Sweeten the Pot With Financial Incentives to Boost Weight Loss More people with obesity lost weight when cash incentives were added to practical resources Dec 05, 2022
Epilepsy Drug Costs Continue to Climb Third-generation, brand-name drugs fuel rising expenses Dec 05, 2022
A Dangerous Chilling Effect in Gender-Affirming Care Gender-affirming facilities must continue offering information and resources, despite threats Dec 03, 2022
A New Tool to Report Medical Trainee Mistreatment Reveals Thorny Issues Small group of Mount Sinai faculty were responsible for half of unprofessional behavior reports Dec 02, 2022
Why the Now-Dominant BQ COVID Strains Are Cause for Concern Increasing cases from BQ.1 and BQ.1.1 expected in the coming months Dec 02, 2022
Looming Physician Pay Cut 'Unprecedented' and 'Unconscionable,' AMA President Says Number of doctors who take Medicare patients could dwindle without Congressional action Dec 02, 2022
Heart Failure From Meth Use: Growing Beast Lurks in the Shadows Exact scope of problem still unknown due to low clinician awareness Dec 02, 2022
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges Overprescribing a continuing problem, Benjamin Davies tells urologists Dec 02, 2022
Hospitals Can Help Patients 'Get Connected' The Affordable Connectivity Program enables telehealth access for vulnerable patients Dec 02, 2022
Do We Still Need to Quarantine With COVID? While COVID still distinguishes itself from other illnesses, those days may be numbered Dec 02, 2022
New IDH1 Inhibitor Wins FDA Approval for Acute Myeloid Leukemia Olutasidenib led to a 35% response rate in a study of adults with previously treated AML Dec 02, 2022
Healthcare's Unspoken Sick-Day Rules Unchanged by the Pandemic Workplace COVID policies have changed, but attitudes toward coming into work sick have not Dec 01, 2022
Overactive Bladder Linked to Multiple Unmet Socioeconomic Needs Findings reinforce existing evidence, identify novel factors, suggest future research Dec 01, 2022
Stop Passing Off Politics as Evidenced-Based Medicine Scientific results cannot be understood through a framework of rigid political doctrine Dec 01, 2022
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood Survey shows just how often individuals misinterpret common medical phrases Dec 01, 2022
Four Eyes Are Not Better Than Two for COVID-19 Protection But wearing glasses can't hurt and may help, researchers say Dec 01, 2022
Fewer Neonatal Risks With Buprenorphine for Opioid Use Disorder in Pregnancy But maternal outcomes are similar to methadone's, large study shows Dec 01, 2022
Naturopathic Doctor Gets 3 Years for COVID Scams; Doctor Accused of Rape Found Dead A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 01, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Fecal Microbiota Product Rebyota approved for preventing recurrence of C. difficile infection Dec 01, 2022
Doc Discipline Lenient, Secretive; Patient Data Lawsuits; Dubious Hospice Referrals This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 30, 2022
Confronting the Growing Violence Against Staff in the Emergency Department Alex Skog, MD, on physician anxiety, enforcing consequences, and creating a safer environment Nov 30, 2022 video
Experts Debunk Claims From New Anti-Vax Documentary "Died Suddenly," released on Twitter and Rumble, puts forth "blatant lies" Nov 30, 2022
Monks and Meth; China Says Jogger Caused COVID Outbreak; Flu Deaths Close to 3,000 Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51³ÉÈ˶¯Âþ staff Nov 30, 2022
One Dose of Acoziborole Led to Cure of 'Sleeping Sickness' Across Disease Stages Small study also showed promising safety in those with gambiense human African trypanosomiasis Nov 29, 2022
Our Pediatric 'Immunity Debt' Is Really an 'RSV Debt' The virus is now collecting what it is owed Nov 29, 2022
You Can't Have One Without the Other! Healthcare quality means nothing if equity isn't included Nov 29, 2022
Life and Death in 12 Hours ICU nurse Christin Thankachan on providing comfort during life's darkest moments Nov 29, 2022 podcast
COVID Deaths Shifted Younger During Second Year of the Pandemic Years of life lost per COVID death increased by 35.7% Nov 28, 2022
Spinal Cord Stimulators for Chronic Pain May Not Live Up to the Hype Retrospective study finds no reduction in opioid use vs conventional medical management Nov 28, 2022
Effects of COVID Vaccine on Menstruation Recent research highlights a need for more robust studies on female reproductive health Nov 27, 2022 video
On Vision and the Arts Michael Marmor, MD, gives his perspective on our most important sense Nov 27, 2022 podcast
An Affirmative Action Ban Would Be Devastating to Patient Care A pending Supreme Court decision could erode progress on improving diversity in medicine Nov 26, 2022
PA Gets 25 Years for Luring Girls on Snapchat; Doctor Arrested for Alleged Rapes A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 25, 2022
Can Virtual Nursing Save the Workforce? RN turnover is increasing, and two-thirds plan to leave in the next 3 years Nov 23, 2022
Overcrowding, Lack of Healthcare Access Help Increase COVID Mortality in Prisons Mortality rates higher for Black and Hispanic prisoners compared with whites Nov 23, 2022
Doc Fired for Accessing Medical Records of Women He Wanted to Date Artificial intelligence software alerted hospital to unusual activity Nov 23, 2022
Hospital Responds to Staffing Crisis After Reports of Patient Death Challenges at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett reflective of hospitals across the U.S. Nov 22, 2022
