California's Medical Misinformation Law Facing Legal Challenges A federal judge temporarily blocked enforcement for plaintiffs in two cases Feb 03, 2023
Peer-Reviewed Journal Publishes Paper Written Almost Entirely by ChatGPT It required close editing, human co-author said Feb 03, 2023
How Patent Thickets Keep Cheaper Drugs Off the Market "We're transferring a huge amount of wealth from the public to drug companies," says S. Sean Tu Feb 03, 2023 video
Long COVID's 7 Symptoms; Most of U.S. Backs Tobacco Ban; Ugly People and Face Masks Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 03, 2023
Republican Lawmakers Worry X-Waiver Elimination Could Stir Buprenorphine Diversion House members also look for ways to stop drug trafficking on Snapchat Feb 02, 2023
Winners & Losers of the Mass Exodus From U.S. News' Med School Rankings Who comes out on top? Feb 02, 2023
What Tyre Nichols' Death Reminds Us About Black Suffering Medicine's racist history bleeds into today's medical practices Feb 02, 2023
CDC Sounds Alarm on Eye Drops Linked With Drug-Resistant Infection Permanent vision loss, death due to possible contamination leads to product recall Feb 02, 2023
Bowden's Defamation Suit Against Houston Methodist Tossed Mary Talley Bowden, MD, a vocal opponent of COVID vaccines, sought $25 million in damages Feb 02, 2023
'Stand Your Ground' Laws Are a Greater Health Threat Than Mass Shootings They must be repealed Feb 01, 2023
Moderna Booster Vaccine Singled Out for Chronic Hives Chronic spontaneous urticaria more frequent when compared with Pfizer's mRNA vaccine Feb 01, 2023
Meningococcal Vaccine 76% Effective for Kids Under 5, Study Says Effectiveness shown against both serogroup B and non-serogroup B disease in Spanish children Feb 01, 2023
What Doctors Should Know About Xylazine in Fentanyl Naloxone still works but additional support may be needed; wound care a challenge Feb 01, 2023
Childhood Adversity Tied to Race-Related Differences in Brain Development Exposure to trauma linked to lower gray matter volume in key brain regions in Black kids Feb 01, 2023
Colorado Doc Put on Probation for Ivermectin Prescriptions Scott Rollins, MD, and the state medical board reached an agreement on "unprofessional conduct" Jan 31, 2023
On Medically Assisted Dying A conversation about one of medicine's thorniest ethical questions with Stefanie Green, MD Jan 31, 2023 podcast
Protected States Can Expand Access to Abortion Training A proposed fund in New York can be a model for others to follow Jan 31, 2023
CMS Rule Means Medicare Advantage Plans Will Pay Back Billions in Overpayments Audits finding unsubstantiated claims will extrapolate overpayments to insurers' other claims Jan 31, 2023
High School Alcohol Use Can Quickly Escalate Researchers hope findings can help facilitate screening for adolescents at risk Jan 30, 2023
FDA Greenlights First Drug for ESR1-Mutated Breast Cancer Elacestrant almost doubled PFS versus standard endocrine therapy in advanced ER+/HER2- disease Jan 30, 2023
Where Is Our Operation Warp Speed for Gun Violence? In the face of slow policy change, healthcare professionals can put a Band-Aid on the bleeding Jan 30, 2023
Extended BMI Charts Help Address the Pediatric Obesity Crisis They provide an important tool for screening and managing patients Jan 28, 2023
The Hidden Link Between Soft Skills and Patient Safety How communication strategies affect outcomes Jan 28, 2023
Med Schools Withdraw From U.S. News List, but Say Hospital Rankings Are Separate Public data a key difference? Jan 27, 2023
'Annual COVID Boosters for All' Is All About Convenience But that doesn't make it the right move Jan 27, 2023
Medicare Part D Plan Prices May Change Unexpectedly How many seniors end up paying more than they thought they would? Jan 26, 2023
Is ChatGPT Becoming Synonymous With Plagiarism in Scientific Research? Science will no longer publish research that uses ChatGPT or other AI-generated text programs Jan 26, 2023
Doc Gave Kids Fake Vax? Feds Take Down Fake RN Degree Scam; Doc Sued Over 'Love Den' A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jan 26, 2023
ED Screening Program Picks Up Lots of Undiagnosed Diabetes Cases EHR alerts at Chicago ED flagged about three in 10 at-risk patients for HbA1c testing Jan 26, 2023
Unique Patient Identifier Funding Once Again Barred by Congress Biden administration working on better patient matching instead Jan 25, 2023
Society Responds to Outgoing President's Remarks on Diversity "We have come a long way ... but there is much more to do," new president, board of directors say Jan 25, 2023
Doc Delivered Deadly Epidural; Hotze's Conspiracy Theory; Docs Slam Wegovy Story This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 25, 2023
Leading Healthcare Through Relationships What makes effective leaders and collaborators? Jan 24, 2023 podcast
Over 1 Million Medicare Beneficiaries Will Pocket Savings From Insulin Cap Report uses 2020 claims data to estimate potential effects of IRA's $35 monthly insulin cap Jan 24, 2023
More Medical Schools Follow Harvard in Quitting U.S. News Rankings Schools also noted their own plans for sharing information for prospective students Jan 24, 2023
Smaller Blood Draws Reduce Transfusions in ICU, Trial Suggests Randomized trial supports switch for adult ICU blood tests, despite a pandemic dent in the data Jan 24, 2023
Top Schools For Online Nursing Master's Degree Programs The University of South Carolina once again came in at No. 1 Jan 24, 2023
Heart Surgery Outcomes During COVID Similarly Worrisome for Rich and Poor Patients Study nevertheless highlights access issues among the socioeconomically disadvantaged Jan 24, 2023
