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 Nov 13, 2023
Pancreatic Cancer Doesn't Have to Be a Death Sentence Early detection is the key to increasing survival rates Nov 13, 2023
AMA Delegates Divided on Federal Ban of the Corporate Practice of Medicine "We need to move forcefully against the barbarians at the gate," one physician said Nov 13, 2023
Communicating Uncertainty About Drugs Granted Accelerated Approval An education gap exists about "the possibility that these drugs might not work," says expert Nov 13, 2023 video
Getting the Incentives Right for Reducing Healthcare's Carbon Footprint There are ways to save energy while also saving money, experts say Nov 13, 2023
Long-Acting Steroid Gives 14 Weeks of Knee OA Relief Placebo-controlled trial gives novel product a tentative boost Nov 13, 2023
Trump Wants Dealers Executed; School Closures and Suicide; Double Uterus Pregnancy Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by ֱ staff Nov 13, 2023
DOAC Cuts Stroke Risk From Subclinical Afib But whether the small absolute gain shown in ARTESiA is worth the bleeds is another question Nov 12, 2023
Health Organizations Making Strides In Health Equity, AMA Leader Says Half of organizations have made progress toward barring race-based decision tools, survey finds Nov 12, 2023
'Band-Aid on a Gaping Wound': What We Heard This Week Quotable quotes heard by ֱ's reporters Nov 12, 2023
Promising Debut for CRISPR Gene Editing Therapy for LDL Lowering Preliminary data support concept of "molecular surgery" on PCSK9 gene Nov 12, 2023
MASLD Predicted to Increase by 23% by Middle of the Century AASLD president: "No way we are going to be able to transplant our way out of this" Nov 12, 2023
AMA Declines to Debate Resolution on Israel-Hamas Conflict "This issue is too vital for us to evade discussion," one delegate argued unsuccessfully Nov 12, 2023
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 Nov 12, 2023
Intensive Blood Pressure Lowering Cuts Dementia Risk Benefit finally proven in clinical trial Nov 12, 2023
Double Defibrillator More Effective for Obese Afib Patients Clinical trial affirms a better initial strategy Nov 12, 2023
Risk, Value, and 'Doublethink' in Healthcare The only value in healthcare should be the value of a healthy citizenry Nov 12, 2023
Single-Payer Healthcare, Obesity Drug Coverage Discussed at the AMA Interim Meeting Delegates agree the current system is broken but disagree on the solution Nov 12, 2023
Antihypertensives Do Not Detract From the BP Reduction of a Low-Sodium Diet Dietary change produces clinically relevant BP changes within a week Nov 12, 2023
Your Hospital Is Like a Modern Airport. That's Not Good AI will revolutionize how healthcare is delivered; how is yet to be determined Nov 12, 2023
No Aspirin Needed After LVAD, ARIES-HM3 Trial Says Warfarin does a good enough job alone without adding aspirin Nov 11, 2023
Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Active in Heavily Treated Renal Cell Carcinoma Responses to "special drug" zanzalintinib in cabozantinib-exposed and unexposed patients Nov 11, 2023
Angioplasty Redeemed for Stable Angina in Sham-Controlled ORBITA-2 Reduced angina frequency with anti-anginal meds out of the picture Nov 11, 2023
Transfusion Thresholds Square Off in Acute Myocardial Infarction For patients with anemia, trial suggests the commonly used restrictive strategy might not be best Nov 11, 2023
Zoonotic Spillovers; DNA and RNA Testing for Cancer Risk Also in TTHealthWatch: genes and health conditions among Icelanders Nov 11, 2023 podcast
How Will Tomorrow's Medical Students Be Different? New skills before and during medical school may enhance diversity and development Nov 11, 2023
Medicine Is Not Just at a Crossroads, It's in a Crisis, AMA President Says Jesse Ehrenfeld, MD, MPH, uses his interim speech to "shine a light" on the challenges docs face Nov 11, 2023
And for Wegovy's Next Trick, Full-Blown Cardiovascular Benefit Outside Diabetes Established weight loss and diabetes drug may extend reach to millions more Nov 11, 2023
Hospitals Have Many Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Experts Say Radiology departments and operating rooms are good targets Nov 10, 2023
Nursing Leaders Tackle Ways to Fix 'Accelerated Burnout' in New Nurses "It takes a village to raise a nurse," expert says Nov 10, 2023
Targeting Chronic Inflammation in Progressive MS Our panel of experts discuss emerging data in the chronic active inflammation space Nov 10, 2023 video
At-Home Monitoring for Age-Related Macular Degeneration Gets High Marks No change in visual acuity, office-visit interval almost doubled during 6 months Nov 10, 2023
Pregnant Patients With High Autoantibody Levels Need Fetal Heart Monitoring Study should help target frequent testing to those most likely to benefit Nov 10, 2023
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 Nov 10, 2023
First Treatment Approved for Genetic Clotting Disorder Adzynma indicated as prophylactic or on-demand enzyme replacement therapy in cTTP Nov 10, 2023
'Uncertain' Link Between Allergic Diseases and Long COVID, Review Finds Pre-existing asthma, rhinitis showed some correlation with post-COVID conditions Nov 10, 2023
Personal Beliefs May Skew Pandemic Memories and Deepen Polarization Biased recall may be a threat to future crisis preparedness and response Nov 10, 2023
B-Cell Depletion Helps Maintain Kidney Function in Lupus Nephritis Secondary trial analysis boosts case for Gazyva Nov 10, 2023
