An Analysis of the Blizzard of Lawsuits to Block Drug-Price Negotiations Industry is using the same old playbook Aug 09, 2023
America's Growing Lack of Trust in Medicine Eric Reinhart, MD, on the U.S. and its "horrific public health" Aug 09, 2023 video
Is Doctor Pay Too High? NIH Pulls Plug on Misinfo Research; FDA and EPA Butt Heads This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 09, 2023
Shouldn't Nurses Run the Business of Healthcare? We need more nurses on the front line, but we also need them leading change in business Aug 08, 2023
AAP Reaffirms Policy Supporting Gender-Affirming Care for Minors Group calls for systematic review of research to "broaden and deepen" current guidance Aug 08, 2023
Some Health Workers See Double the Risk for Fatal Drug Overdoses Pre-pandemic study finds that RNs and others faced elevated risks Aug 07, 2023
Abortion Bans May Lead to More Neonatal Cardiac Defects, Model Suggests Researchers used theoretical modeling based on real proposed legislation Aug 07, 2023
Buprenorphine Cost a Potential Barrier for Opioid-Addicted Youth, Adults Opioid use disorder medication remains underused, and cost appears to contribute, studies show Aug 07, 2023
Clinically Significant Weight Loss Uncommon for Most Overweight Adults Only one in 10 with overweight or obesity achieve 5% or greater weight loss each year Aug 07, 2023
Second Drug for Geographic Atrophy Gets Green Light From FDA Avacincaptad pegol reduced the rate of disease progression by as much as 35% after 12 months Aug 07, 2023
Former Chief of Surgery Sues Ohio Hospital for Defamation Doctor accuses Adena Health of defamation for claiming he lied to local media Aug 07, 2023
One Size Doesn't Fit All for Automated BP Measurement Cuffs, Trial Finds "Strikingly inaccurate" readings with ill-fitting cuffs, especially on larger arms Aug 07, 2023
'Conscience' Bills Let Medical Providers Opt Out of Providing a Wide Range of Care Protections for health workers may reduce standard of care, opponents say Aug 06, 2023
It Shouldn't Take Another Pandemic to Invest in Digital Health We should expand, not restrict, the use of digital solutions Aug 06, 2023
In a Golden Age of Cancer Care, PBMs Are Holding Us Back We must stop predatory and destructive behaviors Aug 05, 2023
Medical School Applicants Do Not Need to 'Check' a Box to Succeed Five reasons why the Supreme Court's ruling will not set back diversification in medicine Aug 05, 2023
FDA OKs First Pill for Postpartum Depression In one trial, more than twice as many women achieved remission after 2-week treatment course Aug 04, 2023
Petition to End Maintenance of Certification Rallies More Than 10K Signers Physicians push back on "burdensome, costly" program Aug 04, 2023
When It Comes to Eye Care, AI Couldn't See Straight ChatGPT gave bogus and even potentially harmful answers to retinal disease questions, study shows Aug 04, 2023
CDC Advisors Back Therapeutic to Prevent RSV in Infants Unanimous support for monoclonal antibody for infants and high-risk toddlers as well Aug 03, 2023
Nose-Picking Health Workers Had Higher COVID Risk "Deserves more consideration as a potential health hazard," researchers say Aug 03, 2023
Measles Outbreak Racked Up Dozens of Cases in Central Ohio Outbreak in late 2022 affected almost exclusively unvaccinated children Aug 03, 2023
Doctors Sue California Over Implicit Bias Training "Taking some dippy course is not going to change a hardened racist," one plaintiff says Aug 03, 2023
Acid-Burned Uterus Suit; Patient Loses $438K Damages Award; $11M Kratom Death Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Aug 03, 2023
Rheumatology Journals Rife With Faulty Conflict-of-Interest Disclosures Most authors receiving industry payments relevant to their research failed to report them Aug 03, 2023
Jeanne Marrazzo Chosen to Succeed Fauci as NIAID Director Selection praised by infectious disease groups Aug 02, 2023
Universal Flu Vaccine Candidate Shows Promise in Mid-Stage Trial Efficacy in range of NIH target, exploratory analysis finds Aug 02, 2023
RFK Jr. Involved in Med Board 'Spectacle'; Doc's Fertility Supplement; Illegal Lab This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 02, 2023
FDA, DEA Heads Acknowledge ADHD Drug Shortage in Public Letter Agencies ask manufacturers to boost production, but call on docs to prescribe appropriately Aug 02, 2023
Bed Bugs Spreading MRSA? Henrietta Lacks Settlement; Tickets for Fentanyl Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Aug 02, 2023
Continuation Patents Have Surged, Disrupting Generic Competition, Study Shows Researchers caution that abusing patent laws harms patients, stifles innovation Aug 01, 2023
Sticker Shock: Ophthalmic Bevacizumab Biosimilar Could Drive Up Costs Medicare expenditures could jump 15-30%, with similar increases in patients' out-of-pocket costs Aug 01, 2023
The Physician Who Cured Himself How David Fajgenbaum, MD, treated a rare disease Aug 01, 2023 podcast
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: 20th-Century Fiction Becomes Reality These tests could soon become a valuable addition to current cancer screening tools Aug 01, 2023
Medical Jargon Was Once Foreign to You, Too Over-explaining and using layperson terms can enhance communication with patients Aug 01, 2023
For-Profit Virginia Nursing School Shuts Doors Abruptly Broken mannequins, fired janitors, grade inflation all signaled a sinking ship Aug 01, 2023
FDA Approves New Frontline Endometrial Cancer Regimen, First in Decades Dostarlimab (Jemperli) approved with chemotherapy for dMMR or MSI-high cancers Jul 31, 2023
CMS Announces New Dementia Care Model for Medicare Patients Aims to provide more coordinated, ongoing care Jul 31, 2023
Rare Links Between COVID Vaccines and Adverse Events Studied Researchers discuss what we can learn from "long vax" symptoms Jul 31, 2023
