AMA: Cautious 'Yes' to Public Option; 'No' to Legal Cannabis Public option health insurance shouldn't require blanket participation from docs, group says Nov 18, 2020
Students Update the Hippocratic Oath Codicil to standard version addresses modern realities Nov 18, 2020
AHA: Highlighting Effective 'Real-World' Heart Tx Strategies Studies on overcoming GDMT underuse, improving self-care education, creating new settings for care delivery Nov 17, 2020
AMA Condemns Police Brutality, Urges Reform But floor discussion heats up over question of "structural racism" Nov 17, 2020
Washington Hospital Pulls Out of Health System Ahead of Merger Last straw for Yakima Valley docs unhappy with Virginia Mason health system Nov 17, 2020
AMA Delegates Urge More COVID Financial Relief for Docs But debate ensues over loan repayment deferment vs forgiveness Nov 16, 2020
AMA Must Work Harder to End Racism in Medicine, Delegates Say "It's time for our AMA to recognize that Black lives matter" Nov 15, 2020
Omega-3s Humbled by Corn Oil Placebo in Two Trials Implications for REDUCE-IT's icosapent ethyl unclear Nov 15, 2020
Polypill, Aspirin Together Make a Difference in Large Outcomes Trial Aspirin proves mettle in primary prevention, TIPS-3 trial shows Nov 13, 2020
SPRINT: African Ancestry Not an Innate CVD Risk in Blacks Study refutes genetic basis for racial disparities in hypertension, CVD Nov 13, 2020
Doc Convicted for Needless Surgeries; COVID Test Racket; Biden's FDA Chief The past week in healthcare investigations Nov 11, 2020
Heart Group Takes Aim at Structural Racism AHA advocates for policies to root out economic, health disparities Nov 10, 2020
Some Docs Will Pay Separately to Use CPT Codes Next Year AMA licensing fee won't be included in Practice Fusion EMR in 2021 Nov 10, 2020
NY Emergency Docs Sue Insurer for Not Paying Enough Out-of-network physicians charge UnitedHealth conspired to reimburse them at lower rates Nov 09, 2020
What's Wrong With PCI at Ambulatory Surgery Centers? Study probes practices, outcomes at ASCs before Medicare kicked in Nov 09, 2020
Here's What's Wrong With COVID-19 Case Counts How base rate fallacy may be clouding the picture of disease activity in an Indiana college town Nov 07, 2020
COVID on the Reservation: How the Hopi Have Fared Door-to-door intervention prevailed despite limited resources, though cases on the rise again Nov 05, 2020
Texas Medical Board Dismisses Complaint Against HCQ Doc Richard Urso, MD, exonerated as "standard of care was met" Nov 04, 2020
Q&A: Elinore McCance-Katz, Head of SAMHSA "You will see far more children die of suicide than you will COVID" Nov 04, 2020
Sunshine Act Brings Some Transparency but Little Change Industry largesse to physicians unaffected; strong link between payments and choice of ICDs Nov 03, 2020
Who Gets COVID-19 Vax Next: Model Offers ACIP Several Options Priorities for vaccination change, depending on public health goals Oct 30, 2020
ACIP OKs Changes to 2021 Vax Schedule Includes changes to menACWY, zoster, and language about severe allergic reactions to flu vax Oct 29, 2020
Some Hospitals Giving Back CARES Act Funds Not clear if they're returning unspent money or simply repaying loans; reporting discrepancies abound Oct 28, 2020
Homeless Camps Less Risky Than Shelters for COVID-19 Common-sense hunch gets backing in study Oct 27, 2020
Acute HIV Cases Turn Up in COVID Screening Similar symptoms result in surge in finding new infections at one institution Oct 26, 2020
Ethics Consult: Keep Dead Man's Medical Secret? MD/JD Weighs In You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 23, 2020
Maintenance of Certification at Issue in Appeals Court Hearing Critics fight to dump MOC Oct 22, 2020
COVID Deaths Drop in the Hospitalized; Miracle Mouthwash? New Organ Discovered A daily roundup of news on COVID-19 and the rest of medicine Oct 21, 2020
Who Are the Scientists Behind the Great Barrington Declaration? All three have advocated against lockdown measures since the start of the pandemic Oct 19, 2020
Op-Ed: Great Barrington vs John Snow Is a False Choice Should whomever gets the most signatures decide our fate? Oct 16, 2020
Was COVID-19 Really the Killer? Panel addresses determination of "death from" versus "death with" coronavirus infection Oct 15, 2020
Surprise Billing Seen Likely for Many Colonoscopies And would be illegal for uncomplicated procedures Oct 12, 2020
FDA Panel: Some Risk OK for Olanzapine Combo With Less Weight Gain 11-6 majority said labeling was sufficient to mitigate dangers from opioid antagonist component Oct 09, 2020
Hospital Debates Penis Transplant in Transgender Patient Landmark procedure could revolutionize sex-reassignment surgery Oct 08, 2020
How Beaumont's Megamerger Fell Apart Staff, donors at Detroit-area system upset as "efficiency" seemed to be pushing patient care aside Oct 08, 2020
The Rise of the 'Payvider' and Other Healthcare Trends to Watch David Nash, MD, lists this year's "Dirty Dozen" trends in healthcare Oct 07, 2020
Virtual Heart Failure Care No Substitute for the Face-to-Face Visit? Reduced GDMT titration suggests a dip in quality of care Oct 05, 2020
The Unified EMR: A New Opportunity Arises A unified electronic medical record could make a big difference in patient care Oct 05, 2020
Gun Deaths in Young People: A Poverty Thing? Association remains after controlling for state-level gun prevalence Oct 05, 2020
