Abdominal Fat and Dementia; Mask Ban Lawsuit Tossed; FDA Rejects Psych Drug Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 28, 2024
Trump, Biden, and Cognition Diagnosing impairment requires careful assessment by trained clinician, says Jason Karlawish, MD Feb 27, 2024
Amy Schumer's Diagnosis; FDA Yanks Cancer Drug; Nursing Student Murdered Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 26, 2024
FDA Authorized Florida's Drug Importation Plan. Naysayers Are Balking. It's not an efficient solution Feb 24, 2024
FDA Approves Antibiotic Combination for Complicated UTIs Cefepime-enmetazobactam beat piperacillin-tazobactam in phase III study Feb 23, 2024
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Prior Authorization? Possibly, but "complete transparency" about its use would be needed, expert says Feb 23, 2024
FDA OKs Device for Pediatric Kidney Injury Due to Sepsis The device was granted a Humanitarian Device Exemption approval Feb 23, 2024
Faster Cures, More Genetic Treatments: A Q&A With NIH's Joni Rutter The NCATS Biomedical Data Translator is giving researchers ideas for new disease therapies Feb 23, 2024
How Beneficiaries Really Feel About Medicare Advantage vs Traditional Medicare MA plans offer "extra benefits" but many go unused. Is Medicare Advantage really better? Feb 22, 2024
There's Still Time to Switch Medicare Advantage Plans This Year Beneficiaries have until March 31 to find a new plan; doctors should check plans, too Feb 21, 2024
Contraceptive Counseling: Providers Need More Training, Experts Say Three-part discussion recommended Feb 21, 2024
Medication Abortion Via Telehealth Safe and Effective, Study Finds No difference in results between patients who received care via video vs secure text messaging Feb 20, 2024
Abortion Rights Opponents, Supporters Seize on Report That Trump Pushes 16-Week Ban Trump's campaign called the report "fake news" Feb 20, 2024
States Target Health Insurers' Red Tape Around Prior Authorization Pending bills in multiple states include policies backed by the AMA Feb 19, 2024
FDA OKs First Cellular Therapy for Melanoma Lifileucel approved as treatment for advanced melanoma after anti-PD-1 and targeted therapy Feb 16, 2024
First Drug OK'd for Reducing Allergic Reactions From Multiple Foods 68% of patients who received omalizumab tolerated a single dose of peanut after 16-20 weeks Feb 16, 2024
Tepotinib Gains Full Approval for Metastatic NSCLC Agency converts accelerated approval for subset with MET exon 14 mutations Feb 16, 2024
VA Can Be a Leader in Healthcare AI, Lawmakers Say But the department must balance innovation with a measured approach Feb 15, 2024
Lawmakers Clash Over COVID Vaccine Safety at House Hearing Purpose of CDC's VAERS reporting system debated Feb 15, 2024
COVID's Latest Adaptation: It Has Lulled Us to Sleep My doctor's refusal to prescribe "just-in-case" Paxlovid speaks volumes Feb 15, 2024
U.S. Probes Role of Supply Chain Middlemen in Generic Shortages Goal: identify "root causes" and "potential solutions" Feb 15, 2024
White House Post-Mortem: What Really Killed 5 Presidents? In honor of Presidents Day, we examine several still-debated early presidential deaths Feb 15, 2024
'Humbling, Exhausting, Exhilarating': The Life of AMA President Jesse Ehrenfeld Some of the most meaningful experiences happen in unexpected places, he says Feb 14, 2024
FDA Approves First Drug for Severe Frostbite Vasodilator iloprost significantly cut the risk of amputations in trial Feb 14, 2024
FDA Advisors Nearly All Aboard the TriClip Train for Tricuspid Regurgitation Committee voted 13-1 that the benefits of the TEER device outweigh the risks in certain patients Feb 14, 2024
Mental Health Exemptions Emerge in Abortion Rights Initiatives on State Ballots While proposals in other states specifically exclude the exception Feb 14, 2024
Not Passing a Bill to Fix Medicare Doc Pay Cuts Is 'Appalling,' Lawmaker Says Rep. Larry Bucshon, MD, also talks about prior authorization, violence against health workers Feb 13, 2024
New First-Line Option for Pancreatic Cancer Approved Liposomal irinotecan-based regimen gets FDA greenlight for metastatic disease Feb 13, 2024
CDC Changing COVID Isolation Recs; Former PM Opts for Euthanasia; Plant-Based Diets Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 13, 2024
FDA Reviewers Skeptical on TriClip for Tricuspid Regurgitation Tricuspid valve repair system is up for advisory committee scrutiny on Tuesday Feb 12, 2024
Sleep Apnea Smartwatch Feature Gets FDA Authorization Software is first of its kind to receive agency greenlight, set to roll out this year Feb 12, 2024
FDA Approves First Oral Option for Eosinophilic Esophagitis Fixed-duration course of corticosteroid indicated for patients 11 years and up Feb 12, 2024
State Reports Human Plague Case; Lloyd Austin Admitted Again; Man Dies Mid-Flight Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 12, 2024
Two Obscure Cases about Fish May Disempower Health Agencies SCOTUS appears poised to substitute its judgment for that of career scientists Feb 10, 2024
Phenylephrine Sales Steady Before FDA Panel Called It Ineffective But reformulation of products containing OTC "decongestant" could affect the supply chain Feb 09, 2024
Senators Thrash Pharma CEOs for Pricing Drugs Higher in the U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders blamed "corrupt" system, well-paid lobbyists Feb 09, 2024
Biden's Memory Lapses; Pharmacist Dies on the Job; Arrested for Brain Bleed? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 51˶ staff Feb 09, 2024
Medical Schools Push Back on 'March-In' Rights Plan to Lower Drug Prices But Dems, FTC pledge support, offer recommendations to bolster guidance Feb 08, 2024
Publisher Retracts Three Abortion Studies Two of the studies were cited by a federal judge in the case against the abortion pill Feb 08, 2024
