Here’s How Many Hospitals Earned Five Stars From CMS
CMS updated its Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating this week, with the bulk of facilities sitting in the middle of ...
Here’s What Stakeholders Want From the Next FDA Commissioner
Stakeholders across the board are calling for a return to regular order at the FDA following the resignation of Commissioner ...
What Your Patient Couldn’t Tell the Dispatcher
The patient was a 63-year-old man whose feelings of being unwell had been building for 4 days, and this was ...
Is the ‘What I Eat in a Day’ Trend Fueling Malnutrition?
(MedPage Today) -- At an annual pediatrics visit, a 15-year-old female patient told me she was trying to "eat healthier." ...
Judge Blocks DOJ’s Demand for Hospital’s Records of Trans Kids
A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration's sweeping demands for confidential transgender patient information from Rhode Island's largest hospital ...
Make the Diagnosis: This Is a Curious Cluster. Can You Diagnose It?
Presentation A 21-year-old woman visited her doctor for multiple moles on her chest that first developed in her early teenage ...
All-Oral Treatment Combo for AML Earns FDA Nod
The combo, decitabine and cedazuridine tablets plus venetoclax, was approved for adults aged 75 and older and adults with comorbidities ...
The $500K Club
Eight physician specialties crossed the half-million-dollar threshold. See what’s driving their earnings. Medscape Medical News Source link : https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/500k-club-2026a1000fog?src=rss Author ...
Doctors Skeptical of Insurers’ Pledges to Rein in Prior Authorization
Physicians remain skeptical that health insurers' pledges to ease prior authorization hassles will result in any meaningful action, an American ...
Hantavirus Risk to US Public Remains Low, CDC Says
The risk from hantavirus to the general public remains very low, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
GLP-1s and Hepatic Events; ‘Shame, Taboo, Hygiene’; Treating Late-Onset IBD
Among U.S. adults with diabetes and steatotic liver disease in the All of Us cohort, new use of a GLP-1 ...
Nurse Killed in Hospital Parking Lot; Deadly Cosmetic Surgery Suit; EHR Lawsuit
An Alabama nurse was shot and killed during an attempted robbery in the hospital parking lot. The suspect had been ...
Vocal fry is more common in men, actually, find scientists
You may find vocal fry irritating, but don’t automatically attribute it to womenCavan Images / Alamy If you have listened ...
Oncologist Who Cared for Hantavirus Patients on Ship Leaves Medical Isolation Unit
An oncologist traveling on the cruise ship at the center of a hantavirus outbreak has been cleared to leave a ...
De-Escalated Treatment for Early Breast Cancer Continues to Gain Momentum
The number of women skipping sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) for early breast cancer doubled over a 5-year period to ...
Two New Physician Social Media Platforms Come Online
Two new physician social media communities have come online in recent weeks -- Roon, and one run by the social ...
Will burying dead trees after a wildfire keep their carbon locked up?
Charred trees still standing after a wildfire in Glacier National Park, MontanaGorski/NurPhoto/Shutterstock In 2021, a smouldering underground coal seam ignited ...
On the Horizon: Dry Eye in Focus at ARVO 2026
A trio of studies from the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) 2026 Annual Meeting show the potential ...
EyePoint’s Late-stage Eye Drug Trials to Continue After Safety Panel Review
EyePoint said on Thursday an independent safety committee found no new concerns in two late-stage trials of its experimental eye ...
RFK Jr. Aide Quits in Protest; ICE Releases Doctor; Osteoporosis Tied to Mortality
Note that some links may require registration or subscription. Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s chief spokesperson Rich Danker resigned Wednesday, ...
