Dangerous Med Spa Infections; Trans Youth Hospital Trauma; Blocking Rehab Access This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 03, 2024
Groups Blast FDA's Opioid Abuse Surveillance Proposal RADARS system's ties to Purdue Pharma undermine the reliability of its data, they say Jan 03, 2024
Here Are the Top Diets for 2024 A familar food plan topped the annual U.S. News rankings Jan 03, 2024
ChatGPT Misdiagnosed Most Pediatric Cases Older version of the chatbot was wrong in 83% of kids' clinical scenarios Jan 02, 2024
Sidney Wolfe, Co-Founder of Public Citizen's Health Research Group, Dies at 86 Wolfe was instrumental in getting dangerous drugs banned from the market Jan 02, 2024
Hospital Deaths Investigated; Price Hikes for 500 Drugs; Mushroom Poisonings Rise Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Jan 02, 2024
How Cardiac Arrest Became a Household Topic After Damar Hamlin's Collapse Efforts to boost survival having a moment among medical and sports societies, legislators Jan 01, 2024
U.S. Attempts to Get Its Xylazine Problem Under Control If a bill to schedule the veterinary sedative becomes law, will that be enough? Dec 30, 2023
For the Sake of Your Kidneys, Think Twice About Reaching for the Salt Shaker Higher CKD risk observed among people who added salt to their food Dec 29, 2023
FDA Warns Amazon Over Supplements Containing Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Agency bought and tested products that were found to contain tadalafil and sildenafil Dec 29, 2023
Providing Telemedicine in War Zones Founder of telehealth platform talks about services in Gaza and Ukraine Dec 28, 2023 video
On the Health Docket for the Supreme Court's 2024 Term An alarming agenda with potentially grave consequences for public health Dec 28, 2023
Paramedics Guilty of Homicide; Pediatrician Attacked Lab Tech? $900K Settlement A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 28, 2023
Supreme Court to Weigh in on Abortion Pill Access The nation's high court will consider the Fifth Circuit's ruling on mifepristone Dec 28, 2023
Death by Doctor; Apple Watch Sales Rebooted; Nerve Transplanted to Paralyzed Hand Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 28, 2023
It Was a Tumultuous Year for Simone Gold and America's Frontline Doctors After an attempted coup, Gold holds on to AFLDS; she's also suing California's medical board Dec 27, 2023
Eye Inflammation Linked to Geographic Atrophy Drug Remains a Mystery Still no explanation for rare cases of uveitis, retinal vascular occlusion with pegcetacoplan Dec 27, 2023
Ketamine and Chronic Pain; Ivermectin Lawsuit and Public Health; JN.1 Keeps Growing Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 27, 2023
Hospital Complications Rise After Private Equity Buyout Medicare data point to additional reason for concern Dec 26, 2023
Food as Diabetes Medicine? Maybe Not, Trial Suggests But intensive program did help boost engagement with healthcare Dec 26, 2023
988 Lifeline Getting Mostly Good Reviews But call routing and adequate staffing remain issues Dec 26, 2023
Deep Flaws in FDA's Device Oversight, and Patient Harm, Exposed in Lawsuits, Records "What is the threshold for the FDA to step in and do something?" Dec 24, 2023
Dangerous Brazilian Butt Lifts Get a Makeover in Florida A new law targets budget plastic surgery clinics with new safety precautions Dec 23, 2023
Gonorrhea, Then and Now And when -- if ever -- will resistant super-bugs increase the use of condoms? Dec 22, 2023
Fatal Christmas Tree; A Whole Lot of Fraud; Chatbots Relieve Seniors' Loneliness Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 22, 2023
FDA Warns of Unapproved Fat-Dissolving Injections Users have experienced permanent scars, infections Dec 21, 2023
FDA Official Blasts Ladapo's Claims About DNA Fragments in COVID Shots Peter Marks called Florida surgeon general's mRNA vax criticism "misleading" Dec 21, 2023
Learning to Control Traumatic Hemorrhage Can Prevent Firearm Deaths Escalating gun violence necessitates widespread bystander response Dec 21, 2023
Nurse Stormed U.S. Capitol? Doc Guilty of Wife's Murder; $120M Malpractice Award A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 21, 2023
Homelessness Tied to Worse Cancer Outcomes Among Veterans However, all-cause mortality rates in lung, colon cancer lower versus other healthcare settings Dec 21, 2023
'Medicare for All' Candidate in 2024; Exploding MRI Machine; Doc Convicted of Murder Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 21, 2023
Watch Out for Eye Injuries From Champagne Corks, Experts Warn In some cases, these high-velocity injuries can lead to permanent blindness Dec 20, 2023
CDC Tracks Down Rare, Deadly Bacteria in Mississippi Gulf Region Locating the bacteria that causes melioidosis akin to "finding a needle in a haystack" Dec 20, 2023
Antibiotic After Sex No Help in Preventing STIs in Women Poor adherence may be to blame in this Kenyan population, researchers say Dec 20, 2023
Planning to Stop That Benzodiazepine? Think Twice Patients who discontinued long-term benzodiazepines had a higher risk of death Dec 20, 2023
Masks, Pandemic Gear Ditched; COVID Vocal Cord Paralysis; How Bruce Willis Coped Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by staff Dec 20, 2023
If Ketamine Is So Safe, What Happened to Matthew Perry? While ketamine may prove to aid challenging mental health conditions, it still can be dangerous Dec 19, 2023
Maternal Flu Shot Protects Infants Against Severe Disease Vaccine effectiveness was better when mom was vaccinated during third trimester Dec 19, 2023
Is There No High-Touch Surface in Hospitals Free of Microbial Contamination? Sorry, your precious break room coffeemaker is covered with it -- but regular cleaning helps Dec 18, 2023