Urologists Flee Mission Health Specialists mark the latest departures following HCA takeover May 31, 2024
Social Media Physician Endorsements Raise Prickly Ethical Questions Just 28 physicians who endorsed products made $1.5 million May 30, 2024
The Unexpected Skin Risk of Summer Margaritas by the Pool Sun exposure plus lime juice can result in this painful rash May 30, 2024
GPT-4 Successor; Colorado's AI Law; AI Clinical Notes Boom A monthly roundup of healthcare-focused AI news and research May 30, 2024
Washington State Hospitalists Set to Unionize First physician union to earn joint-employer status May 30, 2024
PA Killed in Crossfire; Doc Gets 4 Years for Insider Trading; Wrongful Death Suit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts May 30, 2024
MGMA: Docs 'Defy Gravity' of Inflation, Staff Shortages by Working Harder Report shows which of 23 specialty groups and primary care practices earned more in 2023 May 29, 2024
Company Warned Over Atypical Fat-Derived Stem Cell Product Stromal vascular fraction isn't usually sourced from donors May 29, 2024
State Gives Hospital Monopoly an 'A' Grade β Even When It Reports Failure Tennessee's scoring rubric largely ignores Ballad Health's performance May 29, 2024
Doc Accused of Faking Cancer Dx; Out-of-Hospital C-Sections; Forced Sterilizations? This past week in healthcare investigations May 29, 2024
Second, Third Groups From CVS Vote to Join National Pharmacy Union After Las Vegas contingent, pharmacists in CVS' home state have won their elections May 28, 2024
FDA Urged to Relax Tissue Donation Restrictions for Gay, Bisexual Men Advocates say policy should be based on individualized risk assessments, "not historic bias" May 28, 2024
High Price of Popular Diabetes Drugs Deprives Low-Income People of Effective Options "I'm having to jump through hoops to live," says one patient May 26, 2024
Clues From Bird Flu's Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle Why did it take so long to recognize the virus on high-tech farms in the world's richest country? May 25, 2024
Doc Wins $14M Discrimination Case; $10M Malpractice Award; Nurse Impersonators A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts May 23, 2024
Chatbots Make Pathology Reports Easier for Patients to Read, Study Shows Bard and GPT-4 simplified reports and interpreted findings correctly, but hallucinations occurred May 22, 2024
Quiet End to Doc's Sexual Assault Case; PFAS Whistleblower; Senior Site Questioned This past week in healthcare investigations May 22, 2024
NEJM Rescinds Embargo Policy Barring Physician-Focused Publications Change follows a campaign by the Association of Health Care Journalists May 21, 2024
Why One Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients New York nonprofit is one of only a few nationally that bar all aggressive collection activities May 19, 2024
Pediatricians Have Important Role in Talking About Substance Use, Experts Say "You can't just assume that somebody's going to get care elsewhere," one pediatrician noted May 17, 2024
The Lure of Specialty Medicine Pulls Nurse Practitioners From Primary Care Increasingly, NPs are broadening their skills and income May 17, 2024
MedPod Today: RFK Jr.'s Ailments; Tenpenny Gets License Back; Shady Stem Cell Shots ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics May 17, 2024 podcast
NFL Team Doc Pleads Guilty in Double Fatality Crash; Doc Charged in 100 MPH Crash A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts May 16, 2024
Over 400 Physicians From Delaware's ChristianaCare Move to Unionize "This is a movement that needs to happen in medicine," one physician said May 15, 2024
Taking Telemedicine Visits From Your Kitchen? Think Again Patients prefer professional telemedicine backgrounds, survey shows May 15, 2024
Dark Side of MDMA's Journey to FDA; Fake Studies Shutter Journals; H5N1 Turf Wars This past week in healthcare investigations May 15, 2024
Doctor Fined for Prescribing Ivermectin for COVID Wei-Hsung Lin, MD, will have to pay $5,000 and take CME courses on managing COVID May 14, 2024
Clinicians at Legacy Health Move to Unionize About 150 doctors, PAs and NPs plan to organize with an American Federation of Teachers affiliate May 14, 2024
U.S. News Introduces List of Best Outpatient Surgery Centers Ten states had 20 or more high-performing facilities May 14, 2024
Brain Worms Like RFK Jr.'s: Here's What to Know About 2,000 people in the U.S. are hospitalized with neurocysticercosis each year May 09, 2024
RFK Jr. Explains Why His Voice Sounds Hoarse Spasmodic dysphonia -- not his brain worm -- is the root cause May 09, 2024
Stem Cell Injections in Mexico Led to Drug-Resistant Infections Three patients acquired Mycobacterium abscessus infections after medical travel May 09, 2024
Urologist Convicted of Sex Abuse; Doc Accused of Rape; Man Sentenced for HIV Spread A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts May 09, 2024
Sexual Harassment Rampant in Ob/Gyn Field, Despite Majority Female Workforce Researchers suggest that power dynamics may be more critical than gender May 08, 2024
100 Million Scripts Came Through Illegal Online Pharmacies Last Year Figure represents 2% of all U.S. prescriptions, according to IQVIA report May 08, 2024
As Steward Ship Was Sinking, CEO Bought $40M Yacht This past week in healthcare investigations May 08, 2024
Stranded in the ED, Seniors Await Hospital Care and Suffer Avoidable Harm Physicians say ED boarding is as bad as it's ever been May 07, 2024
Doc Who Said COVID Vax Can Magnetize People Has License Reinstated Sherri Tenpenny, DO, had her license suspended indefinitely last summer May 07, 2024
WHO Overturns Dogma on Airborne Disease Spread. The CDC Might Not Act on It. The report "is a complete U-turn," according to one expert May 05, 2024
MedPod Today: Bird Flu Rundown; EMTALA at the Supreme Court; NEJM Embargo Changes ΒιΆΉ΄«Γ½ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics May 03, 2024 podcast
