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
What Will the IV Fluid Shortage Mean for Hospital Finance? A more strategic approach to production is key to preventing crises like this Oct 23, 2024
Sodium Channel Blocker Relieves Acute Pain in Phase III Data Trials favor a first new class of pain drug in years Oct 22, 2024
IV Fluid Shortage May Impact Surgeries Around the U.S. for Weeks Hurricane-related damage keeps sterile fluids factory shut down Oct 22, 2024
No X-Ray Proof of Rare Surgical Complication Tied to GLP-1 Agonists Conundrum of holding meds continues following conflicting reports of aspiration events Oct 22, 2024
Why Hospital Gowns Are Ugly; Mass Food Poisoning in Maryland; Eli Lilly Files Suit Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 22, 2024
Case Against Perioperative Beta-Blockers Grows Stronger Excess postoperative strokes, and accompanying racial disparities, tied to any beta-blocker use Oct 20, 2024
Deep Neuromuscular Blockade Helps Keyhole Surgery, but Not Outcomes Per Se No impact on safety outcomes after laparoscopic surgery Oct 20, 2024
Shorter Course of Antibiotics Works for Bloodstream Infections With few exceptions, treatment can be shortened to 7 days, researcher says Oct 19, 2024
'Virtual ED' Helps One Health System Avoid Unnecessary Emergency Department Visits Half of patients referred to care at home, doctor's office, or urgent care Oct 18, 2024
MedPod Today: Med Ed Drama; Chiropractic in Academia; MA 'Extra Benefits' Worth It? Ƶ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Oct 18, 2024 podcast
Shorter Medical Degree Program Outcomes Just as Good NYU finds its accelerated program matches the traditional program on key measures Oct 18, 2024
Use of Prior Authorization Up in Medicare Advantage Plans, Senate Report Finds Post-acute care services targeted for coverage denials Oct 17, 2024
Are Surgical Outcomes Better With MDs or DOs? Medicare claims analysis finds no differences in death, readmissions, and length of stay Oct 16, 2024
California Health Workers Get a Pay Bump Under New Minimum Wage Law Many workers will see the increase this week Oct 16, 2024
State to Pay $13M After Shooter Drill Terrified Kids' Psych Hospital Fifty children at the hospital will each receive about $60,000 Oct 15, 2024
Clonidine Comparable to Morphine for Infants With Opioid Withdrawal Randomized trial showed no significant differences in length of treatment, neurobehavioral scores Oct 15, 2024
Why Would a Promising Young Physician Take His Own Life? The loss of William West Jr. forces us to consider the role of health systems in staff well-being Oct 15, 2024
Docs Demand Trump's Medical Records; Anesthesiologist's Sex Crimes; Daily Loneliness Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 15, 2024
Hospitals Unhappy With New Requirement to Report Bed Capacity and COVID Count One group calls it "needlessly heavy-handed" Oct 14, 2024
Nurse in Critical Condition; JD Vance's Mom Got Obamacare; Bird Flu Cluster Grows Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 14, 2024
Safety Data Favor Diuretic Strategy Triggered by Cardiac Monitoring Alerts in HF Effectiveness of this personalized approach now under investigation Oct 11, 2024
Medical Licensing Exam Scores Sent to Residency Programs After Switch to Pass/Fail Numerical scores from the COMLEX Level 1 mistakenly shared with ob/gyn programs Oct 11, 2024
Florida Hospitals Tested By Back-to-Back Storms Florida Hospital Association president says facilities are operational, with very few exceptions Oct 10, 2024
FDA's Promised Guidance on Pulse Oximeters Unlikely to End Decades of Racial Bias Devices three times as likely to miss dangerously low blood oxygen in Black patients Oct 10, 2024
Marburg Virus' Latest Eruption A veteran fighter against hemorrhagic fevers shares candid thoughts Oct 10, 2024
Officials Scramble to Protect IV Supplies in Wake of Hurricane Disruption American Hospital Association called on Biden administration to take more steps to ease shortage Oct 10, 2024
10M Pounds of Meat Recalled; Kentucky Nurse Wins Lottery; Crocs and Foot Issues Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 10, 2024
Emergency Medicine May Join the ERAS Exodus The specialty is considering following in the footsteps of ob/gyn and others Oct 09, 2024
Liberal Blood Transfusions Deliver Brain Function Benefit for the Critically Ill Fewer cerebral ischemic events also observed with care teams quicker to give blood Oct 09, 2024
Florida Hospitals in Hurricane Milton's Path Prepare for the Worst Some facilities plan to stay open during the storm Oct 09, 2024
How Did Public Health Become a Public Enemy at the Supreme Court? Conservative majority is "buying into" anti-science attitudes, warns Lawrence Gostin, JD Oct 09, 2024 video
Dozens Who Were Told They Failed the Pathology Board Exam Actually Passed American Board of Pathology re-scored the exam and issued refunds to impacted test takers Oct 08, 2024
Certain Arm Positions Can Lead to Inaccurate Blood Pressure Readings Important to educate patients conducting home measurements, says researcher Oct 08, 2024 video
Here's This Year's Crop of Best Children's Hospitals Some changes were implemented to annual rankings from U.S. News & World Report Oct 08, 2024
Fla. Hospitals Evacuate; Man Charged in Indian Doctor's Death; Life Expectancy Limit Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 08, 2024
ERAS Applications Are Trending Down With Program Signaling, but Still Too High Data are promising, but more needs to be done to reduce applications, experts say 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
Fauci's West Nile Virus; Nobel Prize for miRNA; Nurse Dies in Hurricane Flood Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 07, 2024
