Medical School Affiliated With HCA Healthcare Welcomes Its First Class 50 students at the Thomas F. Frist, Jr. College of Medicine received their white coats last week Aug 05, 2024
Prescription-Free Online Semaglutide Is Risky Business Over 40% of pharmacy sites offering GLP-1 drug without a script are known to operate illegally Aug 05, 2024
PA Group Asks AMA for Policy Truce An open letter to the AMA calls for an end to its "divisive campaign against PAs" Aug 05, 2024
Medicine Made LGBTQ+ Health the Problem. Medical Schools Can Help Course Correct. Medical training has let discrimination go unchecked for far too long Aug 05, 2024
Millions of Americans Use Potentially Hepatotoxic Botanical Products And liver injuries tied to herbal and dietary supplements are on the rise, data show Aug 05, 2024
The Next Big Shiny Thing These new devices never live up to their promises, but I keep hoping anyway Aug 05, 2024
Harris' California Healthcare Battles Signal Fights Ahead for Hospitals If She Wins But if elected as president, she could face a less hospitable political environment Aug 05, 2024
Aerosmith Retires After Injury; All Zepbound Doses Now Available; Guacamole Recalled Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff Aug 05, 2024
GOP Charge That Harris Backed Tax-Funded Care for All Immigrants Overlooks Details PolitiFact has found the claim to be "Mostly False" Aug 04, 2024
Ten Years Later, the Ice Bucket Challenge Is Again Fundraising for ALS The campaign has raised $250 million so far and led to an added $1 billion in research funding Aug 04, 2024
FDA Advisors Mostly Convinced Arimoclomol Works for Rare Genetic Disorder If approved, this would be the first drug for Niemann-Pick disease type C Aug 03, 2024
POCUS and Malpractice: Separating Fact From Fear The benefit to patients from point-of-care ultrasound should outweigh litigation concerns Aug 03, 2024
Healthcare Groups Want Congress to Make Assaulting a Health Worker a Federal Crime Legislation introduced in House and Senate calls for prison sentence of up to 20 years Aug 02, 2024
AI-Powered Device Estimated Gestational Age as Accurately as Sonographers Tool could be useful in resource-limited settings without expensive ultrasound equipment Aug 02, 2024
Physician Fights Insurer to Cover Her Baby's Brain Cancer Treatment Blue Cross of Idaho denied coverage for costly drug multiple times Aug 02, 2024
FDA Greenlights First Engineered Cell Therapy for a Solid Tumor Afamitresgene autoleucel (Tecelra) approved for metastatic synovial sarcoma Aug 02, 2024
Medicare Lags, Medicaid Leads for Biosimilar Uptake Infliximab copycat usage varies widely with payer type Aug 02, 2024
NIH Loses in Court; NSYNC Member's New Diagnosis; Chief Resident Dies at 32 Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff Aug 02, 2024
MedPod Today: Latest AIDS 'Cure'; Seine Swimming Risks; Slushie Dangers for Kids? Bվ reporters offer further insights into these recently covered topics Aug 02, 2024 podcast
Where Harris' VP Options Stand on Healthcare A look at the healthcare track records of Shapiro, Kelly, Walz, and Buttigieg Aug 01, 2024
More E-Cig Use Linked to Greater Chances of Quitting Smoking National study also weighs in on the impact of vape liquid flavors Aug 01, 2024
PBMs Overpay Their Own Pharmacies to the Detriment of Insurers, Taxpayers, FTC Says But the interim report was criticized by business owners and the PBM trade group Aug 01, 2024
From Gaza to Kyiv, a Palestinian Doctor Lives Between Two Wars "I was in a war there, and now I am in a war here," he says Aug 01, 2024
Senate Probe of Births in Prisons Exposes 'Pervasive Abuse and Mistreatment' Women shared stories of shackled bellies, giving birth on dirty floors or in the toilet Aug 01, 2024
Fighting Blind: There Remains Much We Don't Know About the H5N1 Outbreak Here are key questions we need to answer to prevent larger crises Aug 01, 2024
Hospital Sued for Overpaying Docs; Fake Doc Gets 3 Years; Vacuum Delivery Lawsuit A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts Aug 01, 2024
Woman Denied Abortion at Kansas Hospital Sues, Alleging Her Life Was Put at Risk The case has already prompted a federal investigation Aug 01, 2024
FDA Panel to Consider Arimoclomol for Rare Genetic Disorder This is the second time the drug has been submitted to the FDA for Niemann-Pick disease type C Aug 01, 2024
Fauci Tells All on Relationship With Trump And discusses the unsung heroes of COVID, the future of the NIH, and taking it easy in retirement Aug 01, 2024 video
Death By Firing Squad; Cancers in Millennials; Heart Attacks During COVID Health news and commentary gathered by Bվ staff Aug 01, 2024
These Metals in Urine Predict Heart Disease and Death Exposure may come from food, water, and air Aug 01, 2024
Private Equity Strips and Devalues Successful Hospitals, Studies Show Most acquired hospitals were doing well, but lost millions in assets after the takeover Jul 31, 2024
Dermatologist Doubles Down on FDA's Warning Against Retailer-Sold Chemical Peels Consumers should see a dermatology professional when it comes to these products, she says Jul 31, 2024
Bird Flu Cases Are Going Undetected, New Study Suggests "I am very confident there are more people being infected than we know about," researcher says Jul 31, 2024
Trust in Doctors Crashed During the COVID Pandemic -- And Remains Low Putting financial motives over patient care was top reason for patient mistrust, survey found Jul 31, 2024
Expert Panel: Target These 14 Factors to Cut Dementia Incidence by Nearly Half Update from Lancet Commission adds vision loss, high LDL to previous list Jul 31, 2024
Another Medicare Cut for Physicians? Look to Congress, Not CMS Medicare patients and providers deserve better Jul 31, 2024
FDA OKs Subcutaneous Daratumumab Plus VRd for Myeloma Indicated for newly diagnosed patients who are eligible for stem cell transplant Jul 31, 2024