Ivermectin for COVID-19: Worth a Shot? Evidence base limited, including one withdrawn study with Surgisphere data Aug 27, 2020
Hospital CEO Resigns After Playing Doctor Surgeon who encouraged him also gone from hospital Aug 27, 2020
Study Backs Flexner Report's Negative Impact on Black Physicians JAMA editors call for more studies addressing racism in medicine Aug 20, 2020
Beanbag Rounds, While Nonlethal, Still Inflict Serious Injury Case report suggests munitions are unsafe method of crowd control, researchers say Aug 14, 2020
Ethics Consult: No IVF for Lesbian Couple? MD/JD Bangs Gavel You voted, now see the results and an expert's response Aug 14, 2020
Surgeons Stole Black Man's Heart for White Businessman First heart transplant in the segregated south Aug 12, 2020
Anti-Affirmative Action Paper Blows Up on Twitter Former fellowship director's arguments "should both enrage & activate all of us" Aug 04, 2020
Stalking Trainees' Social Media for Unprofessionalism? #medbikini Back At Ya Questionable tactics and shaming in journal paper set off a tweetstorm made for summer Jul 24, 2020
Tenet Gets Big Federal $$$ but Still Cuts Employees Stimulus funds, deferred taxes aren't enough to prevent a 10% workforce furlough Jul 09, 2020
Op-Ed: Is Medical Waste ... Racist? Disposal methods are threatening minority communities Jul 06, 2020
Side Jobs Not All Roses for the Next Generation of Doctors Latest personal ventures include social media sponsorships, admissions consulting Jun 24, 2020
FDA Slaps Stem Cell Firm Linked to Nebraska Infections EUCYT Laboratories also pushing exosome treatments for COVID-19 Jun 23, 2020
Racial Bias in Flexner Report Permeates Medical Education Today Landmark study forced all but two Black U.S. medical schools to close Jun 18, 2020
COVID-19 Pitched as 'Opportunity' to Nursing Students Unlike medical students, nursing trainees encouraged to join front lines Jun 16, 2020
What Police Chokeholds Can Do to the Brain George Floyd's death prompts new look at often overused police tactic Jun 11, 2020
Doctors Rally in New York to Support Black Lives Matter Protests One of 6 events hosted at hospitals throughout the city in solidarity Jun 04, 2020
We Must Legalize Opioids Now to End Racist War on Drugs In the age of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement, it's more important than ever Jun 03, 2020
End of Life and COVID-19; DCIS Doubles Cancer Risk; Training for 'Bad News' News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues May 28, 2020
Two Law Firms Dominate Medical Debt Suits in Texas Responsible for nearly 90% of all "predatory" litigation against patients May 27, 2020
We Don't Just Need Masks, We Need Optimal PPE Healthcare workers giving care should be protected based on evidence, not by supply May 17, 2020
Clinic Pushes Inhaled Stem Cell Tx, Delivered to Your Door Companies take advantage of COVID-19 fears May 14, 2020
Detroit Children's Hospital Ousts Wayne State Pediatricians 25 doctors "squeezed in the middle" of administrative dispute May 08, 2020
Do You Believe in HCQ for COVID-19? It Will Break Your Heart Milton Packer believes advocacy of the drug is practicing politics, not medicine May 06, 2020
NYU Leadership Gaslights Residents Over Hazard Pay Urology chair: requests are "not becoming of a compassionate and caring physician" Apr 23, 2020
Ex-Docs Spend Medicaid $$; Husel Murder Trial Delay; Dentist Burns PPE Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Apr 03, 2020
Surgeon Accused of Taping Sex Assaults; MD Chokes Nurse; Sex for Pain Pills Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Mar 13, 2020
Meth Charge for Family Doc; 'No Merit' to Husel's Suit; Groping Surgeon? Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Mar 06, 2020
Marty Time: The Dangerous Side of Device Overuse Marty Makary, MD, MPH, and Ali Ghomi, MD, on the controversy surrounding a quick-fix for heavy periods Mar 04, 2020 video
The Dangerous Side of Device Overuse Marty Makary, MD, MPH, talks with Ali Ghomi, MD Mar 04, 2020 podcast
Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periods Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure Feb 26, 2020
From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandal Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
Edit Embryo Genome? Ethics Experts Weigh In You voted, now see the results and expert discussion Feb 14, 2020
Want to Cut Drug Costs? Change $$ Incentives, House Told House members hear of problems with patient assistance programs, pay incentives, and tax codes Feb 06, 2020
Doc Wins $4.75M in Fraud, Defamation Case Against Hospital Ob/gyn said she was wrongly accused of substance abuse Feb 05, 2020