WHO Booster Update: Here's What They Got Right and Wrong The organization placed due emphasis on vulnerable groups Mar 30, 2023
Blood May Link Doctor to Lawyer's Death; Overlapping Surgeries Suit; PBMs Sued A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Mar 30, 2023
Do Away With 'Lockout' Period in iPLEDGE, FDA Advisors Urge It's an "unduly high burden" on patients, says one advisory committee member Mar 29, 2023
Smaller Liver Transplant Candidates Wait Longer, Less Likely to Receive Organ Disparity mostly affects women, but allocating more livers from smaller donors may help Mar 29, 2023
Common Enzyme Deficiency Linked With COVID Severity Certain groups of men with G6PD deficiency had higher odds of severe illness Mar 29, 2023
Resiliency Starts With High-Reliability Healthcare Systems Individual team member resilience will follow Mar 29, 2023
'No Safe Place': Shooting Hits Home for Nashville Doctors Pediatric surgeon: "Why are our children being massacred in their schools?" Mar 29, 2023
Potter Will Be Vanderbilt's First Black Female Neurosurgery Resident A first since neurosurgery program opened in 1932 Mar 28, 2023
Adventures Through the Human Body Jonathan Reisman, MD, discusses what his travels have taught him about health and illness Mar 28, 2023 podcast
How Many Steps a Day Keep the Grim Reaper at Bay? Hitting goal of 8,000 steps or more just 1 to 2 days a week tied to health benefits Mar 28, 2023
Isotretinoin REMS Still Needed, but Its Burden Could Be Reduced, FDA Staff Says Report suggests ways to lighten documentation rules for prescribing the severe acne treatment Mar 27, 2023
High Out-of-Pocket Costs Tied to Less Follow-Up After Initial Mammography Plans dominated by copays and deductibles are associated with higher out-of-pocket costs Mar 27, 2023
Do We Need a Spring COVID-19 Booster? A look at the data, particularly for high-risk groups Mar 27, 2023
Are We Losing the Personal Touch Because of the Way We Staff? Changing who answers the phones or fills in for the doc may mean fewer personal connections Mar 27, 2023
FDA Greenlights First Drug for Rare Immunodeficiency Disease Activated PI3K-delta syndrome may have a new standard of care Mar 27, 2023
Use of EMR Directive Tied to Reduced Opioid Prescribing After Spine Surgery Small study shows drop in average number of pills at discharge Mar 27, 2023
FDA Faults Next-Gen Olympus Duodenoscopes After demanding single-use devices, agency finds they have their own problems Mar 27, 2023
Healing the Damaged Nurse-Physician Dynamic This relationship is critical during the current tumultuous landscape of medicine Mar 25, 2023
Clinical Note Writing App Powered by GPT-4 Set to Debut This Year Latest solution to help with physician burnout, says company executive Mar 24, 2023
Autism Prevalence Is Up, CDC Report Shows But early evaluations in young children started to fall as pandemic set in Mar 23, 2023
FDA: Watch for Joint Replacement Device Failure After Exactech Recall Revision surgery only recommended for patients with pain Mar 23, 2023
A Conservative Blueprint for Universal Healthcare Achieving universal coverage is possible using the ACA as a framework Mar 23, 2023
Doctor Wins $14M Judgment; Poppy Seeds and Positive Drug Tests; Fixing Nurse Wages? A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Mar 23, 2023
Despite Abortion Restrictions, Ob/Gyn Remains Competitive Residency Every slot filled in this year's Match, but some states more desirable Mar 23, 2023
FDA Panel Supports Tofersen for Rare Genetic ALS In a first, agency advisors back neurofilament light as a surrogate endpoint Mar 23, 2023
Pregnant, Black? Here's Your Drug Test Black women 60% more likely to receive urine drug tests than white women Mar 22, 2023
Admin Trumps Med Students: Anti-Abortion Group Allowed on Campus An Arizona medical school will now have a chapter of Medical Students for Life Mar 22, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Plan to Overhaul the Organ Transplant System Steps include making contracting more competitive and publishing donation data Mar 22, 2023
FDA OKs Another PD-1 Inhibitor for Merkel Cell Carcinoma Retifanlimab produced responses in 52% of patients with untreated unresectable disease Mar 22, 2023
The Unmatched Need Not Suffer Alone Here are a few ways medical schools can provide proactive support Mar 22, 2023
Does Your OR Have a Black Box? TikTok Drug Influencers; Clashes at Online Journal This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 22, 2023
The Gender Gap in Medicine Women in medicine remain underpaid, underfunded and undervalued: here are insights into solutions Mar 22, 2023 video
Nobody Wants This Job. Should Physicians Stick Around? I'm disturbed every time I'm asked if I'll stay Mar 21, 2023
Obesity Tied to Density of Food Stores Carrying Less Healthy Options, Report Finds Link between obesity and unhealthy food establishments holds in both rural and non-rural areas Mar 21, 2023
Supporting the Mental Wellness of Physicians Caroline Elton, PhD, talks about the inner lives of doctors Mar 21, 2023 podcast
FDA Has Neglected Clinical Trial Transparency β Plus $45 Billion in Fines It's time for more aggressive enforcement of the law Mar 21, 2023
Investigational ALS Drug May Have Clinical Benefit, FDA Staff Says Neurofilament light will be evaluated as a surrogate endpoint in tofersen review Mar 20, 2023
GPT-4 Is Here. How Can Doctors Use Generative AI Now? Chatbots can be helpful as "first-draft" office or research assistants Mar 20, 2023
Docs' Liking for Knee Injection Tied to Industry Payments Threefold rate for giving hyaluronic acid shots among those paid more than $100 Mar 20, 2023
