Doc Harbored Undocumented Workers; Doc Gets Life in Prison for Sexual Assault A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Oct 31, 2024
HCA Nurses Score Win Against AI; Docs Use ChatGPT in Clinic; New AI-Powered EHR A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research Oct 31, 2024
AI Colonoscopies: More Benign Lesion Removals, Potentially Higher Costs At scale, the benefits of AI-assisted colonoscopy may not always outweigh the costs Oct 31, 2024
What's Our Capacity for Measuring Hospital Capacity? With respiratory virus season coming, resumed reporting is critical Oct 31, 2024
Vote: Your Health and Your Patients' Health Depend on It Civic participation is linked to better community health Oct 31, 2024
First U.S. Case of Bird Flu in a Pig Raises Concerns Over Threat to Humans The infection happened at a backyard farm Oct 31, 2024
Six Networking Strategies for Introverted Healthcare Professionals How to make connecting feel less daunting Oct 31, 2024
Ex-Gov. May Face Charges Over COVID; Autism Dx Up 175%; Can Fasting Help Kidneys? Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 31, 2024
How to Navigate OTC Cold and Flu Drugs A pharmacist and a doctor weigh in on the best options Oct 30, 2024
Ophthalmologist Identified as Atlanta Shooting Suspect Retired physician Jay Berger, MD, reportedly suffered a mental health crisis Oct 30, 2024
Backers of Prior Authorization Bill Hopeful for Passage by End of the Year The bill's cost estimate has dropped from $16 billion to $0, greatly hiking chances of passage Oct 30, 2024
'Converging' Evidence of Link Between Air Pollution and Breast Cancer Large cohort study showed cancer risk increased with exposure to fine particulate matter Oct 30, 2024
Toddler's Backyard Snakebite Bills Totaled More Than a Quarter Million Dollars A look at the cost of antivenom Oct 30, 2024
When Cannabis Makes You Vomit Known for its anti-emetic properties, the drug can actually bring on a vomiting disorder Oct 30, 2024
Miscarriage Arrest; MA Reaped Billions for Home Visits; Dirty Work of Care Denials This past week in healthcare investigations Oct 30, 2024
Old Drugs, New Tricks: The Power of Medication Repurposing COVID highlighted the untapped potential of existing treatments Oct 30, 2024
IG Live November 1: Healthcare Is on the Ballot Public health and access to care are at stake in the 2024 election Oct 30, 2024
Woman Dies Waiting 40 Hours for Care; NP's Sex Assault Arrest; Violence in Hospitals Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 30, 2024
House Members Introduce Bill to Reverse Pending Medicare Physician Fee Schedule Cut Measure includes a 1.8% pay increase for clinicians Oct 29, 2024
Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary? It seems unlikely, but Washington insiders say they've come to expect the unexpected Oct 29, 2024
AirPods' Hearing Aid Feature Could Help People Face a Problem They'd Rather Ignore Apple's new feature can boost voices, media, and phone calls, and maybe lessen stigma Oct 29, 2024
Surprising Mediator Links Poverty and Knee Pain Study: It's not deprivation per se, but intervening factors that go with it Oct 29, 2024
Why Medicine Is Bad at Customer Service -- And How to Fix It Healthcare is one of few industries still lacking in convenience Oct 29, 2024
Kidney Disease Genetic Risk Common in West Africans Observational study points to genetic risk allele dose-response Oct 29, 2024
Lasting Effects of Racial Discrimination in Medical School Discrimination tied to lack of personal, professional development fostered by institutions Oct 29, 2024 video
Blood Test for CRC Screening Lags Behind Other Options in Cost-Effectiveness Study Fewer cancers, cancer deaths prevented; higher cost per quality-year saved Oct 28, 2024
A Look at the Supreme Court's Upcoming Term Public health is on the chopping block once again Oct 28, 2024
Study: Medicare's Competitive Bidding Program Not a Danger to COPD Oxygen Users Prices went down but reductions in new oxygen prescriptions and discontinuations were minimal Oct 28, 2024
Remote Patient Monitoring Is a Great Idea. But What's the Best Way to Use It? We need to figure out how to collect data that patients can really act on Oct 28, 2024
Presidential Election Puts the Affordable Care Act Back in the Bull's-Eye The two parties' goals have stark differences Oct 28, 2024
Hospitals' AI Transcription Tool Invents Things No One Ever Said, Researchers Say Chunks of text or even entire sentences were made up, according to experts Oct 28, 2024
Daylight Saving Ends Next Weekend: How to Prepare for the Potential Health Effects What to know about "falling back" Oct 28, 2024
Trump and Eugenics; Doctors Poised to Strike; Laced Pizza Sickens Dozens Health news and commentary gathered by Ƶ staff Oct 28, 2024
PBM Math: Big Chains Get $23.55 for Blood Pressure Rx as Small Drugstores Get $1.51 Small pharmacies face deep financial disparities Oct 27, 2024
Going Beyond Hearing Aids for Equal Care Access Hearing loss is only becoming more prevalent Oct 27, 2024
I'm a Black Trauma Surgeon. Ending Gun Violence Demands Fighting for Racial Justice. An excerpt from Williams' book, The Bodies Keep Coming Oct 26, 2024
FDA Approves Novel Treatment for UTIs New oral antibiotic gets a nod for uncomplicated urinary tract infections Oct 25, 2024
At Least 75 People Sickened as Deadly McDonald's E. Coli Outbreak Expands Nearly two dozen people have been hospitalized Oct 25, 2024
Health Departments Struggle to Track Human Cases of Bird Flu, Emails Reveal "We need to take steps today to prevent the worst-case scenario," says expert Oct 25, 2024
A Moral Code: Ethical Dilemmas in Medicine Three physicians face crossroads in patient care Oct 25, 2024 podcast
