His Death Would Not Be a Good Death Informing the family of the "inevitable" never gets easy Oct 25, 2024 podcast
Should I Offer My Patient the Option to End His Life? The complexity of medical aid-in-dying laws Oct 25, 2024 podcast
We Don't Always Know What's 'Best' for Our Patients Grappling with the illusion of patient autonomy Oct 25, 2024 podcast
50 Years After City Halted Prison Medical Testing, Families Seek Reparations "No amount of money can replace what was done to me," said one former prisoner Oct 24, 2024
Surgical Centers Urged to Nix Mandatory Pre-Op Pregnancy Tests Question of when to test involves navigating patient privacy, legal, ethical concerns Oct 23, 2024
Psychologist Behind the 'Stanford Prison Experiment' Dies at 91 Philip Zimbardo was criticized for becoming an active participant in controversial study Oct 21, 2024
Informed Consent, Inclusion Prioritized in Revised Ethics for Human Trials World Medical Association releases "Declaration of Helsinki" principles for medical research Oct 19, 2024
The Worst Thing I've Heard a Doctor Say Awkward, offensive, cringe-inducing things colleagues have said Oct 17, 2024
Private Forums Show Canadian Doctors Struggle With Euthanizing Vulnerable Patients Some doctors fear moving forward even with cases that meet nation's legal requirements Oct 16, 2024
Peer Reviewers Have Financial Conflicts, Too Majority reviewing for top medical journals had conflicts, and they made $1 billion in 3 years Oct 10, 2024
U.K. Doc Admits Trying to Kill Mother's Partner With Poison Disguised as COVID Vax Victim diagnosed with necrotizing fasciitis that left him in intensive care Oct 07, 2024
Catholic Hospital Offered Bucket, Towels to Woman It Denied an Abortion California AG suing hospital for allegedly violating state laws Oct 07, 2024
NIH Neuroscience Leader Committed Research Misconduct, Agency Says Longtime NIA researcher investigated synaptic damage in neurodegenerative disorders Sep 26, 2024
Placebos Linked to Potential Harms in IBD Clinical Trials Alternative designs needed, researchers caution Sep 26, 2024
Med Student Eats 720 Eggs; More Deli Meat Deaths; Hospital CEO in Criminal Contempt Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 26, 2024
IG Live September 27: Court Adjourned, Healthcare Overturned Decoding recent SCOTUS decisions and their potential impact on healthcare Sep 25, 2024
Ob/Gyn Accused of Catfishing Women Ethicists weigh in on whether actions taken a decade ago are relevant today Sep 25, 2024
'Sex Party' COVID Czar Fired; Undiagnosed Iron Deficiency; Many Papers Partly Fake? Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 25, 2024
People Detained in Switzerland in Connection With Suspected 'Suicide Capsule' Death Device allows person sitting inside to push a button that injects nitrogen into sealed chamber Sep 24, 2024
A Georgia Woman's Death After Delayed Abortion Care Was Preventable. Who's to Blame? Physicians need more clear guidance and protocols from their healthcare systems Sep 20, 2024
Alcohol and Food Poisoning; Texas Sells Body Parts; Rise in Virus Tied to Paralysis Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 17, 2024
Sports Doc Sex Abuse Probe; Corpse in Hospital Catering Oven; Herpes Vax Flop Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Sep 12, 2024
U.K. Hospital Where Nurse Was Convicted of Murdering 7 Babies Faces Investigation Inquiry will look at systemic issues and failures, but not the legal basis for the convictions Sep 10, 2024
What Can We Learn From Blood Culture Bottle Shortage? Its disparate impact offers lessons in resource sharing and medical ethics Sep 10, 2024
Project 2025: Assessing the Impact on the Healthcare Workforce Effective and equitable training does not appear to be a priority of this agenda Sep 09, 2024
Presidential Candidates Should Undergo Standardized Cognitive and Physical Testing And the findings should be made public when situations emerge that raise alarm Sep 04, 2024
$300M Lawsuit for Hospital Where RN Is Accused of Replacing Fentanyl With Tap Water Suit says the hospital failed to monitor medication administration procedures Sep 04, 2024
If RFK Jr.'s Brain Worm Could Talk; Listeria Deaths Rise; Teen Drilled Skull in OR? Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Aug 29, 2024
How Should Unethical Legacies in Medical History Be Handled? Reexamining legacy and revoking reverence help restore medical integrity Aug 24, 2024
Traveling to Die: The Latest Form of Medical Tourism Patients with terminal illness explore end-of-life options Aug 20, 2024
What to Know About the Doctors Charged in Matthew Perry's Death Both graduated from UCLA, neither have any disciplinary actions on their records Aug 16, 2024
Journal Conflict of Interest Disclosure Policies Are All Over the Map Editors rely on the honor system; is that good enough to disclose authors' possible conflicts? Aug 15, 2024
I've Seen the Extreme Pain of IUD Insertion CDC's new guidance is a good first step, but more is needed to acknowledge women's pain Aug 15, 2024
Two Doctors Charged in Connection With Matthew Perry's Death Ketamine in actor's blood was in the range used for general anesthesia during surgery Aug 15, 2024
Does the Private Sector Help, or Hinder, Life Expectancy? Analyzing the impact of the "commercial determinants of health" Aug 13, 2024
Over 100 Pregnant Women, Some Bleeding or in Labor, Turned Away From EDs Since 2022 "Increasingly less safe to be pregnant and seeking emergency care," says former HHS official Aug 12, 2024
One Group Hopes to End the Use of Live Animals in U.S. Surgical Residencies Many surgical residency programs still use live animals for training Aug 06, 2024
Families Seek Answers After Inmates' Bodies Returned Without Internal Organs "This is something out of science fiction," says one family member Jul 31, 2024
Can App Data Link Sleep and Chronic Disease?; AI Model to Manage Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: a monoclonal antibody for ulcerative colitis Jul 27, 2024 podcast
Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds Clinicians must "uncomfortably" examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert Jul 24, 2024
