Mt. Sinai Institute Called Hotbed of Sex, Age Discrimination Former employees describe sexist, ageist, racist behavior in 174-page filing May 15, 2019
Meet the MicroCog. You May Soon, Whether You Like It or Not Docs worry about accuracy of commonly used cognitive screening tool May 07, 2019
Aggressive Therapy at End of Life Common in Cancer Little or no benefit for patients who died within 30 days of diagnosis Apr 15, 2019
'Party House' Rehab; Whistleblower Millionaire; 911 Needs CPR This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 27, 2019
You're 70 -- It's Time You Underwent Skills Testing Is this what age discrimination looks like? Mar 21, 2019
Fertility Fraud; Pharma's 'Patient' Advocacy; Mass. Nursing Homes Fined This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 20, 2019
Rehab Recruiters; Lilly the Cannabis King; Feds Pin Blame in Child Deaths This past week in healthcare investigations Mar 05, 2019
When Mentor Becomes Aggressor: Why Victims Stay Silent Fear -- of nothing being done except to punish the victims Feb 28, 2019
Want to Know If Someone Is Manipulating Data? Milton Packer describes how to distinguish science from magic Feb 27, 2019
Black History Month: Talking With Raechele Cochran Gathers, MD Early encounters led to a career in dermatology Feb 26, 2019
Surgeon With Sexual Misconduct History Accused Again Left New York after medical board sanction, faces new allegations in Wisconsin Feb 05, 2019
Pharma Lap Dance; Dark Web Opioids; Pot Cookies for Tantrums? Clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 01, 2019
Most Female Thoracic Surgeons Report Sexual Harassment on Job Survey finds shocking 81% say #UsToo Jan 29, 2019
Bespoke Babies to Prevent CF: Best Use Case or Ethical Bog? Bioethicist and pediatrician debate cystic fibrosis gene-editing Jan 28, 2019
When Docs Sexually Violate Patients First of a three-part series on physicians who abuse patients and the institutions that enable them Jan 24, 2019
The Unkindest Cut? Circumcision Ethics, Evidence, and Activism Netflix documentary raises ethical questions, attacks circumcision to prevent HIV in Africa Jan 17, 2019
Bad Docs Give Up Licenses, But Not Medical Practice More than 250 surrender licenses in one state, but still practice in another Nov 30, 2018
How One Troubled Doc Found a Home in New York Trail of allegations and disciplinary actions against John Kidd stops at state border Nov 30, 2018
The Dilemma of Physician-Assisted Suicide How nurses can deal with this controversial issue Nov 18, 2018
AMA Wrestles with Physician-Assisted Suicide Stance Proponents of PAS/medical aid-in-dying push back Nov 12, 2018
Some Prisoners Executed Despite Mental Illness Diagnosis Results call into question who should receive death penalty, researchers say Oct 28, 2018
Assessing Competency in Aid-in-Dying Patients Should a competency exam by an outside doctor be required? Oct 27, 2018
Rogue Doctors and Boundaries How far outside the mainstream should healthcare professionals be permitted to go? Oct 04, 2018
Expert: Let Ethics Guide Pain Prescribing Framework won't vary with 'swirling' political or regulatory climate Sep 10, 2018
One Medical: The Real Deal or 'Yuppie-Care'? Under the hood of fast-growing concierge care company Sep 06, 2018
Vit D Doc's Dubious Dollars; NEJM Plagiarism; VA's Money Pit The past week in healthcare investigations Aug 21, 2018
State Boards Turn Blind Eye to FDA-Sanctioned Docs Dozens got warning letters for serious ethical lapses, but nearly all faced no state discipline Aug 16, 2018
Is Industry Bribing Your Physician? Milton Packer wonders why Michael Cohen is not listed in Open Payments database Aug 08, 2018
Calif. Medical Board Acts on Doc With Risky MS 'Cure' Physician featured in States of Disgrace series Jul 31, 2018
HIV Criminalization Called Ineffective and Unjust Expert consensus: laws put public more at risk Jul 26, 2018
Docs' Mental Health: Do State Boards Have a Right to Ask? Second of a three-part ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ investigation Jul 19, 2018
Should Physicians Talk to the Lay Press About Research Studies? Milton Packer describes the perils of selling science to the public Jul 18, 2018
Anti-Terror Tech to Fight Rx Fraud Palantir can spot wrongdoing, but there may be a cost Jul 12, 2018
How Did Theranos' Holmes Fool So Many Smart People? WSJ's John Carreyrou on how disgraced entrepreneur nearly got away with it Jun 25, 2018
Star Rating Screwup; Booze Study Canned; Sexist Docs Settle The past week in healthcare investigations Jun 19, 2018
Harris Elected as AMA's Next President Psychiatrist from Atlanta to succeed Barbara McAneny, MD Jun 12, 2018
AMA Delegates Punt on Assisted Suicide Policy Also: resolution calling for more opioid training approved Jun 12, 2018
