AI Won't Replace Doctors. But It May Help With Burnout. Technology can help keep clinicians in the workforce Jul 19, 2023
FDA Strikes at Yet Another Birth Tissue Company Agency sent warning letter to Regenative Labs over its Wharton's jelly product Jul 19, 2023
Oral Challenge Alone May Be Enough to Rule Out Penicillin Allergy Faster, cheaper process deemed safe for low-risk patients with questionable allergy label Jul 18, 2023
Docs Still Shifting Away From Private Practice, Survey Finds Trend is "emblematic of the fiscal uncertainty and economic stress," AMA president says Jul 18, 2023
Botanical Sports Supplements Often Mislabeled Only about 1 in 10 products had the "right ingredient at the right dose," study author says Jul 18, 2023
It's High Time for Gender-Inclusive Clinical Research Health decisions must account for all types of bodies and identities Jul 18, 2023
ChatGPT Writes Good Clinical Notes, Study Finds Clinical reviewers often couldn't distinguish AI from human-generated notes Jul 17, 2023
TeamHealth Emergency Docs, Nurses in Detroit Vote to Unionize 31 counted ballots were all in favor of unionization Jul 17, 2023
New Drug Approved for Preventing RSV in Newborns, Tots Nirsevimab indicated for all infants, and for kids up to 2 years at high risk Jul 17, 2023
A Fabulous New Tool for Managing Substance Withdrawal in Jails The guidelines have the potential to cause seismic change in treatment Jul 17, 2023
Dealing With a 24/7/365 World We need to find better ways to address patients' after-hours concerns Jul 17, 2023
Dignity for the Deceased: The Need for Federal Regulations All body donation programs should be subject to fundamental federal laws Jul 16, 2023
A Letter From a Miami Jail to the American Board of Internal Medicine The Longitudinal Knowledge Assessments are no vacation Jul 15, 2023
What Lucille Ball and Einstein Can Teach Us About Overcoming Burnout Tips for maintaining well-being Jul 15, 2023
Threads May Not Replace Twitter in Medicine -- Yet New social media forum has promise, and a few flaws Jul 14, 2023
I Didn't Sign Up for Violence When I Became a Nurse Caregivers must have the support they need to feel safe at the bedside Jul 14, 2023
After Pushback, J&J Allows Generics of Its TB Drug A Swiss non-profit will be allowed to bring generic bedaquiline to lower-income countries Jul 14, 2023
Lisa Marie Presley's Cause of Death; End of AIDS? Human-Animal COVID Transmission Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jul 14, 2023
CMS Proposes Nearly 3.4% Cut in Medicare Physician Fees for 2024 Cut "raises significant concerns for medical groups," one organization says Jul 14, 2023
Fired COVID Whistleblower Will Take His Case to Trial With New Lawyers "I would really regret it, if I didn't at least try to change healthcare" Jul 13, 2023
Doc Who Livestreamed Surgeries on TikTok Loses License Katharine Roxanne Grawe, MD, will also have to pay a fine of $4,500 Jul 13, 2023
Hepatitis C Vaccine Is Essential for Expediting Elimination Advancements in the pipeline for hepatitis C eradication Jul 13, 2023
New Recommendations Address Global Inequality in Sickle Cell Disease Care Commission lays out strategies for progress by 2025 and beyond Jul 13, 2023
'Live Blood Analysis' Arrest; Nurse Impostor Rape Lawsuit; Medtronic Whistleblower A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 13, 2023
Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments Jul 12, 2023
Most Patients Successfully Self-Manage Medication Abortion, Study Shows Even beyond 10 weeks gestation, medication abortions were largely complete Jul 12, 2023
Survival Calculator Takes 'Holistic' Approach in Oral Cancer But experts urge caution with this prediction tool Jul 12, 2023
Doctors Are Not Exempt From Knowing How to Communicate Medical training must better emphasize this essential skill Jul 12, 2023
Whole Genome Sequencing Boosts Diagnosis of Rare Disease in Infants Whole genome scans took longer than a commercially available test, but not for most urgent cases Jul 11, 2023
Registry Enrollment for Alzheimer's Drug Coverage Won't Help Much A minimalist policy for a minimalist treatment Jul 11, 2023
Private Equity Takeovers of Physician Practices Soared Over a Decade New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Cytisinicline Shows Efficacy for Smoking Cessation Improved rates of continuous abstinence after 6 or 12 weeks Jul 11, 2023
White House Drug Czar Releases Plan to Combat Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Strategy involves a "whole-of-government" response, says Rahul Gupta Jul 11, 2023
Retirement Projections Suggest Looming Pediatric Eye Doc Shortage Compounded by fewer residents and higher retirement rates Jul 10, 2023
CDC to Reduce Funding for States' Child Vaccination Programs "This is what happens when you don't pay attention to public health" says APHA executive director Jul 09, 2023
The Straw-Man Argument Against California's COVID Misinfo Law We must uphold this crucial law for protecting patients against falsehoods Jul 09, 2023
