Choosing a Primary Care Specialty Should Be Lauded, Not Discouraged Showing skepticism about this career choice won't solve our physician shortage Jun 21, 2024
Bullet-Related Injuries: 'The Problem Is Our Relationship to Lethal Force' Injuries will make one person cling to guns and another renounce them, says LJ Punch, MD Jun 21, 2024 video
FDA Warns Yet Another Birth Tissue Company Agency says Neobiosis amniotic fluid, umbilical cord products should be regulated as drugs Jun 21, 2024
Gene Therapy for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Gets Expanded Approval Primary endpoint wasn't met, but other outcomes provided "substantial evidence of effectiveness" Jun 21, 2024
Donald Sutherland Dies; Can Viagra Benefit Women? Insulin Supply Affected by Wegovy Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 21, 2024
FDA Plans to Ease Requirements for Biosimilars' Interchangeable Status New rules would mean switching studies will generally not be needed Jun 20, 2024
Medicare Pay, Prior Auth, and More: A Q&A With the AMA's President-Elect Bobby Mukkamala, MD, also says he wants to improve medical record interoperability Jun 20, 2024
Majority of Bisexual and Transgender People Feel Lonely, Survey Shows These groups report rates almost twice as high as straight and cisgender people Jun 20, 2024
Only a Third of Mental Health Clinics Offer Meds for Opioid Use Disorder Access to medications for people with co-occurring disorders needs improvement, researchers say Jun 20, 2024
Doctors Divulge How Much Money They Actually Make Your favorite medical influencers reveal their salaries Jun 20, 2024
Topical Agent for Hyperhidrosis Wins FDA Approval Sofpironium gel meets all primary and secondary endpoints in two vehicle-controlled trials Jun 20, 2024
AI Just Permanently Changed My Medical Practice — for the Better An app helped free up my time by assisting with medical charting in a big way Jun 20, 2024
'We're Flying Blind' on H5N1: Experts See Repeat of CDC's Missteps on COVID Testing Agency not moving fast enough to remove barriers blocking clinical labs from testing, critics say Jun 20, 2024
Is Cholesterol Denialism Pseudoscience or Appropriate Medical Care? Calling an end to debate rarely serves the advancement of knowledge Jun 20, 2024
Man Sentenced for Defrauding Doctor; Nurse Gets Probation for Storming U.S. Capitol A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 20, 2024
BMJ Paper at Center of COVID Vax Deaths Controversy Gets Expression of Concern Experts say paper was riddled with bad science Jun 20, 2024
Nurses in Oregon Take to the Picket Lines to Demand Better Staffing, Higher Pay Thousands spent second day striking Jun 20, 2024
Americans With HIV Are Living Longer. Federal Spending Isn't Keeping Up. Funding constraints could undermine the decades-long battle Jun 19, 2024
CMS Is Making It Easier to Report EMTALA Complaints. Here's What Might Change. The new webpage has the potential to make EDs safer Jun 19, 2024
Texas Doc Accused of Illegally Accessing Child Health Records Eithan Haim, MD, reportedly outed hospital for continuing gender-affirming care program Jun 19, 2024
Drug Shortages Keep Growing. Older, Injectable Agents Are Among the Most Vulnerable. A Q&A with Erin Fox, PharmD, MHA, on the record-breaking shortages Jun 19, 2024
'Striking' Disparities in Specialty Care for Kids With Asthma on Public Insurance Those on Medicaid had a 55% lower odds of specialist care versus the privately insured Jun 19, 2024
Perinatal Depression Tied to Increased Risk of Midlife Cardiovascular Disease Relationships most pronounced for hypertensive disease, ischemic heart disease, heart failure Jun 18, 2024
Quantifying Alcohol's Death Risk; NDAs Hide Docs' Mistakes; H5N1 Pandemic Prep This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 18, 2024
CMS Star Ratings Unreliable for Surgical Quality? Higher ratings tied to better surgical outcomes, but variability was high even within star groups Jun 18, 2024
Lawmakers Sharply Question Experts About COVID's Origin "Lab leak" versus natural origin in the spotlight at hearing Jun 18, 2024
Large-Scale Intensive BP Intervention Proves Sustainable for CVD Prevention Community-based program reduced events regardless of age, diabetes Jun 18, 2024
FDA Approves Pneumococcal Vax Designed Specifically for Adults Covers serotypes responsible for over 80% of invasive pneumococcal disease in those 50 and up Jun 18, 2024
The Artificially Intelligent Physician Envisioning the role of an AI doctor from sci-fi accounts is intriguing, if not alarming Jun 18, 2024
Nurse Charged With Stealing Fentanyl, Replacing IV Drips With Tap Water Many of the patients developed serious infections, and 16 died Jun 18, 2024
Lost Chances to Treat Overdose Survivors Documented in New Medicare Study Findings also highlight the difficulty of managing chronic pain Jun 18, 2024
Trump Cussed Out Fauci; Midwife Destroyed Vaccines; Ian McKellen Hospitalized Health news and commentary gathered by MedPage Today staff Jun 18, 2024
Retract Now: Negating Flawed Research Must Be Quicker Incentives and streamlined processes can prevent the spread of incorrect science Jun 18, 2024
Fix What's Broken in Healthcare Is New AMA President's Priority That includes raising Medicare reimbursement and lessening prior authorization, says Bruce Scott Jun 17, 2024
Two New Immunotherapy-Chemo Options Approved for Endometrial Cancer New indications for pembrolizumab and durvalumab in advanced disease Jun 17, 2024
Health System Eliminates Noncompetes for Primary Care Physicians Policy change follows new rules from state and federal players Jun 17, 2024
Rise in Chronic Hypertension in Pregnancy While Treatment Stagnates Prevalence of condition among pregnant people doubled from 2008 to 2021 Jun 17, 2024
For Teens With Severe Obesity, Financial Incentives Work for Weight Loss Randomized trial proves benefit of adding gift card incentives to dietary measures Jun 17, 2024
'Alternative Facts' Should Not Guide Reproductive Decisions Personal agendas have no place in healthcare Jun 17, 2024
Two Tries and We're Done? I Don't Think So. We need to work harder to ensure that patient referrals actually go through Jun 17, 2024