In Heart Failure, Thinking Care Will Be Unaffordable May Mean Poorer Outcomes Distress over high cost of treatment in a Chinese study was linked to survival, quality of life Mar 21, 2024
Heart Disease Outcomes Better When Anxiety, Depression Are Treated Benefits associated with psychotherapy, antidepressants seen in analysis of Medicaid records Mar 21, 2024
The Case for Stricter Standards in the Final Nursing Home Staffing Rule Continued understaffing will have devastating consequences for residents, families, and staff Mar 21, 2024
Novel Oral Antihypertensive Gets FDA's Blessing Aprocitentan becomes the first endothelin receptor antagonist for BP lowering Mar 20, 2024
What's Happening With the Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Lawsuits? The government has come out on top so far, but pharma vows to fight on, expert says Mar 19, 2024
Medicare $$ Needed to Help State-Licensed Emergency Centers Survive, Lawmakers Told "This model doesn't work" without it, says emergency center CEO Mar 19, 2024
Higher Polygenic Risk Score Tied to Increased Risk for Glaucoma Risk scores may allow action before irreversible damage occurs in those with ocular hypertension Mar 19, 2024
Early Stroke Scare With Bivalent COVID Vaccines Unsupported by Large Study Low absolute risk emerged for flu vaccines, however Mar 19, 2024
Electronic Nudges to Get the Flu Shot Fall Short for Vax Rates, Outcomes More intensive interventions are likely needed to improve flu vaccine uptake Mar 18, 2024
How Often Should Immunocompromised People Get a COVID Booster? Experts say about every 6 months, but that should be individualized Mar 18, 2024
Neurologic Conditions Now Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide Nervous system disorders affect 43% of global population Mar 15, 2024
MedPAC's Report Recommends Pay Changes for Healthcare Services Report highlights MA quality, overpayment issues, and urges action on four prior recommendations Mar 15, 2024
EHR Alerts Trigger Primary Care Clinics to Improve Hypertension Care in CKD Greater reduction in systolic BP over usual care in randomized trial Mar 15, 2024
MedPod Today: AAMC Leaked Emails; 'Wild West' of Ketamine; MA Games the System 51˶ reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics Mar 15, 2024 podcast
Trump Reverses on Medicare Cuts; Pill for Ebola? Chef Jailed for Serving Norovirus Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Mar 15, 2024
Republican Senators Blast Biden's Proposed HHS Budget At issue were the exclusion of PBM reform, and nursing home, Title X funding requirements Mar 14, 2024
Slowing of Peripheral Artery Disease: Another Liraglutide Benefit? GLP-1 receptor agonist significantly slowed progression over 6 months Mar 13, 2024
DAPT Maintains Early Neurologic Function in Mild-Moderate Stroke Do benefits of clopidogrel-aspirin apply when going up a notch in stroke severity? Mar 13, 2024
Quest Alzheimer's Blood Test No Longer Marketed Directly to Patients Amyloid AD-Detect test not offered on Quest's consumer platform Mar 12, 2024
It's Match Week, but That Won't Fix the Physician Shortage Short-term legislative solutions can help today in the face of stagnant systemic change Mar 12, 2024
HHS Aims to Lower Drug Costs, Fund Public Health Preparedness in Budget Proposal Another goal of FY 2025 budget is to protect reproductive healthcare, behavioral health workforce Mar 12, 2024
MedPAC Wrestles With How to Fix Deep Flaws in Medicare Advantage Quality Metrics Comparing MA plans with fee-for-service quality called "a hornet's nest" Mar 11, 2024
Serious Issues With Slow Heartbeat Flagged for Afib Patients on Antiarrhythmics Pacemaker, syncope rates prompt advice not to ignore bradycardia issue Mar 11, 2024
Knowing When to Start, Knowing When to Stop Discussions about screening recommendations can be difficult, but they're worth having Mar 11, 2024
Largest Independent Primary Care Network in the U.S. Accused of Medicare Fraud Whistleblower lawsuit alleges Aledade encouraged doctors to tack on suspect medical diagnoses Mar 10, 2024
Deaths Due to Alcohol Use; Steps for the Sedentary Also in TTHealthWatch: microplastics in arteries, and worldwide obesity and diabetes risk Mar 09, 2024 podcast
Trump-Obama Doc's Bad Behavior; Alzheimer's Drug Delayed; Death After Testicle Kick Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Mar 08, 2024
MedPAC Members Pan Rural Hospitals' 'Cost-Plus' Billing System for Medicare Patients Allowing the system to stay in place is "unconscionable," says one commissioner Mar 07, 2024
Interventions Can Reduce CVD Risk Factors in HIV Patients, Studies Show Lowering blood pressure, cholesterol prove feasible in randomized trials Mar 07, 2024
First-Line Immunotherapy Alone Sufficient for Older NSCLC Patients, Study Suggests Retrospective analysis finds similar OS, PFS whether or not patients also received chemotherapy Mar 07, 2024
Three-Drug Combo Wins for Opioid-Sparing Pain Relief After Hip Replacement Less morphine needed with multiple analgesics Mar 07, 2024
Medicare a Big Contributor to the Broken Health Payment System, Senators Told Use of "hybrid" payment model urged Mar 06, 2024
Dementia More Common in People With Essential Tremor Prevalence greater than normal aging, but not as high as Parkinson's disease Mar 06, 2024
CVD Risks Tied to Teeny-Tiny Plastics Lodged in Atherosclerotic Plaque And the prevalence of microplastics and nanoplastics is only increasing Mar 06, 2024
FDA OKs First Interchangeable Biosimilars for Denosumab New products will carry all the same indications as Prolia and Xgeva, though launch date unclear Mar 06, 2024
Seniors, Doctors at Odds on Opioid Risks and 'Deprescribing' Conversations between primary care physicians and older patients often "challenging" Mar 06, 2024
Afib Might Be a Not-So-Pleasant Aftertaste of Sweetened Beverages Atrial fibrillation risk associated with drinks made with added sugar or artificial sweetener Mar 05, 2024
Emergency Surgery Rates Higher in Primary Care Shortage Areas, Study Suggests Retrospective study on Medicare patients shows disparities in serious complications, readmissions Mar 05, 2024
Latest COVID Shots Protect Against Serious Outcomes Effectiveness against COVID-related hospitalization ranged from 43% to 52% Mar 04, 2024
COVID-19 Tied to Increased Risk for Rheumatic Disease Maybe not a form of long COVID, but a concern just the same Mar 04, 2024