Matthew Perry's Cause of Death; Woman's 'Abuse of a Corpse' Charge; HIV in Girls Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 18, 2023
Biology, Anatomy, and Finance? More Med Students Want Business Degrees Too "Whom will these doctors end up serving more, patients or shareholders?" Dec 17, 2023
Something Special Happens When We Share Stories About Our Patients Written narratives have the power to heal Dec 16, 2023
The 'Before and After': An Eye Surgeon's Unexpected Finding There are a few possible diagnoses in patient with headaches, blurred vision, but one stands out Dec 16, 2023
FDA Approves New First-Line Standard of Care in Bladder Cancer Enfortumab vedotin plus pembrolizumab doubled survival as compared with chemotherapy Dec 15, 2023
How to Prevent Violence Against Healthcare Workers "We have to tell our stories, because this has to be a priority," emergency physician says Dec 15, 2023 video
HF Patient's Zip Code Telling of Potential Adherence Issues to Meds GDMT nonadherence exceeds 50% in some neighborhoods, New York study finds Dec 15, 2023
FDA Approves Belzutifan for Advanced Renal Cell Carcinoma HIF-2 inhibitor indicated for patients who progress after immunotherapy and anti-VEGF Dec 15, 2023
Another Medical Society Turns Up the Heat on MOC IDSA president pens letter to ABIM, arguing MOC is costly, time-consuming, and ineffective Dec 15, 2023
Biden Administration Announces Moves to Cut Drug Prices Lower drug copays for Medicare enrollees, price concessions for new COVID treatments spotlighted Dec 14, 2023
Experts Highlight Drug Overdose Deaths Among Seniors During Senate Hearing Early CDC data suggest the problem is worsening Dec 14, 2023
Doctors See Advantage in AI, but Remain Wary AMA survey shows most doctors have not adopted AI in practice Dec 14, 2023
Implant for Ocular Hypertension, Glaucoma Gets FDA Green Light A single travoprost implant proved noninferior to timolol eye drops, with good safety Dec 14, 2023
Ditch Sterile Gloves When Treating Wounds? Meta-analysis suggests nonsterile ones may work just as well in certain settings Dec 14, 2023
Nurse Who Filmed Assaults Gets 20 Years; Doc Not Guilty of Her Sister's Murder A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Dec 14, 2023
First Pulsed Field Ablation Catheter Approved for Afib Device is the first of a new class of non-thermal ablation catheters to get FDA's blessing Dec 14, 2023
Experts, Lawmakers Explore Downside of Drug-Price Negotiation Stifled innovation, reduced access suggested as future challenges Dec 14, 2023
FDA OKs Maintenance Option for High-Risk Neuroblastoma Eflornithine approved to reduce relapse risk in both kids and adults Dec 14, 2023
How Violence Has Become the Status Quo in the Emergency Department "My patient actually tried to strangle me with my stethoscope," nurse reveals Dec 14, 2023 video
Weight-Loss Drug Overdoses; Record Number of Retracted Studies; Yoga and Cadavers Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 14, 2023
Moderna's mRNA RSV Vaccine Effective in Older Adults Whether it provides lasting protection remains to be seen Dec 13, 2023
Health Spending Rose 4.1% in 2022, Government Report Says But spending on physician and clinical services grew more slowly, at 2.7% Dec 13, 2023
How Are Americans Using Emerging Cannabinoids? Survey reports past-year use of cannabidiol, cannabigerol, cannabinol, and more Dec 13, 2023
No Good Time? Medical Students Fret Over Family Planning Having children during medical training, especially surgery, perceived as difficult, taboo topic Dec 13, 2023
Our Patients Need Us to Stand Up to Big Oil The industry protects profits over public health Dec 13, 2023
Weight-Loss Surgery Scandal; Unnecessary Vascular Surgeries; Private Equity Probe This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 13, 2023
White House Looks to States for Help Reining in Gun Violence "No single city, state, or federal agency has a monopoly on good ideas," says official Dec 13, 2023
Five Companies Sign Agreement to Participate in National Health Data-Sharing Network Live transactions on the new network have already begun Dec 12, 2023
Companies Market Stem Cell Treatments to Long COVID Patients Prices are high but evidence is scant that therapies work, researchers say Dec 12, 2023
7 Secrets to Wealth Building You Won't Learn in Medical School Advice that all doctors should know Dec 12, 2023
The 'Bottom Line' Should Not Eclipse the Doctor-Patient Relationship It's time to reassess the direction in which medicine is heading Dec 12, 2023
PA Reprimanded for Secretly Pushing Ivermectin Matthew Trom, PA, reportedly prescribed the drug without documentation Dec 12, 2023
The FDA's Inequitable Conduct Problem Study finds that about half of all inequitable conduct cases were for FDA-regulated products Dec 12, 2023 video
USPSTF Draft Calls for Lifestyle Shift -- Not Meds -- for Kids With Obesity Behavioral interventions should be main approach; insufficient data to back pharmacologic therapy Dec 12, 2023
Gunman's Brain Tissue Tested; Conversion Therapy Ban Upheld; Pedestrian Deaths Rise Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Dec 12, 2023
Texas Emergency Medicine Residency Program Won't Shut Down A petition with more than 2,000 signatures prompted the county medical board to act Dec 11, 2023
A Closer Look at the Approval of CRISPR/Cas9 Gene Therapy for Sickle Cell Disease This landmark event brings up broader considerations and implications for other diseases Dec 11, 2023
Prion Disease Rising in the U.S. Incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease increased, especially among women Dec 11, 2023
How Do We Hack the Problem of Health Information Hacking? Going back to using paper and the U.S. mail seems impractical Dec 11, 2023