Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Rare Eye Disease That Causes Early Blindness "Mind-boggling" effects in small group with Leber congenital amaurosis 1, expert says Sep 13, 2024
Feds Rarely Punish Hospitals for Turning Away Pregnant Patients Inquiries are "slow, insufficiently staffed," and get pushback from hospitals, said one expert Sep 13, 2024
Nurses Blast Steward Health Care's Greed: 'It Ruins You' Steward CEO, Ralph de la Torre, MD, was a "no-show" at hearing, despite subpoena Sep 13, 2024
Direct-to-Consumer Drugs: Big Pharma's Digital Health Play Regulators will need to closely watch this new frontier Sep 13, 2024
Trump's IVF Pledge; Nurse Rescues Trapped Man; Who's Getting Vaccinated? Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 13, 2024
MedPod Today: Med Board Snubs New Law; Is Ketamine Addictive? AMR the Musical 51˶ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Sep 13, 2024 podcast
Inhaled Antibiotic for Bronchiectasis Shows Benefit ... and Then It Doesn't One negative trial in the phase III PROMIS program blamed squarely on the COVID-19 pandemic Sep 12, 2024
Cautious Optimism for Surgical LAA Closure for People Without Afib Meta-analysis suggested lower stroke risk, but more definitive trial is not expected until 2032 Sep 12, 2024
Single Dose of Mpox Vaccine Series Appears to Give Partial Protection However, full two-dose vaccine series likely needed to curtail mpox resurgence, researchers say Sep 12, 2024
FDA OKs Software to Convert Apple AirPods Into Hearing Aids Designed for certain models, software can customize audio parameters Sep 12, 2024
Full Sequence of Missouri Patient's H5 Bird Flu May Not Be Available Still, CDC officials say virus appears related to strain seen in dairy cows Sep 12, 2024
Mental Health Parity Rule Lauded by Healthcare Groups Plans will be barred from using more restrictive prior authorization rules for mental health care Sep 12, 2024
Tirzepatide Yields Greater Weight Loss in Women Than Men But significant weight loss reported for both Sep 12, 2024
FDA Warning on Hot Flash Drug Clinicians should perform liver blood tests before and during Veozah treatment Sep 12, 2024
More Women Had Their Tubes Tied After Roe v. Wade Was Overturned Biggest increases were in states that ban abortion Sep 12, 2024
FDA Expands Approval of IL-23 Drug to Ulcerative Colitis In trials, guselkumab more than doubled remission rates versus placebo Sep 12, 2024
Common-Ground Healthcare Policies Both Trump and Harris Can Support Can our future leaders place public health ahead of politics? Sep 12, 2024
Cancer Diagnoses Still Lagging; Cancer and Family Health; New Type of Lung Cancer News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Sep 12, 2024
How a California Oncologist Making $850k Spends Money See the breakdown of this physician's weekly budget, from eating out to sailing lessons Sep 12, 2024
Cardiologist Gets 4 to 8 Years; Nurse's Accused Killer Charged; Spine Surgery Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Sep 12, 2024
Trump Wouldn't Say Whether He'd Veto a National Abortion Ban During Debate The Republican nominee has shifted stances, even as abortion remains a top election issue Sep 12, 2024
Docs React to Debate; The Dose Makes the Poison; How Do You Come Home From a Shift? Healthcare social media content gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 12, 2024
Sports Doc Sex Abuse Probe; Corpse in Hospital Catering Oven; Herpes Vax Flop Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 12, 2024
Second Malignancy Risk With CAR T-Cell Therapy on Par With Other Treatments Incidence almost identical to that with standard cancer treatment in randomized trials Sep 11, 2024
Cheap Antidepressant Flops for Severe Breathlessness in Trial "We should be cautious about using drugs off-label," investigator says Sep 11, 2024
Threats to Whistleblowers, Rampant Fraud Plague Transplant System, Lawmakers Told Attempts to recover organs from live donors "absolutely terrifying," House member says Sep 11, 2024
Circulating H5N1 Bird Flu Spotted by Wastewater Monitoring During Summer Signal has generally trailed off, but more sensitive method showed virus lingering in Texas Sep 11, 2024
Inpatient CBT Reduces Suicide and Readmissions After Discharge Can treatment be scaled for implementation in the real world? Sep 11, 2024
Microvascular Diabetes Complications Linked to Moderate/Severe Gum Disease Relationship was mediated by comorbid dyslipidemia Sep 11, 2024
Is There a Surgical Shortcut to Six-Pack Abs? A plastic surgeon weighs in on high-definition liposuction Sep 11, 2024
Antibody Drug-Conjugate Shows Promising Activity in Extensive-Stage SCLC Objective response rate was 55% with 12-mg/kg ifinatamab deruxtecan Sep 11, 2024
Molnupiravir May Offer Modest 6-Month Benefits for High-Risk COVID Patients Secondary analysis of trial data consistent with observational studies Sep 11, 2024
Limits to Anti-Nausea Pill Coverage Wear on Cancer Patients and Doctors "This is sort of the dirty underbelly of the current healthcare environment," an oncologist said Sep 11, 2024
FDA Reviewers Skeptical of Ocaliva for Rare Bile Duct Disease Agency advisory panel to examine complicated efficacy data and liver safety concerns Sep 11, 2024
Thanks to Reddit, a New Diagnosis Is Bubbling Up Across the Nation Botox can help "no-burp syndrome" symptoms Sep 11, 2024
Local Suicide Risk Factors; Chappell Roan's Bipolar II Disorder; Student Mindfulness News and commentary from the psychiatry world Sep 11, 2024
Never Forget the 9/11 Responders Who Risked Their Lives Care is available for those who continue to face health consequences Sep 11, 2024
Doc Travels for Abortion Training; Families Wrongly Separated; Jail Opioid Success This past week in healthcare investigations Sep 11, 2024
What to Know About the Investigation Into Florida's Abortion Ballot Initiative Visits from state police are part of a probe into alleged petition fraud Sep 11, 2024
Steroid Use Tied to Diabetes; Suicide Rates Climbing; Legionnaire's Death Toll Rises Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Sep 11, 2024