Stem Cell Medical Tourism Leads to Meningitis in MS Patient Difficult infection took weeks to identify; doctors warn about unproven treatments Jul 12, 2023
Block Your Period for Vacation? Ob/Gyns Say It's Safe Doctors frequently counsel patients on menstrual suppression Jul 12, 2023
Private Equity Takeovers of Physician Practices Soared Over a Decade New report finds four specialty areas accounted for the majority of activity Jul 11, 2023
CDC to Reduce Funding for States' Child Vaccination Programs "This is what happens when you don't pay attention to public health" says APHA executive director Jul 09, 2023
Top Misconceptions About Heat Illness, From an EMT in the Hottest Place on Earth Treating patients in Death Valley for heat-related illness calls for keeping your cool Jul 07, 2023
Treating a Double Trouble Shark Attack One afternoon, two shark bites ... just another day in the life of an emergency doctor Jul 07, 2023
Wisconsin Ob/Gyn Surrenders Medical License After Patient's Death Victoria Mondloch, MD, was previously disciplined for providing substandard medical care Jul 07, 2023
Here Are This Year's Largest Physician Groups Largest group employs nearly 14,000 doctors Jul 06, 2023
Emergency Docs Sue HCA, TeamHealth; Nurse Imprisoned Over Rogue Morphine Dosing A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jul 06, 2023
Survey Shows Primary Care Got a Pay Bump The AMGA survey looked at compensation changes from 2021 to 2022 Jul 06, 2023
Psychedelic Research: Experts React to FDA Draft Guidance Feedback is mostly positive, but concerns arise around two-monitor recommendation Jul 06, 2023
What's the Matter With For-Profit Nursing Programs? Promise of a flexible nursing degree is sometimes too good to be true Jul 03, 2023
Misinformation Obscures Standards Guiding Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth Misconceptions and misinformation conflate treatments, stripping youth of essential care Jul 02, 2023
Madonna's ICU Stay May Have Been Due to Sepsis Despite being life-threatening, sepsis can be easy to miss Jun 30, 2023
Stanford Study of Paxlovid for Long COVID Stopped Early Enrollment was halted earlier than planned after interim analysis Jun 30, 2023
Waste Company's 'Concealed Human Torso' Suit; Impostor Nurse Reportedly Rips Out IVs A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 29, 2023
Experts Quell Worries About Locally Acquired Malaria in the U.S. "It's not the next COVID," one global health expert says Jun 28, 2023
Lewis Capaldi's Tourette's Episode Shows Adults Can Be Diagnosed, Too Tourette's is often diagnosed in childhood and symptoms abate with age, but not always Jun 28, 2023
Are Doctors Really Leaving Twitter in Droves? Data from physician social media tracker suggest otherwise -- but they may be engaging less Jun 28, 2023
What Has Mehmet Oz Been Up To? Oz went silent on social media after losing his Senate race, but appears to be making a comeback Jun 27, 2023
When Wegovy Doesn't Work for Weight Loss Some people just don't respond; others have such severe side effects they need to stop Jun 27, 2023
Penn Medicine Pulls Out of U.S. News Hospital Rankings The health system announced its decision after this year's medical school exodus Jun 26, 2023
At $20K, Stem Cell Eye Injections May Also Cost Patients Their Sight Patients claim vision got worse after "clinical trial" at Florida stem cell clinic Jun 26, 2023
Malpractice Lawsuits Over Denied Abortion Care May Be on the Horizon But many hurdles await Jun 25, 2023
Another Online SARMs Retailer Gets a Warning From the FDA Warrior Labz SARMS markets several drugs they claim could address weight loss, muscle growth Jun 22, 2023
Doc's Moral Character License Snub; ENT Gets 25 Years; Hospital Snooping Settlement A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 22, 2023
How Would Doctors Treat Titanic Submersible Survivors? Should the sub be found, here are conditions medical experts would be looking for Jun 22, 2023
U.S. News Releases 'Best Children's Hospitals' Amid Ongoing Criticism San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu questioned the outlet's financial relationships this week Jun 21, 2023
A Year Later, Doctors Feel Impact of Dobbs Decision 'Every Single Day' "Sometimes, I feel that I am not able to fulfill the Hippocratic Oath" Jun 21, 2023
Massive Kidney Stone Sets New Record Surgeons in Sri Lanka removed the record-setting stone earlier this month Jun 21, 2023
Anti-Vaxxers Stalked Peter Hotez at His Home The incident follows a Twitter exchange regarding Joe Rogan's podcast Jun 21, 2023
Mayo Blasted Over Doc's Suspension; Hospital's Preventable Deaths; Peds Group's Rise This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 21, 2023
What's Changed Since HCA's Takeover of Mission Health? Panelists raise concerns about profits over patients, explore legislative solutions Jun 20, 2023
At Least 1.7 Million Americans Use Health Sharing Arrangements Many sign up despite the lack of protections Jun 18, 2023
No Surprises Act Ruined 'Secret Sauce' of Envision, Expert Says Law spurred on firm's unraveling, led to its bankruptcy, according to healthcare economist Jun 16, 2023
Doc Accused of Groping Woman on Flight; Ob/Gyn Threatened in Prison; Equal Pay Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Jun 15, 2023
Texas Law Aims to Prevent Another 'Dr. Death' New law gives medical board more teeth to protect patients from potentially dangerous doctors Jun 15, 2023
In Wake of Tori Bowie's Death, Doctor Warns Preeclampsia 'Spares No One' "The most important thing is to make sure that women ... do not dismiss their own symptoms" Jun 14, 2023
Hospital Bungled Handling of Problematic Heart Surgeon; Tumult at eRNA Firm This past week in healthcare investigations Jun 14, 2023
Medical Board Files Complaint Against Mary Talley Bowden Board alleges unprofessional conduct, violations of standard of care Jun 13, 2023