Can't Get Schoolkids to Eat a Decent Lunch? Keep Them at the Table Small trial confirms suggestions from observational studies Jun 22, 2021
Gender-Affirming Surgical Fellowships Gaining Steam in the U.S. Since 2017, number of programs offering multidisciplinary training has grown from one to eight Jun 21, 2021
Birthdays: Cake, Ice Cream ... and Increased COVID Risk? Study makes a link, but public health implications hard to see Jun 21, 2021
The Long Overdue Rise of Gender-Affirming Care Medicine is finally starting to catch up with the times, but there's a long way to go Jun 19, 2021
Can a Personality Test Make You a Better Doctor? You might be surprised what you can uncover to enrich your career Jun 19, 2021
AMA Punts on Vaccine Strategy for Immigrants Also asks for more in-depth report on short-term medical trips, so-called 'voluntourism' Jun 18, 2021
AMA Debates Value of Natural Immunity to COVID Should those who have had a prior SARS-CoV-2 infection receive vaccination credentials? Jun 17, 2021
Hopeful Dads Can Relax About COVID Vax: No Link to Infertility The real threat to male sexual health is COVID-19 itself, says study author Jun 17, 2021
First Close Look at Presumed Myocarditis Cases After COVID Vaccination Case reports suggest a favorable clinical course after hospitalization Jun 17, 2021
Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy? Experts weigh whether Novavax's protein subunit strategy can convince some COVID vaccine holdouts Jun 17, 2021
SCOTUS Dismisses Threat to Obamacare Once More "If anybody's going to change the [ACA], it's going to have to be Congress," says legal expert Jun 17, 2021
Start Thinking 'Cure'; One More Hug; Mortgages and Breast Cancer Survival News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 16, 2021
What's Guiding Prostate Cancer Care for Gay Men? Research specific to this group has only scratched the surface Jun 16, 2021
AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness Jun 16, 2021
The FDA Is Failing the American People The agency's recent decision to approve aducanumab offers more evidence of a broken system Jun 16, 2021
Remember Your 'Why,' New AMA President Tells Delegates Gerald Harmon, MD, sworn in as AMA's 176th president Jun 16, 2021
It's Time to End the USMLE Step 3 Exam It's a redundant and harmful entity on the path of medical education Jun 15, 2021
Rapid Genetic Testing May Have Spared This Baby From Death Whole-genome sequencing delivered diagnosis in record 13 hours; treated with thiamine Jun 15, 2021
Stop Exploiting Suicide For Political Gain False claims have driven moral panic during the COVID pandemic Jun 15, 2021
Why Branded Viagra Is Vastly More Expensive Than Its Generics For some brand-name drugs, prices don't go down when generics crop up; Viagra still an outlier Jun 15, 2021
ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule Jun 15, 2021
Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far" Jun 15, 2021
Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say More access needed to healthy food, child care Jun 14, 2021
A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities Jun 14, 2021
AMA Delegates Pan Physician Assistants' Name Change Announcement "We call this 'Scope-A-Dope'" Jun 13, 2021
AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide Jun 13, 2021
AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60 Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action Jun 13, 2021
The Case of the Yellow Sticky Note This simple office supply was a clue to doctor's problems at work Jun 12, 2021
Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief "We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick Jun 11, 2021
Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety "I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says Jun 11, 2021
Breaking Through Healthcare's Glass Ceiling Let's close the gender gap at the leadership level Jun 10, 2021
Most Older Women Do Not Meet Criteria to Stop Cervical Cancer Screening Inadequate screening in middle age, lack of medical record documentation highlighted Jun 10, 2021
AAN: Ban Chokeholds, Strangleholds in Law Enforcement Recent deaths put into question whether neck restraints are controllable and safe Jun 10, 2021
Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says Jun 10, 2021
Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says Jun 10, 2021
COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care? News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues Jun 10, 2021
Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care Jun 10, 2021
3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work Jun 10, 2021
