Critics Say CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Isn't Strong Enough Draft guidelines from HICPAC criticized after most recent meeting Nov 06, 2023
Heart Injuries Suggest Reconsideration of Holding BP Meds for Surgery Pause on ACE inhibitors, ARBs yields more acute hypertension with no prevention of hypotension Nov 06, 2023
Former Nurse Sees Raft of New Charges in Murder Investigation Initially charged with killing two patients, she admits to attempting to kill 19 more Nov 06, 2023
Heat and Cardiovascular Death; Time-Restricted Eating or Caloric Restriction in T2D Also in TTHealthWatch: managing nasal airway obstruction Nov 04, 2023 podcast
This Antibiotic May Reduce C. Diff Risk in Pneumonia Patients Doxycycline associated with reduced infection, re-infection rates versus azithromycin Nov 03, 2023
Pharmacist Prescribing for BP Control Makes Economic Sense Clinical benefits of pharmacist-prescribed antihypertensives known for years Nov 03, 2023
CDC Launches Initiative to Tackle Burnout in Healthcare Not a "Band-Aid," but a systems approach, says NIOSH program director Nov 03, 2023
Medicare Finalizes 3.4% Payment Cut for Physician Fees in 2024 Specialty groups decry "untenable" payment cuts Nov 03, 2023
Equal Representation of Indigenous Docs Would Take a Century, Study Finds But researchers propose ways to speed up that timeline Nov 02, 2023 video
Most Medical, Nursing Students Don't Plan to Treat Patients, Survey Finds Notably, a quarter of medical students in the U.S. are thinking about quitting their studies Nov 02, 2023
Fecal Transplants in Kidney Recipients Reduced Resistant Pathogens Multidrug resistant organisms replaced by competing antibiotic-susceptible relatives Nov 01, 2023
Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Aren't the Only Concern for Safe Staffing Nurses need adequate training and a supportive, safe environment Nov 01, 2023
HHS Proposes 'Disincentive' Penalties for Information-Blocking Providers Clinicians could see cuts in Medicare payments if found to have violated the rule Oct 31, 2023
Expand Nurse Staffing Ratio Laws, Union Leaders Tell Senator Hospitals will "never agree to safe staffing on their own," says HPAE president Oct 30, 2023
Applying to Residency? Here Are 4 Traits of All-Star Residents Success often lies in mindset and mentality Oct 29, 2023
Fight Physician Burnout With Subsidized Vacations It's a benefit for workers and the public Oct 28, 2023
Private Equity, For-Profit Interests Hurt Medicine, Conference Speakers Say Authorities have not done enough to crack down on the problem, physicians and academicians noted Oct 27, 2023
Skipping Hand Hygiene Before Donning Gloves May Be Just as Safe, Trial Suggests Adherence to infection prevention strategy was better in hospital units asked to directly glove Oct 27, 2023
Probiotics for Preterm Infants Could Pose Serious Danger, FDA Warns Abbott, Infinant Health sent warning letters about their products Oct 26, 2023
Black Kids Twice as Likely to Die of Sepsis, Single-Center Study Finds "Outcomes were different" even with similar care, says researcher Oct 26, 2023
Inhaled Antibiotic Cuts Risk of Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia Also led to lower rate of ventilator-related complications versus placebo Oct 26, 2023
Vitamin C Flops for Severe COVID-19 Trial data suggest chance of harm significantly greater than small possibility of efficacy Oct 25, 2023
AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President "We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld Oct 25, 2023
Endoscopy Still an Option for Some 90-Year-Olds With GI Bleeds But conservative management used in most cases Oct 25, 2023
Cruise Line Found Negligent About COVID; Dialysis Machine Recall; MRI Injures Nurse Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 25, 2023
Burnout, Poor Mental Health on the Rise for Healthcare Workers, CDC Says "To label our current and long-standing challenge a 'crisis' is an understatement" Oct 24, 2023
Bacterial Infection Outbreak After Double Cataract Surgery Tied to Sterility Breach Danish case series details bilateral simultaneous postoperative endophthalmitis in three patients Oct 24, 2023
NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults Mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs, primary care doctors were "virtually identical" Oct 23, 2023
Carbohydrates and Long-Term Weight Change; Value of Cardiac Transfers Also in TTHealthWatch: reducing infections in joint replacement Oct 21, 2023 podcast
Breaking Point: Why We Become Activists Three healthcare providers describe what pushed them to speak out Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Nurse Sees Other Side of Unsafe Staffing "The nurse in me fully understood ... the mom in me was terrified" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
From New Pandemic Resident to Union Advocate "There weren't enough people who were healthy and available to come in to work" Oct 20, 2023 podcast
Shady Medicare Advantage Plan Tactics Blasted at Senate Hearing "It's a rip-off and it's got to stop," one Senator said Oct 19, 2023
U.S. Doc Volunteers in Jerusalem: 'I Felt Like I Had to Do Something' Martin Jacobson, MD, on his decision to be a volunteer physician during the Israel-Hamas war Oct 19, 2023 video
Beefed-Up Antibiotic Prophylaxis No Help for Post-Arthroplasty Infections And adding vancomycin to cefazolin may have increased surgical-site infections after knee surgery Oct 18, 2023
Death After IV Vitamins; 4-Day Work Week Healthier; Blast at Gaza Hospital Kills 500 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 18, 2023
Plastic Glove, Scissors Solve Problem in Single-Lung Ventilation DIY approach to non-dependent lung collapse succeeds in trial Oct 17, 2023
Small Piece of Plastic Cuts Throat Damage From Trach Tubes Why didn't someone think of this sooner? Oct 17, 2023
