Federal COVID Fraud Charges Include Doc's Testing Scheme Physician used COVID-19 testing event for more profitable purposes, says DOJ May 27, 2021
FDA Restricts Ocaliva Use in Primary Biliary Cholangitis Liver failure, need for liver transplant reported in patients with advanced cirrhosis May 27, 2021
Op-Ed: Who Was Least Wrong About COVID? ZDoggMD and Marty Makary review their pandemic hits and misses May 26, 2021
Why CDC Changed Its 'Breakthrough Case' Definition Will new monitoring tactic miss the "full picture" of COVID infections among the vaccinated? May 26, 2021
Qelbree Hits Shelves; Schizophrenia-Related Cognitive Impairment Breakthrough News and commentary from the psychiatry world May 26, 2021
Bad Day Sunshine: Benzene Found in Many Sun Care Products Valisure also detected the carcinogen in hand sanitizers earlier this year May 26, 2021
50 Hospitals Get Dubious Ranking on Racial Inclusion "If you want an illustration of what structural racism is, this is it" May 25, 2021
N.J. Mother Sues Her Former Doctor for Fertility Fraud DNA kit identified fertility doctor as daughter's father, suit alleges May 25, 2021
Unhealthy Quest for Lighter Skin Fuels Bleaching Epidemic Breaking the centuries-old cycle of myths about skin color May 25, 2021
Op-Ed: A Door Opens to Transform Cancer Care Incoming CMS Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure brings hope to the cancer community May 25, 2021
Family Alleges Profit Motives Played Role in 3-Year-Old's Death Parents charge care delays for child with hydrocephalus were tied to arrangements for star doctor May 25, 2021
Breast Cancer Screening During COVID Reveals Inequities Vinay Prasad, MD, MPH, discusses new findings and his takeaway May 25, 2021 video
Trust in Healthcare System Needs Rebuilding, Internal Medicine Group Says Scientists have to stop believing that we'll change minds with more data, adds president & CEO May 24, 2021
GI Disruption Lasts for Months in Many COVID Survivors Persistently loose stools were most common after-effect May 24, 2021
Op-Ed: Diabetes Is Not an Equal Opportunity Killer Policy change and community intervention can help fight disparities May 23, 2021
FDA Draft Guidance on T2D Devices; New GLP-1 Drug Succeeds in Trial News and commentary from the endocrinology world May 23, 2021
Op-Ed: Down With the Gatekeepers of Medicine Educators should be mentors, rather than weeding out those they deem unfit May 21, 2021
Op-Ed: Let the Olympic Games Be Canceled Amid continued crisis, now is not the time for celebrating athletic achievement May 20, 2021
Nurses Union Blasts 'Dangerous' CDC Mask Guidance NNU charges CDC used unreliable data and disregarded variant threat, low vaccination rates May 20, 2021
Poorly Controlled Sleep Apnea Tied to More COVID-19 Infections As adherence to PAP increased, infection rates fell, researcher says May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: How Not to Message the Public on COVID Vaccines A "cringe-inducing" public service announcement with doctors and nurses May 20, 2021
House Dems Grill Emergent Execs Over Spoiled J&J Doses Mixed-up ingredients, wasted taxpayer dollars, potential insider training? May 20, 2021
Ob/Gyn Slapped With 59-Year Sentence for Unnecessary Surgeries A jury convicted Javaid Perwaiz on 52 counts of healthcare fraud May 20, 2021
Here's Why This Doc Got a Third Vaccine Dose A transplant surgeon, a heart recipient himself, saw robust antibody response after third dose May 20, 2021
Op-Ed: 'Yes, I Am the Surgeon,' She Said Growing recognition of women as surgeons starts with changes in healthcare systems May 19, 2021
CHS Sues Thousands of Patients; Hospital Parking Fees Under Fire; Trump-Era Emails This past week in healthcare investigations May 19, 2021
'Talents' Land U.S. Researcher in Prison Ohio MD pleaded guilty to lying on grant applications, planned to share research with China May 19, 2021
Op-Ed: This Doc Has 'Post-Litigation Stress Disorder' The legal system versus the doctor-patient relationship May 18, 2021
Vaping Alone May Boost Lung Troubles Study finds wheeze, shortness of breath with e-cigs even after controlling for tobacco or pot use May 18, 2021
Burnout in Cardiology; Restrictive Transfusion Foiled; and Other News From ACC Highlights from the scientific program of the American College of Cardiology meeting May 18, 2021
Setbacks for Invasive Strategy, Moderate Cooling in Cardiac Arrest Prague OHCA study, CAPITAL CHILL give some answers for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treatment May 18, 2021
The Problem With Prestige An excerpt from "Uncaring: How the Culture of Medicine Kills Doctors and Patients" May 18, 2021
Antibody Cocktail Reduced Poor Outcomes in High-Risk COVID Casirivimab plus imdevimab showed clinical efficacy in phase III trial May 18, 2021
Op-Ed: Will the Real COVID Experts Please Stand Up? A core set of principles separate those who make good and bad policy decisions May 18, 2021
Indian States Turn to Ivermectin in COVID Crisis Two states give anti-parasitic preventatively to large swaths of population despite warnings May 18, 2021
Can COVID-19 Genes Integrate Into Human DNA? Debate rages over whether SARS-CoV-2 can insert bits of its RNA into the human genome May 17, 2021
COVID Patient 'Lottery' Ensured Scarce Drugs Divided Equitably System prioritized, deprioritized certain patient groups May 17, 2021