More Rural Hospitals Are on the Verge of Closing, Report Finds Private insurers are paying less than the cost of care, data show Aug 09, 2024
Mpox Is Becoming More Deadly. We Need Global Action Now to Prevent Another Pandemic. A new, more dangerous variant has emerged Aug 09, 2024
15 States Sue to Block Biden's Plan to Help 'Dreamers' Get Health Coverage Rule takes effect November 1 Aug 09, 2024
Disadvantaged Patients More Likely to Present With Severe Retinal Detachment This group may be delaying treatment until symptoms become severe, findings suggest Aug 08, 2024
Experts Clash Over VP Pick Walz's Health Policies Conservatives see record as too extreme, but liberals say he captures what Americans want Aug 07, 2024
Small-Town Patients Face Big Hurdles as Rural Hospitals Cut Cancer Care According to one analytics firm, 382 rural hospitals stopped services from 2014 to 2022 Aug 07, 2024
Medicine Made LGBTQ+ Health the Problem. Medical Schools Can Help Course Correct. Medical training has let discrimination go unchecked for far too long Aug 05, 2024
AI-Powered Device Estimated Gestational Age as Accurately as Sonographers Tool could be useful in resource-limited settings without expensive ultrasound equipment Aug 02, 2024
Senate Probe of Births in Prisons Exposes 'Pervasive Abuse and Mistreatment' Women shared stories of shackled bellies, giving birth on dirty floors or in the toilet Aug 01, 2024
Trust in Doctors Crashed During the COVID Pandemic -- And Remains Low Putting financial motives over patient care was top reason for patient mistrust, survey found Jul 31, 2024
CMS Allows State to Offer Medicaid Incentive for Hospitals to Erase Patient Debt North Carolina's plan could help 2 million low- and middle-income people get rid of medical debt Jul 30, 2024
Doctor's Orders: A Social Prescription for Health An excerpt from Hotz's book, The Connection Cure Jul 29, 2024
Can App Data Link Sleep and Chronic Disease?; AI Model to Manage Diabetes Also in TTHealthWatch: a monoclonal antibody for ulcerative colitis Jul 27, 2024 podcast
As Doctors Leave Puerto Rico in Droves, a Rapper Tries to Fill the Gaps The 34-year-old physician is fulfilling his passion for music while helping those in need Jul 26, 2024
Poor Neighborhood, More Than Race, Predicts Greater Lupus Skin Severity Blackness, per se, seen as less important than area socioeconomics Jul 25, 2024
We Want You, Doctor, to Help Get Out the Vote Heath systems and clinicians can engage patients and care team members Jul 25, 2024
Trauma Patients Without Insurance Taken Off Life Support Sooner, Study Finds Clinicians must "uncomfortably" examine bias in life-and-death decisions, says expert Jul 24, 2024
More Money Could Result in Fewer ED Visits, Study Suggests "We can trust the poor with money," says study author Jul 23, 2024
Where Kamala Harris Stands on Key Healthcare Issues ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ looks at the vice president's views on everything from abortion to Medicare Jul 22, 2024
Sexual and Gender Minorities Twice as Likely to Report Epilepsy Reasons behind the findings are unclear Jul 22, 2024
This Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients β and Makes Money Doing It Doctors, nurses, and social workers are testing a new business model Jul 21, 2024
USPSTF Says Evidence Lacking for Food Insecurity Screening β Now What? Despite the draft recommendation for primary care, physicians and policies can make a difference Jul 19, 2024
Rural Hospitals Built During Baby Boom Now Face Baby Bust Hospitals struggle to keep staff and facilities as births dwindle Jul 16, 2024
Tuskegee Syphilis Study Whistleblower Peter Buxtun Has Died at Age 86 Buxtun is revered as a hero to public health scholars and ethicists Jul 16, 2024
Can a Medicaid Plan That Requires Work Succeed? First year of Georgia experiment is not promising Jul 15, 2024
Healthcare AI Is an Exciting Frontier β But Don't Forget About Equitable Development Unequal access threatens to worsen disparities Jul 13, 2024
Transactional Pharmacies Are Letting Patients Down Retail pharmacies should be more committed to improving patient health Jul 10, 2024
That Patient, That Feeling, You Just Can't Shake A reflection on race, gun violence, and medicine Jul 07, 2024
Women-Specific Goalposts Urged for Coronary Bypass Surgery Smaller releases of troponin, CK-MB still associated with periprocedural heart injury Jul 05, 2024
Financial Incentives for Quitting Smoking: A Mixed Bag Randomized trial of lower-income adults suffered significant losses to follow-up Jul 04, 2024
Medicare's Financial Incentives Still Falling Flat for Home Dialysis Uptake Kidney transplants did not increase either Jul 02, 2024
The Concierge Catch: Better Access for a Few Patients Disrupts Care for Many As PCPs convert to concierge medicine, patients who can't afford it need to find a new physician Jul 01, 2024
Street Medicine Teams Help Homeless People Rehydrate in Extreme Heat Rising temperatures call for new avenues of care Jul 01, 2024
No One Wins in a Medical Student Research Arms Race It's time for a firm cap on residency application publication numbers Jun 30, 2024
Why Protecting Black Girls on Social Media Should Be a Public Health Priority This population faces unique challenges due to the intersection of racism and sexism Jun 29, 2024
Can Individual States Effectively Cap Prescription Drug Costs? In 11 states, prescription drug affordability boards are attempting just that Jun 28, 2024
CMS Needs to Do a Better Job With Value-Based Care, Experts Tell House Panel The program has "gotten off track and needs a thorough reevaluation and reformulation," doc says Jun 27, 2024
When Was the Last Time You Really Talked With Your Patient? Sometimes building trust should be the priority Jun 26, 2024
Report: Healthcare Needs to Diversify Workforce to Get Rid of Racial Inequalities "Inequities are baked into our healthcare system," says one expert Jun 26, 2024
