Immunotherapy Super-Responder: What Is Life, Not Exactly Cured? Lisa Geller's cancer has been gone nearly 4 years, but life has been far from normal Mar 02, 2020
'Uber' of Pharmacy: Disrupting the Market, or Patient Care? Capsule promises delivery in New York City within 2 hours, but some patients' experience less than stellar Feb 27, 2020
LDL Equation May Be Due for Accuracy Upgrade More accurate results seen with new method in certain groups Feb 26, 2020
Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periods Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure Feb 26, 2020
Docs Said It Was Cancer; She Didn't Believe Them, and She Was Right What a 60-year-old refugee taught me about skepticism of medical professionals Feb 24, 2020
We Must Address the Mental Health Crisis Among Medical Professionals It's time to stop the stigma Feb 24, 2020
The Black Midwives Movement One answer to the higher rates of maternal and neonatal mortality among African Americans Feb 23, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Spravato Debate Still Rages Journal airs questions about efficacy data, potential for harm Feb 20, 2020
Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
Nurses Face Higher-Than-Average Suicide Risk "A real issue, and the job has something to do with it," researcher says Feb 17, 2020
Italian Lessons for U.S. Healthcare The Skeptical Cardiologist hosts an Italian cardiologist Feb 15, 2020
No More Numerical Scores for USMLE Step 1 Exam New pass/fail policy aims to reduce overemphasis on test performance Feb 14, 2020
Edit Embryo Genome? Ethics Experts Weigh In You voted, now see the results and expert discussion Feb 14, 2020
Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control? One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
Dead Abortion Doc's Fetus Collection Gets Burial Service Remains of 2,411 fetuses found after Ulrich Klopfer's death get burial service Feb 11, 2020
UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuits Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles" Feb 10, 2020
The Failed Mental Health System: How Did We Get Here? Deinstitutionalization's good intentions, bad results -- and many reasons for hope Feb 10, 2020
Want to Cut Drug Costs? Change $$ Incentives, House Told House members hear of problems with patient assistance programs, pay incentives, and tax codes Feb 06, 2020
Docs Are Fighting the Good Fight at Immigrant Detention Centers There's no "loyalty" to keeping them there Feb 06, 2020
Doc Wins $4.75M in Fraud, Defamation Case Against Hospital Ob/gyn said she was wrongly accused of substance abuse Feb 05, 2020
Track the Coronavirus Outbreak on Johns Hopkins Live Dashboard Realtime infection and death data from five sources Feb 04, 2020
How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSure Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach Jan 29, 2020
'Out of Control' Child Abuse Docs; Harvard Chair Arrested; $116K Hernia Repair This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 29, 2020
Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
Surgeon Sues Orlando Health Over 'Forced' Referrals Says he was terminated for refusing to practice exclusively in-network Jan 27, 2020
How Thoracic Surgeons Can Keep Their Piece of the Pie Opportunities in aortic valve replacement, formalized training in structural heart Jan 27, 2020
How to Handle a Heparin Shortage: Effective Strategies With supply chain issues in China, it's a real threat, group says Jan 27, 2020
Should Addicts Get Repeat Valve Surgeries for Endocarditis? MAT should be part of the equation in patients with opioid addiction, STS debaters agree Jan 26, 2020
Scripts for Dead Patients; School Nurse Charged; Life Sentence for 'Angel of Death' Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Jan 24, 2020
Sacked Moffitt Officials Didn't Report Chinese Financial Ties Not clear what was done in exchange for payments Jan 23, 2020
U.S. Nurses: A Little More Diverse and Grayer National survey shows small uptick in minority RNs; bigger increase in those over age 50 Jan 23, 2020
'Surprising' Number of Cancer Survivors Use Alcohol Clinicians urged to step up alcohol screening at regular intervals, intervention Jan 22, 2020
'Dead Doctors Don't Lie' Pediatrician threatened over vaccine TikTok in "global, coordinated attack" Jan 21, 2020
Candidate's Wife Claims Sexual Assault by Columbia Ob/Gyn 'This was a serial predator and he picked me as his prey' Jan 17, 2020
