U.S. Overdose Deaths Dropped in 2023, but Experts Say It's Too Soon to Celebrate About 107,500 people died of overdoses last year May 15, 2024
Jimmy Carter 'Coming to the End'; U.S. Overdose Deaths Drop; Drowning Deaths Rise Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 15, 2024
Clinicians at Legacy Health Move to Unionize About 150 doctors, PAs and NPs plan to organize with an American Federation of Teachers affiliate May 14, 2024
Celebrity Pathologist Who Argued Multiple Shooters Killed JFK Dies at 93 Cyril Wecht was involved in high-profile cases ranging from Elvis Presley to JonBenet Ramsey May 13, 2024
Iron Supplements Don't Give Breastfed Babies a Leg Up for Development Risk for iron deficiency or anemia also didn't improve in a randomized trial May 13, 2024
Lost in the Haze: What Would Rescheduling Marijuana Really Do? If you are confused, you're not alone May 13, 2024
Liver Disease, High Lipoprotein(a) Tied to Higher MI Risk in Diabetes Patients Sixfold increased risk of non-fatal MI among patients with highest levels of Lp(a) May 13, 2024
Mail-Order Medication Abortion Effective and Acceptable to Patients 90.4% of participants said they would use mail-order dispensing again for abortion care May 13, 2024
The Heart of Healthcare Innovation Keeps Beating Our annual innovation symposium inspired us to make our health system work better May 13, 2024
Which Patients With Diabetes and Ketoacidosis Face Higher Death Risk? Disparities in outcomes, healthcare use for type 2 versus type 1 disease May 12, 2024
Farm-to-Hospital Meals Can Help Protect Patients and the Climate Every health system should partner with local, high-quality farms May 12, 2024
Supported Exercise Intervention Helps Black Women With Obesity Shed Weight Pilot program cut HbA1c, boosted functional mobility, and fostered camaraderie May 11, 2024
Study Offers Clues on Asthma Control for Patients With Concurrent Diabetes Compared with metformin, some newer diabetes agents linked with more acute exacerbations May 10, 2024
Avian Flu Update: U.S. Announces More Than $175 Million to Track, Contain H5N1 "The risk to the public from this outbreak remains low," HHS Secretary says May 10, 2024
Slow Responders to Zepbound Achieve Meaningful Weight Loss Eventually It can take 20 weeks to titrate to highest dose, researcher points out May 10, 2024
New School Meal Standards: An Encouraging Step Towards Healthier Kids The momentum coming from the federal government is promising May 10, 2024
Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable May 10, 2024
Diet Tied to Mortality; FDA's Financial Ties; New Long COVID Trials to Start Health news and commentary gathered by Â鶹´«Ã½ staff May 09, 2024
Adult RSV Shots Given to More Than 30 Babies by Mistake "Administration errors are preventable with proper education and training," say study authors May 09, 2024
FDA Warns on Insulin Pump Problem Mobile app glitch may cause t:slim X2 insulin pump battery to drain sooner than expected May 08, 2024
83% of Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms Are Undiagnosed Researchers urge for better screening and intervention May 08, 2024
Investigational Drug Could Help Vapers Quit Results of mid-stage trial "promising" but need confirmation, researcher says May 08, 2024
Stranded in the ED, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm Physicians say ED boarding is as bad as it's ever been May 07, 2024
Higher Risk of Infant Death Tied to Dual Cannabis, Nicotine Use in Pregnancy Heightened risk also observed for a host of other adverse neonatal and maternal outcomes May 07, 2024
I Didn't Truly Understand Opioid Addiction Until It Killed My Son Despite being a doctor, I learned too late that substance use disorder is a treatable disease May 07, 2024
Hospital Operator Steward Health Care Files for Bankruptcy Protection Day-to-day operations expected to continue as usual through Chapter 11 process May 07, 2024
Medicare Hospital Trust Fund to Stay Solvent Until 2036, Trustees' Report Says Projection is 5 years longer than last year's prediction May 07, 2024
Alzheimer's Variant May Cause Distinct Form of the Disease Almost all APOE4 homozygotes develop Alzheimer's disease May 06, 2024
Dementia Mortality Tied to Olive Oil Consumption Results appear to be independent of overall diet quality May 06, 2024
Having a PCP Important in Cervical Cancer Screening, Especially for LGB Women Lesbian, gay, and bisexual cisgender women with PCP more likely to be up-to-date with screening May 06, 2024
The Plight of the Late-Boomer Physician Does anyone besides me feel like we got the short end of the financial stick? May 06, 2024
Some Patients Suffered Psychiatric Issues After Ozempic Initiation Two case reports detailed suicidal ideation, mania in weeks following semaglutide initiation May 05, 2024
WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It. The report "is a complete U-turn," according to one expert May 05, 2024
Medicare Drug Price Negotiation; Diagnostic Errors Also in TTHealthWatch: neomycin for preventing respiratory viral infections May 04, 2024 podcast
What if States Paid People to Stop Using Drugs and Smoking? This underutilized strategy has proven effective May 04, 2024
We're All Concierge Doctors Now We've unknowingly accepted all of the responsibilities and expectations, but without any benefits May 04, 2024
Alzheimer's Biomarkers Linked With Plasma Leptin Levels Over 2 years, lower baseline leptin was tied to a greater increase in tau May 03, 2024
Increasing the Dose of Smoking Cessation Treatments Improved Abstinence Switching from combined nicotine replacement therapy to varenicline promising, but didn't last May 03, 2024
'Evil Personified': Nurse Gets Life Sentence for Murdering Patients With Insulin 17 patients under the care of Heather Pressdee died following excessive doses May 03, 2024
Potential First Known Case of Mammal-to-Human Bird Flu Transmission Detailed Genetic evidence strongly suggests dairy farm worker contracted H5N1 from cattle May 03, 2024
