Fentanyl Hidden in Cocaine; Missed Breast Cancer Diagnoses; Calling Out Racism This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 26, 2022
Finding Meaning After Loss David Kessler, the world's foremost expert on grief, talks about death and dying Oct 25, 2022 podcast
FDA Broadens Options for Relapsed/Refractory Multiple Myeloma With Teclistamab Bispecific antibody achieved durable responses in a majority of heavily pretreated patients Oct 25, 2022
Many Female Docs Sacrifice Family, Career to Achieve Work-Life Balance More than 80% reported delaying childbearing plans due to medical training, survey found Oct 25, 2022
Nutrition Group Has Close Ties to Food, Pharma Companies Analysis reveals a 'symbiotic relationship' between nutrition group and industry Oct 24, 2022
Dementia Strikes One in Ten Americans Over 65 Even more have mild cognitive impairment, new estimates show Oct 24, 2022
Makena Is Just the Latest in Accelerated Approval Mayhem Congress must take action to reform the process Oct 24, 2022
FDA Approves New CTLA-4 Inhibitor for Cancer Treatment Tremelimumab (Imjudo), in combination with durvalumab, lands approval in advanced liver cancer Oct 24, 2022
For Chronic Pain Patients, Consider Green-Tinted Glasses? Mixed results with green light therapy for fibromyalgia Oct 24, 2022
APRNs: Get Your X-Waiver to Help in the Opioid Abuse Public Health Crisis Advanced practice providers are "well positioned to address the issue," say APNA presenters Oct 23, 2022
Electronic Medical Records Are Strangling American Medicine The implications for burnout are staggering Oct 23, 2022
Implicit Bias Training Betters Psychiatric Care at One Seattle Hospital Less use of restraints for minorities, although higher seclusion rates still an issue Oct 22, 2022
ACIP Backs Recs for New Pneumococcal Vax in Previously Immunized Adults CDC advisors address who should get 20-valent conjugate vaccine after PCV13 Oct 22, 2022
Cutting Unneeded Urine Cultures a Good First Step to Less Antibiotic Use Hospital consortium reports good results with diagnostic stewardship Oct 21, 2022
Thumbs Down for Genetic Test for Opioid Use Disorder, FDA Advisors Say False positives, false negatives remain a concern Oct 21, 2022
Former UCLA Ob/Gyn Convicted for Sexual Assault Jury found James Heaps, MD, guilty on five counts in connection with sexual assaults of patients Oct 21, 2022
Engaging in Healthcare May Close Longevity Gap Between Black and White Men With HIV Starting with HIV testing, men who have sex with men could see gains in life expectancy Oct 21, 2022
CMS Puts the Kibosh on Misleading Medicare Advantage Sales Pitches "Secret shoppers" found that 80% of agent calls with clients were inaccurate or insufficient Oct 21, 2022
Is Medical School Harder Today Than It Was Back Then? Looking at factors such as admissions, curriculum, and cost of tuition Oct 21, 2022
U.S. Chickenpox Vaccine Program Led to Near Elimination of the Virus Cases decreased by 99% in people under 20 after implementation of the two-dose vaccine Oct 20, 2022
Is Your Oven Leaking Cancer-Causing Chemicals Into Your Kitchen? Study finds that natural gas leaks result in elevated benzene levels, even when stove not in use Oct 20, 2022
Should We Still Be Concerned About Cell Phones and Brain Cancer? Experts weigh in on why the topic has seemed to lose steam in recent years Oct 20, 2022
Doc Sues Over Vax Mandate; $2.6M for Missed Pneumonia Dx; Fired PA Fires Back A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 20, 2022
Mayo Warns It Won't Take Most Medicare Advantage Plans Letters to Florida, Arizona patients suggest they enroll in original Medicare with a supplement Oct 20, 2022
Revoke Approval of Preterm Birth Drug, FDA Advisors Say Makena is ineffective, argued FDA panel Oct 19, 2022
What's With the National Adderall Shortage? Manufacturers must meet higher demands, and also face DEA and production problems Oct 19, 2022
It's Time to Retire BMI as a Clinical Metric An undue focus on weight can lead to patient distrust and delayed care Oct 19, 2022
What My 10-Year-Old Taught Me About Boundaries Set your boundaries, and protect what's important to you Oct 18, 2022
U.S. Flu Hospitalization Rates Nearly 80% Higher for Black Adults Influenza vaccination rates also consistently lower in some minority groups Oct 18, 2022
Boston University Refutes Claims It Created Deadly New COVID Strain Media reports misrepresent animal study and misconstrue its findings, expert says Oct 18, 2022
Biden Promises to Codify Roe Protections Into Law if Democrats Win Midterms It will be "the first bill" I send to Congress in the new session, he said Oct 18, 2022
TikTok Traffic on Monkeypox Conspiracy Theories Swelled After WHO's Alert Over 150 videos featuring conspiracy theories garnered nearly 1.5 million views Oct 18, 2022
Insulin Rationing Common Among Patients With Diabetes More than a million Americans may be engaging in the risky practice, researchers said Oct 17, 2022
Notes From Underground: Miners Face Increased Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Silica exposure seen responsible Oct 17, 2022
FDA Moves to Pull Controversial Preterm Birth Drug From the Market Briefing data show Makena was ineffective in reducing preterm birth, improving neonatal outcomes Oct 14, 2022
Emergency Nurse 'Drowning' in Patients, Calls Fire Department to Assist In last-resort effort, two firefighters aid understaffed ED in Washington state Oct 14, 2022
Brokers Earn More to Steer New Beneficiaries to Medicare Advantage Agent says he would double earnings if he sold MA over Medigap plans to new clients Oct 14, 2022
Ex-JAMA Chief: Cut the Hype, Spin in Published Studies Howard Bauchner, MD, says researchers want to report accurately, but "they too have their biases" Oct 14, 2022
