Doctors Are Not Exempt From Knowing How to Communicate Medical training must better emphasize this essential skill Jul 12, 2023
Whole Genome Sequencing Boosts Diagnosis of Rare Disease in Infants Whole genome scans took longer than a commercially available test, but not for most urgent cases Jul 11, 2023
Registry Enrollment for Alzheimer's Drug Coverage Won't Help Much A minimalist policy for a minimalist treatment Jul 11, 2023
Private Equity Takeovers of Physician Practices Soared Over a Decade New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity Jul 11, 2023
New CMS Coding Shortchanges Natural-Tissue Breast Reconstruction Elisabeth Potter, MD, on the negative effect on women with breast cancer and their surgeons Jul 11, 2023 video
Cytisinicline Shows Efficacy for Smoking Cessation Improved rates of continuous abstinence after 6 or 12 weeks Jul 11, 2023
White House Drug Czar Releases Plan to Combat Xylazine-Laced Fentanyl Strategy involves a "whole-of-government" response, says Rahul Gupta Jul 11, 2023
Retirement Projections Suggest Looming Pediatric Eye Doc Shortage Compounded by fewer residents and higher retirement rates Jul 10, 2023
CDC to Reduce Funding for States' Child Vaccination Programs "This is what happens when you don't pay attention to public health" says APHA executive director Jul 09, 2023
The Straw-Man Argument Against California's COVID Misinfo Law We must uphold this crucial law for protecting patients against falsehoods Jul 09, 2023
How to Prevent Addiction Patients From Leaving Treatment Against Medical Advice Addressing psychosocial factors is a good place to start Jul 08, 2023
Stepping Into the Unknown: Reflections of an Intern Six things I wish I did better when starting residency Jul 08, 2023
Favorable Long-Term Results With Ranibizumab Implant for Neovascular AMD Noninferiority versus monthly injections maintained at 2 years, as recall remains in effect Jul 07, 2023
Top Misconceptions About Heat Illness, From an EMT in the Hottest Place on Earth Treating patients in Death Valley for heat-related illness calls for keeping your cool Jul 07, 2023
Places With Smoke-Free Laws Have the Best Health Outcomes Less cardiovascular, respiratory system disease seen where there are tobacco control policies Jul 07, 2023
Wisconsin Ob/Gyn Surrenders Medical License After Patient's Death Victoria Mondloch, MD, was previously disciplined for providing substandard medical care Jul 07, 2023
FDA Appears to Mostly Follow Its Drug Advisory Committees' Advice "Pro-approval bias" suggests committees are used to identify barriers to approval, expert argues Jul 07, 2023
What Not to Do When Starting a Private Practice Payal Kohli, MD, on the things she would change about the start of her private practice journey Jul 07, 2023 video
Here Are This Year's Largest Physician Groups Largest group employs nearly 14,000 doctors Jul 06, 2023
Emergency Docs Sue HCA, TeamHealth; Nurse Imprisoned Over Rogue Morphine Dosing A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 06, 2023
A Call to Unionize Healthcare Workers Eric Reinhart, MD, on tearing down "exploitative labor practices" in the U.S. healthcare industry Jul 06, 2023 video
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump The AMGA survey looked at compensation changes from 2021 to 2022 Jul 06, 2023
Psychedelic Research: Experts React to FDA Draft Guidance Feedback is mostly positive, but concerns arise around two-monitor recommendation Jul 06, 2023
First Dual-Chamber Leadless Pacemaker Approved by FDA System comprises two small leadless pacemakers communicating wirelessly Jul 05, 2023
Maternal Mortality Remains 'Unacceptably High' in the U.S., Study Shows Black women continue to have the highest maternal mortality rates Jul 05, 2023
Patients, Doctors Fear AI in Medicine -- Should They? Worries and risks surrounding generative artificial technology Jul 05, 2023
Addressing Healthcare Inequities Through Patient Relationships Lisa Cooper, MD, MPH, on how race impacts health outcomes Jul 05, 2023 podcast
There's No Anki Card for Empathy Socioeconomic diversity among doctors can improve patient care Jul 03, 2023
What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs? Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true Jul 03, 2023
Why Isn't Buprenorphine Available at All Pharmacies? More access to this life-saving medication is essential Jul 02, 2023
Subclinical CVD Detected in Kids With Higher Arsenic Burden Local Superfund site may contribute to inorganic arsenic exposure Jun 30, 2023
Xeljanz Edges Humira Just a Bit for Real-World RA Patients, Study Suggests Australian researchers perform "target trial emulation" to compare popular drugs Jun 30, 2023
I Am a Physician Face of Affirmative Action The Supreme Court's ruling hurts, but still I have hope Jun 30, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023