Protect My Mother From Dying in Pain. The Law Robbed Her of That Dignity. It's time to clear the roadblocks to Medical Aid in Dying in the U.S. Jun 16, 2024
Community-Based Interventions for Opioid Overdoses Fail to Reduce Deaths in Trial "Game plan" established to get evidence-based practices into the real world, researcher says Jun 16, 2024
H5N1 Is Highly Lethal, but Only in Some Animals. Scientists Want to Know Why. And what if the virus mutates in a way that changes all that? Jun 16, 2024
SpA Patients Do Just Fine Managing Their Own Follow-Up Care Randomized trial suggests usual practice is wasteful Jun 16, 2024
Clear the Air: Protecting Expectant Mothers From the Hazards of Pollution We must address this invisible risk to maternal health Jun 15, 2024
Is Your Patient Portal Making You Too Available? Give your patients an option that works for everyone Jun 15, 2024
Inside the Struggle to Improve Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academic Medicine DEI leaders need more tools and authority, qualitative study suggests Jun 14, 2024
The Next Big Challenges for Medication Abortion Anti-abortion states continue to fight; a possible Trump victory opens door to new strategies Jun 14, 2024
What to Know About Medetomidine and Drug Overdoses Powerful animal sedative is mixed with fentanyl in the drug supply Jun 14, 2024
Some Pasteurization Methods May Not Clear H5N1 in Heavily Infected Milk In experimental study, trace infectious virus detectable in some samples heated for short periods Jun 14, 2024
Here's What Is Wrong With the National Academies' Long COVID Definition Overly broad criteria won't help patients in the long run Jun 14, 2024
FDA Took Months to React to Complaint About Abbott's Formula Factory, Audit Finds Several infants were hospitalized, and two died Jun 14, 2024
Doc Paralyzed After COVID; Legionella at Medicare HQ; Mystery Grand Canyon Illness Health news and commentary gathered by staff Jun 14, 2024
CDC Warns of Risks for ADHD Patients After Disruption of Online Adderall Prescriber Agency advises users of telehealth platform Done Global to find a new provider Jun 13, 2024
Increase $$ for Physicians, Institute Site-Neutral Payment, MedPAC Report Suggests Inadequate payments could force some docs to stop accepting Medicare patients, commission warns Jun 13, 2024
Health Groups, Others React to SCOTUS Decision on Mifepristone But the battle over abortion is far from over, they say Jun 13, 2024
Tanning Salons Are Overdue for a Regulatory Burn In the meantime, don't forget to educate patients on the risks Jun 13, 2024
Stolen Corpse Arrest; Gender Care Leak Indictment; NFL Doc Sues for Discrimination A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 13, 2024
Prior COVID Infection May Protect Against Some Common Colds Researcher suggests finding could be key to vaccines that protect against multiple viruses Jun 13, 2024
