Dr. Oz's Dubious Claims; Bird Flu Found in Raw Milk; Whooping Cough Surges Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 25, 2024
'A Real Regulatory Dilemma Here': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by 51˶'s reporters Nov 24, 2024
IDH Inhibitor Activity in Brain Cancer Persists With Longer Follow-Up Two-fold increase in PFS with postoperative ivosidenib holds up in placebo-controlled trial Nov 24, 2024
Ex-Eye Bank Workers Say Pressure, Lax Oversight Led to Errors Tissue donation guided by different rules than organ donation, with less transparency, some say Nov 24, 2024
Digital Doctors Are Coming. Regulators Need to Catch Up. We must ensure AI advances in medicine in a way that's safe, fair, and beneficial for all Nov 24, 2024
Who Is Trump's Pick to Run Medicare and Medicaid? You passed medical training, now see if you can pass our weekly quiz Nov 23, 2024
Medications to Reduce Lipoprotein(a); Genome Models and CVD Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: genetic testing of couples planning pregnancy Nov 23, 2024 podcast
Workplace Violence Is Not Just 'Part of the Job' It's high time to prevent attacks on healthcare workers in the ED Nov 23, 2024
Trump Nominates Physicians for CDC Director, Surgeon General What to know about Dave Weldon and Janette Nesheiwat Nov 23, 2024
Texas Lawmakers Push for New Exceptions to Strict Abortion Ban After Two Women Die Exceptions would broaden doctors' ability to intervene Nov 23, 2024
AMA President-Elect Confronts a New Challenge: A Brain Tumor Bobby Mukkamala, MD, was diagnosed with grade 2 glioma after experiencing aphasia at AMA meeting Nov 22, 2024
Patients With Melanoma Brain Mets May Fare Better With RT Before Immunotherapy Meta-analysis shows better PFS, OS with RT-first approach, but issue requires more study Nov 22, 2024
CGM Uptake Very Low for Vulnerable Diabetes Populations But how to achieve equitable use remains "complicated," says expert Nov 22, 2024
Trump's FDA Pick Is 51˶'s Former Top Editor Marty Makary has made a name for himself challenging the medical establishment Nov 22, 2024
California Case Is the First Confirmed Bird Flu Infection in a U.S. Child No evidence virus spread from child to other people Nov 22, 2024
New FDA Panel Weighs In on Regulating Generative AI in Healthcare Committee's 2-day meeting focused on evaluating and monitoring performance and risk Nov 22, 2024
Major Shifts in Urothelial Cancer Care: Immunotherapy Redefines Standards New treatments reshape metastatic and muscle-invasive bladder cancer therapy Nov 22, 2024 video
Year in Review: Inflammatory Bowel Disease "Top down" vs "step up" therapy, FDA actions, rethinking placebos, and new tulisokibart data Nov 22, 2024
Ophthalmologists Warn Against Surgery to Change Eye Color Risks include vision-threatening infections, inflammatory issues, pigment migration Nov 22, 2024
Managing Patient Concerns in Axial Spondyloarthritis Disease chronicity and progression raise ongoing questions Nov 22, 2024
Georgia Disbands Maternal Mortality Committee Over Leaked Abortion Info State's public health commissioner says whoever shared the information violated state law Nov 22, 2024
Preserve the National Institute of Nursing Research's Independence Folding NINR into a larger institute risks diminishing research targeting whole-person health Nov 22, 2024
Advances in TNBC; Mixed News in Lung Cancer Report; Pancreatic Cancer Overdiagnosis? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Nov 22, 2024
If You Are Pro-Psychiatry, Should You Be Anti-RFK Jr.? Kennedy's proposed policies are clearly anti-psychiatry Nov 22, 2024
Washington Power Has Shifted. Here's How the ACA May Shift, Too. Sweeping changes would still require overcoming procedural and political hurdles Nov 22, 2024
Treatment of Oligometastatic EGFR-Mutant Lung Cancer More research needed on role of local therapy in new era of treatment Nov 22, 2024
Three Important Changes in AASM's New Restless Legs Syndrome Guidelines Previous treatments may have been making symptoms worse over the long term, expert says Nov 22, 2024 video
Nationwide Beef Recall; 23% of U.S. Adults Underinsured; Deaths From Tainted Booze Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 22, 2024
Lack of Clinical Benefit of Andexanet Flummoxes FDA Panel Yet advisors were not inclined to take back approval for bleeding reversal agent Nov 21, 2024
Chronic Pain Affects One in Four Americans, CDC Reports Nearly 9% have pain severe enough to restrict daily activities Nov 21, 2024
Malaria Vaccine Delivered by Mosquito Bite Shows Safety, Efficacy Immunization led to protection against controlled infection in proof-of-concept study Nov 21, 2024
What's the Status of the Proposed Ban on Menthol Cigarettes? No one is saying for certain; a final rule is in process but has yet to be issued Nov 21, 2024
Clinicians React to Trump's Appointees; Beyonce in the OR? Diagnosing Shiny Legs Healthcare social media content gathered by 51˶ staff Nov 21, 2024
'Suicide Capsule' Creator Rejects Allegation That First User May Have Been Strangled Right-to-die activist says device worked as planned Nov 21, 2024
Flooding May Be the Climate Health Hazard of Our Time, Report Suggests Health effects are distributed inequitably, but clinicians have an important role to play Nov 21, 2024
Use of Home-Based OCT for Neovascular AMD Could Lead to More Timely Treatment Analysis of home OCT data suggested that 57% of patients should have been treated earlier Nov 21, 2024 video
Trump Is Back: What This Could Mean for Health Policy Exploring the powers and limits of the Presidency Nov 21, 2024
U.S. Towns Plunge Into Debates About Fluoride in Water "I didn't realize it would be such a heated discussion," says a mayor of one such town Nov 21, 2024
Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative Colitis Linked to Pesticide Exposure Elevated risk of IBD for people exposed to environmental pollutants in the prior decade Nov 21, 2024 video