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Evolving Overdose Crisis Shakes Previously Effective Treatments

Commonly administered doses of buprenorphine have proven less effective against fentanyl

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Compensation Is Key to Fixing Primary Care Shortage

Along with the punishing workload, pay is affecting the pipeline of primary care physicians

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Epinephrine Was First an Asthma Treatment

This mainstay of treatment for severe allergic reactions was once a drug without a disease

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China Reports No 'Unusual' Pathogens Driving Pneumonia Cluster in Kids

Chinese health officials say the rise in respiratory illness is part of a continued surge

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Plastic Surgeon Jailed for Patient Death; Oncologist Sues NYU; NP Sex Abuse Charges

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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What's Going on at Mission Health?

Physicians pen letters, narrowly vote against bylaws that would have silenced them

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Devastating Medication Error; FDA's Recall Weakness; Insurers Break State Laws

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Cancer Patient's Final Act: Destroying Medical Debt

Viral campaign will erase some $60 million in medical debt

Doctors, Scientists Boycott Journal for Publishing 'Sadistic' Animal Research

More than 1,100 experts signed a letter to boycott nutrition journal and its publisher

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Travel Nurse Practitioner Goes Missing in California

Ann Herford was reportedly last seen near the trailhead for the Arnold Rim Trail

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Why It's So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care

Huge amounts are spent, but it does little to help patients

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What to Know About Lead Toxicity and Kids' Applesauce

Hospitalization for acute lead toxicity can start at 45 mcg/dL

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Are Selfie-Related Deaths a Public Health Issue?

Experts say these deaths are increasing, and are highly preventable

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Medical Board Reprimands Doctor Who Worked While COVID-Positive

As COVID hospitalization declines, should infection control policies shift?

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Nurse Fatally Stabbed; Doctor Sues Mayo; Maya Kowalski's Criminal Complaint

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Health Officer May Get $4M to Step Down

But outcome of months-long saga between county officials and health officer remains uncertain

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COVID Aid Grifters Waste Billions; Inside Cohen's CDC; Forged Neuro Data?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Tackling Climate Change Starts With a Focus on Health, Lancet Report Says

Heat-related deaths, extreme weather, increased disease spread are already a problem

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Addiction Societies Issue Guidance on Stimulant Use Disorder

"The main takeaway is that stimulant use disorder is treatable," society president says

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ChatGPT Quickly Authored 100 Blogs Full of Healthcare Disinformation

But Google Bard and Microsoft Bing had guardrails in place to thwart such prompting

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AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs

Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site

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U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV

Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world

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Jury Sides With 'Take Care of Maya' Family in Case Against All Children's Hospital

Kowalski family awarded $211 million in compensatory damages, $50 million in punitive damages

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MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax

麻豆传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare

Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing

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Doctors Perform First Partial-Face, Full-Eye Transplant

Stem cells injected into optic nerve, but unclear whether recipient will regain his sight

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10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plans

Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say

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ChatGPT Created a Fake Dataset With Skewed Results

Findings raise concerns about the ease of generating false medical evidence

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Hospital Spying Suit; $2M Contrast Dye Death Settlement; Surgical Error Suit

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Claims "consistently lost, ignored, denied, or caught up" in bureaucracy, complaint alleges

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Soldiers' Mysterious Injuries; Doctor's Resignation Worries Families; Recall Harms

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Guidance Focuses on Mental Health Symptoms in Long COVID

Multidisciplinary group calls for clinicians to reduce stigma by validating patient experiences

Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy

But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely?

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How Dangerous Is Caffeine for People With Severe Arrhythmias?

Parents blame daughter's death on highly caffeinated beverage

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Medical School on Cherokee Reservation Will Soon Send Doctors to Tribal, Rural Areas

"It really comforts patients to know that someone like them is taking care of them"

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Colorado's Ban on 'Abortion Reversal' Tied Up in Court Battle

Mainstream medicine says the so-called treatment isn't backed by science

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Nurse Found Dead in Basement; Pain Doc Settles for $1.5M; Child Abuse Doc Testifies

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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Situs Inversus Cases Rise After China Lifts Zero-COVID Policy

Experts in the U.S. weigh in on early observations at two Chinese centers

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'Gaping Holes' in Maine Victims; Risky Hernia Surgery on the Rise; Open Access Push

This past week in healthcare investigations

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FDA Outlines Rules for Telling Clinicians About Unapproved Uses of Drugs, Devices

Draft guidance explains what doesn't qualify as "scientifically sound" information

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