Hostility Against Hospitals Raged During COVID; Long COVID Patients Lack Safety Net This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 02, 2022
Is Comedy a Prerequisite to a Successful Medical Career? Milton Packer explores the innumerable reasons why laughter is essential to medicine Mar 02, 2022
Dr. Bronner's Offering Its Workers Psychedelic Therapy Coverage Soap company to cover ketamine-assisted therapy for employees with new industry nonprofit Mar 01, 2022
ZDoggMD Deletes Twitter Account After Dust-Up With Science Museum Twitterstorm followed his criticism of museum's confusing booster policy for teens Mar 01, 2022
FLCCC, IncellDx at Odds Over Long COVID Protocols Both groups face scrutiny over long COVID recommendations Mar 01, 2022
Hospital Group Sued Over Charity Billing Practices Lawsuit alleges hospitals misled thousands of low-income patients eligible for financial aid Feb 28, 2022
Location Shouldn't Matter in Telemedicine Let's keep allowing telehealth to flourish and let the bureaucrats sort out the licensing issues Feb 28, 2022
Biden Administration Announces Steps to Improve Nursing Home Care Measures include those aimed at increasing staffing and cutting down on unnecessary treatment Feb 28, 2022
'Small Data' Goes a Long Way in Rare Disease Research A close doctor-patient relationship can make all the difference Feb 28, 2022
I Risked My Career to Save My Life Prioritizing mental health over professional achievement Feb 26, 2022
CMS Revamps Direct Contracting Model Participants in current GPDC Direct Contracting must meet new equity and governance requirements Feb 25, 2022
Biden Nominates Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court Seat Appeals court judge has a history of litigating for reproductive rights Feb 25, 2022
We Need More Illustrations of People of Color in Medical Textbooks The lack of diversity perpetuates health inequality and stereotypes Feb 25, 2022
A Case of Mistaken Identity or Blatant Bias? It's time to address gender and racial biases in medicine Feb 25, 2022
Where Are All the Black Radiologists? We can play a role in increasing diversity in the field Feb 25, 2022
Gender-Affirming Meds Have Drastic Impact on Suicide Risk in Trans Youth Researchers call for legislature to support access to care for at-risk youth Feb 25, 2022
Mass General 'Not an Outlier' in Double-Booked Surgeries The teaching hospital resolves lawsuit, changes patient consent forms Feb 24, 2022
Patient Names Are More Than Just Names Addressing them correctly can build the doctor-patient relationship Feb 24, 2022
10 51˶ With the Lowest Hourly Rate Calculated by annual salary divided by number of hours worked Feb 23, 2022
Laws Stripping Public Health Powers a 'Terrifying Step Back,' Says Former HHS Chief But some laws and proposed laws are not all bad, argues public health expert Feb 23, 2022
Columbia Psychiatry Chair Suspended After Backlash From Racist Tweet Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, deleted his account after post stirred criticism on #MedTwitter Feb 23, 2022
FDA Greenlights First Condom Specifically for Anal Intercourse One Male Condom turned in less than 1% total condom failure rate Feb 23, 2022
Bad Falls and Bad Calls: Speculation on Bob Saget's Death Second-guessing the forensic pathologist was bad science and lazy journalism Feb 23, 2022
The Lactation Gap: Disparities in Maternal Health Breastfeeding has short- and long-term health benefits for both mother and child Feb 23, 2022
Malone Harassed Doc Who Reported Him to Medical Board; Pain Clinic Fraud Scheme This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 23, 2022
Costs Soaring for Ground Ambulance Transport Surprise billing law doesn't apply to ambulance rides Feb 22, 2022
Clearing Out the Chaos Let's make primary care more inviting for Internal Medicine residents Feb 22, 2022
FDA Eyes Second Booster; The Queen Tests Positive; Paul Farmer Dies at 62 A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Feb 22, 2022
No One Is Coming to Help Rural hospitals have been fighting a losing battle during the COVID pandemic Feb 20, 2022
Ivermectin Flops Again for COVID, This Time in High-Risk Adults Malaysian trial finds no difference in progression to severe disease over standard of care Feb 18, 2022
Nurses Sue Ohio Staffing Firm Over Hefty Quitting Fees Lawsuit against Health Carousel alleges trafficking and fraud Feb 18, 2022
Ethics Consult: Force Doctors to Remove Bullet From Suspect's Leg? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Feb 18, 2022
Ukrainian Doctor's Family Lives Under Threat of War Roksolana Vaskul, MD, says it's "surreal" to imagine her family under attack in Ukraine Feb 17, 2022
Is Informed Consent Being Used as a Guise for Spreading Misinformation? Physician group says it's neither pro nor anti-vax, but its social media suggests otherwise Feb 17, 2022
High Global Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence Against Women More than one in four young women experienced physical or sexual violence, according to WHO study Feb 17, 2022
Doc Group Pushes Ivermectin for Long COVID FLCCC promotes 20 therapies: like "throwing spaghetti against the wall," one expert says Feb 17, 2022
