Clarifying Misconceptions About Youth Gender-Affirming Care What trans people, clinicians, and families really want others to know about youth gender care May 22, 2024
GLP-1 Agonist Scripts Jumped 600% for Teens, Young Adults Since 2020 Females accounted for most of the prescription fills May 22, 2024
After the Only Hospital in Town Closed, a City Directs Its Ire at Politicians In rural communities, over 100 hospitals have downsized services or closed over the past decade May 21, 2024
Does COVID-19 Persist? An unexpected idea gains traction and may provide clues about long COVID May 20, 2024
Finding Undiagnosed Asthma, COPD and Treating It Shows Benefit in Trial Healthcare utilization for respiratory illness halved while quality of life, symptoms improved May 20, 2024
When It Comes to the EMR, Little Things Matter a Lot Cutting one click from a routine process can make a big difference May 20, 2024
Measles Is Preventable. How Did the World End Up Back Here? Health professionals must encourage vaccination and fight misinformation May 19, 2024
When It Comes to Preventive Health, Play the Long Game Proposed budget scoring legislation can boost disease prevention and drive cost savings May 18, 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
Teen Died From Eating Spicy Chip as Part of Social Media Challenge, Autopsy Says Cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest, according to medical examiner's report May 16, 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
Celebrity Pathologist Who Argued Multiple Shooters Killed JFK Dies at 93 Cyril Wecht was involved in high-profile cases ranging from Elvis Presley to JonBenet Ramsey May 13, 2024
Mail-Order Medication Abortion Effective and Acceptable to Patients 90.4% of participants said they would use mail-order dispensing again for abortion care May 13, 2024
The Heart of Healthcare Innovation Keeps Beating Our annual innovation symposium inspired us to make our health system work better May 13, 2024
New School Meal Standards: An Encouraging Step Towards Healthier Kids The momentum coming from the federal government is promising May 10, 2024
Massage Guns the Likely Culprit in Two Cases of Acute Vertigo The relatively younger age of the two patients makes these cases particularly notable May 10, 2024
Adult RSV Shots Given to More Than 30 Babies by Mistake "Administration errors are preventable with proper education and training," say study authors May 09, 2024
83% of Adults With Generalized Anxiety Disorder Symptoms Are Undiagnosed Researchers urge for better screening and intervention May 08, 2024
Hospital Operator Steward Health Care Files for Bankruptcy Protection Day-to-day operations expected to continue as usual through Chapter 11 process May 07, 2024
Medicare Hospital Trust Fund to Stay Solvent Until 2036, Trustees' Report Says Projection is 5 years longer than last year's prediction May 07, 2024
The Plight of the Late-Boomer Physician Does anyone besides me feel like we got the short end of the financial stick? May 06, 2024
We're All Concierge Doctors Now We've unknowingly accepted all of the responsibilities and expectations, but without any benefits May 04, 2024
It May Be Safe to Extend Time Between Colonoscopy Screenings, Study Says Findings have implications for economics of resource use and avoiding invasive examinations May 02, 2024
Study: Skinny-Leg Runners Face Higher Rates of Knee Arthritis Questions about risks from weight-bearing activities may now be settled Apr 30, 2024
USPSTF Finalizes New Breast Cancer Screening Recommendations Biennial screening should begin at age 40, Task Force says Apr 30, 2024
Getting Everything in One Place Electronic health records aren't delivering on their promise of fewer paper forms Apr 29, 2024
Loneliness Linked to Increased Mortality Risk in Cancer Survivors Survivors with severe loneliness had a 67% increased risk, study finds Apr 28, 2024
Dementia May Be Underdiagnosed in States With Motor Vehicle Reporting Mandates Study attempts to assess unintended consequences of clinician reporting policies Apr 26, 2024
Burnout Is Not Going Away. Here Are Three 'Microskills' to Mitigate It. Too many physicians are not meeting their own basic needs Apr 25, 2024
FDA Approves New Option for Uncomplicated UTIs in Women Antibiotic widely used in other countries now available in the U.S. Apr 24, 2024
Long COVID Taste Loss May Not Involve Taste Buds Study attempts to untangle taste and olfactory dysfunction 1 year after infection Apr 23, 2024
When Red-Hot Isn't Enough: CDC's Heat Risk Tool Sets Magenta as Most Dangerous Level Heat is the number one cause of weather-related death Apr 23, 2024
Getting in Touch, Figuring It All Out It's great to have more than one way to ask for help on a difficult case Apr 22, 2024
Paxlovid and COVID; Breast Cancer and Lymph Node Removal Also in TTHealthWatch: pragmatic model for chronic kidney disease Apr 20, 2024 podcast
Urine Test Accurately Detected High-Grade Prostate Cancer Researchers say use of the test could substantially reduce unnecessary biopsies Apr 18, 2024
As Bans Spread, Fluoride in Drinking Water Divides Communities Across the U.S. Many believe fluoride may be harmful despite evidence to the contrary Apr 18, 2024
Deeper Sedation During Colonoscopy Linked to Improved Detection of Serrated Polyps Propofol boosts serrated polyp detection by 50%, little difference for all neoplasia, adenomas Apr 17, 2024
New Consensus Recs for Oral Immunotherapy in Food Allergies Allergist Zahida Maskatia, MD, shares how the guidelines will change practice Apr 17, 2024
Oral and Topical Minoxidil Go Head-to-Head for Hair Loss in Men Oral formulation well-tolerated and had similar efficacy for male androgenetic alopecia Apr 17, 2024
