House Members Question FDA Officials on Lab-Developed Tests, Missed Deadlines Agency official also seeks Congress's help with preventing device shortages May 22, 2024
Will FDA Advisors Look Past Hypoglycemia Risk With Once-Weekly Insulin? Hypoglycemia was only a concern in patients with type 1 diabetes May 22, 2024
Nutrition Experts Call on Congress to Advance 'Food Is Medicine' Movement Produce prescriptions, medically tailored meals improve quality of life, cut costs, they say May 22, 2024
Blood Test for Colon Cancer Screening May Miss Some Precancers, FDA Staff Says Shield could boost screening compliance, but has low sensitivity for advanced adenomas May 22, 2024
Three Ways Side Hustles May Make You a Better Doctor The positive impact of doing something out of your primary scope of work May 22, 2024
Chatbots Make Pathology Reports Easier for Patients to Read, Study Shows Bard and GPT-4 simplified reports and interpreted findings correctly, but hallucinations occurred May 22, 2024
Dying Ex-Doctor Serving Life for Murder May Soon Be Free After a conditional pardon and 2-year wait, Vince Gilmer could be released this week May 22, 2024
Hospital Patient Finally Discharged After More Than 3 Years Many behavioral health patients don't need medical care, but no step-down facility will take them May 22, 2024
Cancer Clinical Trial Participation May Not Actually Improve Survival, Study Says Meta-analysis suggests survival benefits disappeared after accounting for biases, confounders May 22, 2024
No One Is Happy With Texas Medical Board's Proposed Abortion Guidance Board initially resisted calls to issue guidance on how to interpret state's new laws May 22, 2024
Quiet End to Doc's Sexual Assault Case; PFAS Whistleblower; Senior Site Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations May 22, 2024
Imagine What EHR Interoperability Could Do for Healthcare Connected systems would benefit patients and clinicians alike May 22, 2024
Matthew Perry's Death Investigated; CDC H5N1 Surveillance; Trump Talks Birth Control Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 22, 2024
Senators Mull Ways to Stop Patent 'Abuse' by Pharma Companies Manufacturers of brand-name drugs will try every tack to delay generic entry, experts say May 21, 2024
Access to Abortion Training Important to Ob/Gyn Residency Applicants Post-Roe Survey reveals preferences among ob/gyn applicants May 21, 2024
What's Driving Healthcare Consolidation? The Answer May Surprise You To compete with big health systems, small providers have to get bigger, expert says May 21, 2024
Public Health Preparedness for Bird Flu Varies Widely Across the U.S. Survey responses not always in line with CDC recommendations May 21, 2024
NEJM Rescinds Embargo Policy Barring Physician-Focused Publications Change follows a campaign by the Association of Health Care Journalists May 21, 2024
From Resident to Academic Attending: The Challenges Ahead With appropriate support, this can be a time of growth and learning May 21, 2024
After the Only Hospital in Town Closed, a City Directs Its Ire at Politicians In rural communities, over 100 hospitals have downsized services or closed over the past decade May 21, 2024
Healthcare Use Reduced When Female Gastroenterologists See Patients Female patients appeared to derive the greatest benefit, researchers say May 21, 2024
Death, Injuries After Turbulence; More Herds with H5N1; Water Cyberattack Warning Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 21, 2024
Legal Marijuana Leads to More Hospital Trips for Older Adults ED visits tripled after edible cannabis was legalized in Canada May 20, 2024
Senate Paper Mulls Options for Fixing Physician Pay in Fee-for-Service Medicare Regular inflation updates, getting rid of MIPS among the ideas discussed May 20, 2024
FDA Withdraws Approval of FGFR Inhibitor for Bile Duct Cancer Sponsor for infigratinib (Truseltiq) failed to recruit and enroll patients in confirmatory study May 20, 2024
FDA Approves First Interchangeable Biosimilars to Aflibercept for AMD Yesafili and Opuviz can be substituted at a pharmacy without consulting the prescriber May 20, 2024
What to Know About the U.K.'s Tainted Blood Scandal Tens of thousands contracted HIV or hepatitis from transfusions during the 1970s and 1980s May 20, 2024
FTC Oversight of Pharmaceutical Sector 'Minimal' Over Last 20-Plus Years The agency pursued a handful of actions per year, allowed 61 of 62 mergers it challenged May 20, 2024
When It Comes to the EMR, Little Things Matter a Lot Cutting one click from a routine process can make a big difference May 20, 2024
Revisiting 'Left Without Being Seen' Metrics in the ED The current system drives problematic decisions regarding how care is allocated May 20, 2024
Whole Foods Hepatitis; Plane Crash Kills Physician; Docs Criticize Mask Ban Proposal Health news and commentary gathered by 51˶ staff May 20, 2024
Lung Function Tests: End of Racial Adjustments Could Have Wide Impact Millions in the U.S. may be reclassified, changing work eligibility, disability compensation May 20, 2024
Why One Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients New York nonprofit is one of only a few nationally that bar all aggressive collection activities May 19, 2024
Measles Is Preventable. How Did the World End Up Back Here? Health professionals must encourage vaccination and fight misinformation May 19, 2024
When It Comes to Preventive Health, Play the Long Game Proposed budget scoring legislation can boost disease prevention and drive cost savings May 18, 2024
U.S. Doctors Trapped in Gaza Hospital by Israeli Assault 35 doctors wait for escape and for replacements May 18, 2024
Prion Disease Transmission Probed in NIH Study Species barrier prevents chronic wasting disease from moving to humans, organoid data suggest May 17, 2024
I'm a Former Surgeon General and I Couldn't Believe My $10k Medical Bill Everyone must be able to access necessary care without fear of financial ruin May 17, 2024
Pediatricians Have Important Role in Talking About Substance Use, Experts Say "You can't just assume that somebody's going to get care elsewhere," one pediatrician noted May 17, 2024
Tick Season Has Arrived. Here Are Tips for Protection. Thanks to a mild winter, this year will be equal to -- or possibly worse -- than last year May 17, 2024