House Members Introduce Bill to Reverse Pending Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut Measure includes a 1.8% pay increase for clinicians Oct 29, 2024
AirPods' Hearing Aid Feature Could Help People Face a Problem They'd Rather Ignore Apple's new feature can boost voices, media, and phone calls, and maybe lessen stigma Oct 29, 2024
Blood Test for CRC Screening Lags Behind Other Options in Cost-Effectiveness Study Fewer cancers, cancer deaths prevented; higher cost per quality-year saved Oct 28, 2024
A Look at the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term Public health is on the chopping block once again Oct 28, 2024
Remote Patient Monitoring Is a Great Idea. But What's the Best Way to Use It? We need to figure out how to collect data that patients can really act on Oct 28, 2024
Daylight Saving Ends Next Weekend: How to Prepare for the Potential Health Effects What to know about "falling back" Oct 28, 2024
FDA Approves Novel Treatment for UTIs New oral antibiotic gets a nod for uncomplicated urinary tract infections Oct 25, 2024
Patients More Satisfied With AI's Answers Than Those From Their Doctor "We always think the gold standard is a doctor replying to a message themselves," says researcher Oct 25, 2024 video
ACIP Backs Extra COVID Vax Dose for Seniors, Pneumococcal Vax for Adults 50 and Up CDC advisors also formalize recommendations on extra COVID vaccine doses in the immunocompromised Oct 23, 2024
New Elective for Med Students Gives Credit for Parenting, Caregiving The elective allows new parents to spend time with their child while gaining knowledge Oct 23, 2024
Poor Sleep at Age 40 Linked to Accelerated Brain Aging Sleep quality in early midlife predicted brain age 15 years later Oct 23, 2024
A Look at Food-Related Illnesses at Restaurants Over the Years While pretty rare for well-known restaurant chains, they do happen Oct 23, 2024
Asthma Drug Did Not Reduce Symptom Duration in Mild to Moderate COVID Future studies should investigate whether getting montelukast earlier makes a difference Oct 22, 2024
The Myth of the Comprehensive 20-Minute Visit We need to make more healthcare happen before and after the in-office appointment Oct 21, 2024
Potentially Large Cost Savings With Home-Based OCT for Neovascular AMD Study suggests potential to eliminate a third of in-office visits without harming care Oct 21, 2024
Cataract Surgery Linked With Fewer Falls, Traumatic Injuries in Older Patients Study adds leg and ankle fractures, intracranial hemorrhage to evidence on falls, hip fracture Oct 20, 2024
RSV Vaccine Tied to Fewer Hospitalizations, ED Visits in Older, High-Risk Adults However, questions remain about durability of vaccine protection, expert says Oct 20, 2024
Retinal Injections May Increase Risk for Cataract Surgery Complications History of injections tied to multiple postop complications, but data open to questioning Oct 20, 2024
Whooping Cough in the U.S. Is at a Decade-High Level In Wisconsin, there have been about 1,000 cases so far this year versus a total of 51 last year Oct 19, 2024
'Virtual ED' Helps One Health System Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits Half of patients referred to care at home, doctor's office, or urgent care Oct 18, 2024
CDC Reminds Docs About This Flesh-Eating Worm Previously eradicated in the U.S., New World screwworms have been creeping north Oct 18, 2024
Are Surgical Outcomes Better With MDs or DOs? Medicare claims analysis finds no differences in death, readmissions, and length of stay Oct 16, 2024
Can Aerosolized Nut Particles on a Plane Really Cause an Allergic Reaction? Researchers look at the myth and the effectiveness of nut bans Oct 16, 2024
Want to Cut Urate Levels? Try Losing Weight But Japanese study suggests losses need to be substantial Oct 15, 2024
Billing for Patient Messages May Have Negative Consequences, Analysis Suggests A survey showed that physicians and patients were concerned about the effects of such fees Oct 14, 2024
Acupuncture for Sciatica: Will This Trial Finally Silence the Skeptics? Findings from new study raise the bar Oct 14, 2024
10M Pounds of Meat Recalled; Kentucky Nurse Wins Lottery; Crocs and Foot Issues Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff Oct 10, 2024
To Improve Indigenous Health, Expand Community Health Aide Programs Ensuring care access for remote communities is essential Oct 09, 2024
Mindfulness Meditation Similar to Antidepressant for Reducing Anxiety Symptoms Secondary analysis suggests lack of clinically meaningful differences in effectiveness Oct 09, 2024
One Way to Spot Early Cognitive Decline? Medicare Wellness Visits Annual evaluation tied to timelier mild cognitive impairment diagnoses Oct 09, 2024
Certain Arm Positions Can Lead to Inaccurate Blood Pressure Readings Important to educate patients conducting home measurements, says researcher Oct 08, 2024 video
Timeline of Irregular Heartbeats Emerges From Close Watch of Young Binge Drinkers Alcohol-related increase in PVCs suggests more attention to ventricular arrhythmias Oct 04, 2024
In a First, Academic Center Offers Chiropractic Program University of Pittsburgh program won't be part of its medical school Oct 03, 2024
Colorectal Cancer Screening Uptake Tripled in 45-49 Age Group Rates rose after USPSTF recommendation, but increase was uneven Oct 03, 2024
As #Mouthtape for Sleep Apnea Takes Off, Research Raises Concern for One Group Airflow deteriorated in one subset of patients when their mouths were kept closed Oct 03, 2024
Low-Dose Lithium Tested in Long COVID No benefit for brain fog or fatigue, but higher doses may have promise Oct 02, 2024
Depression, Anxiety Diagnoses Have Increased Among Young People This was especially evident during the pandemic, study shows Oct 02, 2024
Elevating Family Medicine Is Key for New AAFP President Jen Brull, MD, outlines her priorities for the coming year Oct 01, 2024