RFK Jr. Involved in Med Board 'Spectacle'; Doc's Fertility Supplement; Illegal Lab This past week in healthcare investigations Aug 02, 2023
FDA, DEA Heads Acknowledge ADHD Drug Shortage in Public Letter Agencies ask manufacturers to boost production, but call on docs to prescribe appropriately Aug 02, 2023
Bed Bugs Spreading MRSA? Henrietta Lacks Settlement; Tickets for Fentanyl Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Aug 02, 2023
Continuation Patents Have Surged, Disrupting Generic Competition, Study Shows Researchers caution that abusing patent laws harms patients, stifles innovation Aug 01, 2023
Sticker Shock: Ophthalmic Bevacizumab Biosimilar Could Drive Up Costs Medicare expenditures could jump 15-30%, with similar increases in patients' out-of-pocket costs Aug 01, 2023
The Physician Who Cured Himself How David Fajgenbaum, MD, treated a rare disease Aug 01, 2023 podcast
Multi-Cancer Early Detection: 20th-Century Fiction Becomes Reality These tests could soon become a valuable addition to current cancer screening tools Aug 01, 2023
Medical Jargon Was Once Foreign to You, Too Over-explaining and using layperson terms can enhance communication with patients Aug 01, 2023
For-Profit Virginia Nursing School Shuts Doors Abruptly Broken mannequins, fired janitors, grade inflation all signaled a sinking ship Aug 01, 2023
FDA Approves New Frontline Endometrial Cancer Regimen, First in Decades Dostarlimab (Jemperli) approved with chemotherapy for dMMR or MSI-high cancers Jul 31, 2023
CMS Announces New Dementia Care Model for Medicare Patients Aims to provide more coordinated, ongoing care Jul 31, 2023
Rare Links Between COVID Vaccines and Adverse Events Studied Researchers discuss what we can learn from "long vax" symptoms Jul 31, 2023
No-Shows Have Got to Go! We need to improve no-show rates, but overbooking is not the answer Jul 31, 2023
Pegcetacoplan-Related Eye Inflammation: The Search Is on for Answers More than a half dozen reports in the last month point to no clear etiology Jul 31, 2023
FDA Head Robert Califf Battles Misinformation — Sometimes With Fuzzy Facts Often, the misinformation is about misinformation Jul 30, 2023
What Matters Most to You as a Doctor? Lessons from teaching a class on meaning in medicine Jul 30, 2023
Could AI Cause Burnout in Medicine? Some concern that new technology could be more of a problem than a solution Jul 29, 2023
House Lawmakers Clash Over Gender-Affirming Care in Youth Republicans say it causes long-term medical complications, Democrats say it's safe and effective Jul 28, 2023
Unexplained Heart Enlargement May Be Causing Sudden Deaths in Obesity Increased ventricular mass without the usual etiologies of heart disease was noted Jul 28, 2023
Remote Urine Drug Screening Feasible for Opioid Use Disorder, Study Shows More than 80% of patients completed screening in the first 30 days Jul 28, 2023
The Wild West of Online Testosterone Prescribing Online "low T" clinics thrived during the pandemic, but changing rules could bring them down Jul 28, 2023
Impella Devices Recalled After Deaths, Injuries Tied to TAVR Interactions Recall involves new instructions for use without devices needing to be returned Jul 28, 2023
Hallucination, Fake References: Cautionary Tale About AI-Generated Abstracts Tripped up by nuanced decision-making, chatbots still produced "average-quality" abstracts Jul 28, 2023
Female Physicians Often Face Infertility, Delays in Childbearing, Surveys Show Two new studies illustrate how time-intensive, stressful training changes family building Jul 27, 2023
A Bright Future for Gender-Affirming Care "There is an absolute tidal wave of providers coming" to improve gender-diverse care Jul 27, 2023 video
FDA Warns Company Over Amniotic Products Agency says Cell Genuity products should be regulated as a drug Jul 27, 2023
Sen. McConnell Appears to Suffer Medical Incident During Press Conference Senate minority leader stopped speaking abruptly, was briefly led away Jul 26, 2023
First Treatment for Demodex Blepharitis Wins FDA Approval Lotilaner ophthalmic solution reduced eyelash collarettes, increased mite eradication Jul 26, 2023
Psychiatrist Held Patients Against Their Will? Patent Games; Abortion Paper Battle This past week in healthcare investigations Jul 26, 2023
Bronny James' Cardiac Arrest; Cigna Sued Over Claims Algorithm; Tainted Ground Beef Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 26, 2023
DOJ Goes After PA for Amniotic Fluid Injections Prosecutors called shots a "dubious attempt at pain management" Jul 25, 2023
Republican vs Democrat Excess Deaths; New MERS Case; Watch Out for Rocks in Cookies Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 25, 2023
How Much Anguish Must Residents Experience? Residency programs must work to improve physicians' mental well-being Jul 25, 2023
First Treatment Approved for Molluscum Contagiosum Half of patients across two randomized trials had complete clearance of lesions Jul 24, 2023
Is the U.S. Ready for a Nuclear Attack? There's been a flurry of activity around medical countermeasures in the last year Jul 24, 2023
AI Can Play a Role in Reducing Stroke Disparities But concerns remain about the potential for bias and differential access Jul 24, 2023
3 Dead in Listeria Outbreak; Flea Bite Ends in Amputation; Mandy Cohen's CDC Plan Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Jul 24, 2023
Once the New OTC Birth Control Pill Is Available, What About Cost and Coverage? Do health plans have to cover the nonprescription pill? Jul 23, 2023
The Consequences of Stripping a Surgeon's License for Live-Streaming Procedures Can live-streaming care ever play a positive role in medicine? Jul 22, 2023