Healthcare Workers Compete on Social Media to Raise Money to Fight Hunger This year's campaign helped contribute to a 5-year total over $3 million Dec 04, 2024
RFK Jr.'s Extremist Views on CDC; Hysterectomy Misconceptions; Blowing Up the NIH? This past week in healthcare investigations Dec 04, 2024
Most Top Medical Journals Prohibit Use of AI During Peer Review Process Of the 78 top journals with guidance on the use of AI for peer review, 59% prohibit its use Dec 03, 2024
HIV Doesn't Cause AIDS and Other Conspiracies RFK Jr. Endorsed He has also claimed Wi-Fi causes cancer and that antidepressants are to blame for mass shootings Dec 02, 2024
Florida's Canadian Drug Import Plan Goes Nowhere After FDA Approval A year after being greenlit, the program has yet to begin Nov 30, 2024
TV's Dr. Oz Invested in Businesses Regulated by Agency Trump Wants Him to Lead Shares included a stake in UnitedHealth Group worth as much as $600,000 Nov 29, 2024
AI Teaches Surgery; AI Quality Registry; AI Matches Patients With Trials A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Nov 29, 2024
Chronic Pain Is Rising, and It's Not Clear Why More Americans are living with pain now, CDC data show Nov 27, 2024
Doc Admits Owning Explosives; Doc Says He Was Fired for Sounding Alarm on Procedures A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 27, 2024
Third Death Under TX Abortion Ban; Insurer Pays Its Own Docs More; CME Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 27, 2024
Texas Governor Scolds Hospital After Doctor Goes Viral on TikTok Tony Pastor, MD, said patients didn't have to respond to citizenship question on intake forms Nov 26, 2024
Another Emergency Medicine Staffing Firm Goes Under Doctors still not paid, now on the hook for malpractice tail coverage Nov 26, 2024
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Be Having Its Moment Experts raise concern that Trump will parrot untested and unproven public health ideas Nov 26, 2024
Lack of Workplace Control Fans the Flames of Doc Burnout AMA study shows physicians impacted by poor control over patient volume, clinical schedules Nov 25, 2024
Have Foodborne Illness Outbreaks Really Increased? The answer may have more to do with how we track them, experts say Nov 25, 2024
Ophthalmologists Warn Against Surgery to Change Eye Color Risks include vision-threatening infections, inflammatory issues, pigment migration Nov 22, 2024
Washington Power Has Shifted. Here's How the ACA May Shift, Too. Sweeping changes would still require overcoming procedural and political hurdles Nov 22, 2024
Flooding May Be the Climate Health Hazard of Our Time, Report Suggests Health effects are distributed inequitably, but clinicians have an important role to play Nov 21, 2024
Naked Doc Investigated; Urologist Gets Life in Prison; Man Charged in Doc's Murder A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 21, 2024
Texas Has Sued Three Doctors Over Youth Gender-Affirming Care All three physicians could lose their licenses Nov 20, 2024
What to Know About Jay Bhattacharya, Trump's Potential NIH Pick Stanford professor is most closely associated with the Great Barrington Declaration Nov 20, 2024
What It's Like to Win an Ig Nobel; Oxygen Company Too Big to Ban? AI Cuts Care This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 20, 2024
Physicians Flock to Bluesky, Hoping to Leave X Behind Many compare it to the early days of Twitter Nov 19, 2024
Nationwide IV Fluid Shortage Could Change How Hospitals Manage Patient Hydration Crisis expected to last a long time, according to one expert Nov 19, 2024
Primary Care Doctors at Mass General Brigham Want to Unionize Issues include workload, bureaucracy, and loss of autonomy Nov 18, 2024
CDC Advisors Defend Infection Control Draft Guidance HICPAC supports surgical masks for airborne pathogens, sick workers returning after 3 days Nov 18, 2024
Does Fluoride Cause Cancer, IQ Loss, and More? Fact-Checking RFK Jr.'s Claims Trump's pick to lead HHS has called the mineral "industrial waste" Nov 18, 2024
Scientists Fear What's Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed to 'Go Wild' One expert believes we're returning to "every man his own doctor" Nov 17, 2024
How Often Do Doctors Use New Weight-Loss Drugs in Kids? 51˶ analysis finds large increases in prescribing of GLP-1 agonists Nov 15, 2024
MedPod Today: What Happens to Healthcare Under Trump? 51˶ reporters offer further insights into recently covered topics Nov 15, 2024 podcast
Are Doctors Costing Hospitals $300K Per Year? Report says doctors are "subsidized," but some question the math Nov 15, 2024
Doctors React to Texas Rule Requiring Them to Ask About Immigration Status "My role as a healer is suddenly being blurred to be an enforcer of immigration status," one said Nov 14, 2024
Surgeons Billed $2 Billion for Unnecessary Spine Surgeries: Report Lown Institute names hospitals, states with high rates of overuse Nov 14, 2024
$13M Award for COVID Vax Refuser; Doc Sentenced for Threats to Blow Up Hospital A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Nov 14, 2024
State Medical Boards Lax When It Comes to Doctor Discipline "Are they looking out for physicians, or are they looking out for patients?" report author asks Nov 14, 2024
Are There Some Words That Doctors Should Never Use? Alternative phrasing can open dialogue and built trust with seriously ill patients, experts say Nov 13, 2024
Alzheimer's Researcher Placed on Leave; War on Drug Recovery; Lax Coroner Oversight This past week in healthcare investigations Nov 13, 2024
Gender-Affirming Care Isn't Just for Adults, Say AMA Delegates One pediatric endocrinologist called it "lifesaving" for her patients Nov 12, 2024
Physicians Rarely Disciplined by Medical Boards for Spreading Misinformation Editorialists say sanctions should be rare and discipline may be better left to other agencies Nov 12, 2024
