Biden Signs Executive Order to Boost Women's Health Research
(MedPage Today) -- President Biden issued an executive order on Monday designed to increase the emphasis on women's health research across the federal government.
"In the early 1970s, researchers in the United States studied estrogen's effect... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Fertility Doc Murders Wife; Death After Gila Monster Bite; Is Milk Unhealthy?
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Eric Scott Sills, MD, was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife; authorities say the California fertility doctor staged the murder to... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Time to Stop Violence in the Healthcare Work Environment
(MedPage Today) -- Earlier this month, Patient Safety Awareness Week called on patients as well as healthcare providers to remain vigilant in preventing avoidable medical errors that occur in hospitals and other healthcare facilities. I'd like... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
A New Kind of Hospital Is Coming to Rural America
(MedPage Today) -- As rural hospitals continue to struggle financially, a new type of hospital is slowly taking root, especially in the Southeast.
Rural emergency hospitals receive more than $3 million in federal funding a year and higher Medicare... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
What to Do if You Didn't Match Into Residency (After SOAP)
(MedPage Today) -- It's Match Day, and you just received the horrible news that you didn't match, even after the stressful and tedious Supplemental Offer and Acceptance Program (SOAP) process. All your years of hard work have led to this ... and... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 18, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA Panel Gives Thumbs Up to Earlier Use of CAR T-Cell Therapy in Multiple Myeloma
(MedPage Today) -- Two CAR T-cell therapies for multiple myeloma won favorable recommendations for earlier use in the disease during a day-long meeting of the FDA Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC).
By an 11-0 vote, ODAC recommended that... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 17, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hold Your Horses, Health Workers With COVID Still Must Isolate
(MedPage Today) -- On March 1, the CDC announced it was slashing the isolation time for COVID-19 for the general public, from 5 days to 24 hours if people are fever-free without taking fever-reducing medication and symptoms are improving. Just... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 16, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Neurologic Conditions Now Leading Cause of Disability Worldwide
(MedPage Today) -- Disorders affecting the nervous system were the leading cause of ill health and disability globally, affecting 3.4 billion people worldwide, a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study showed.
Neurologic... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 16, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CDC: Cases of MIS-C After COVID Still Occurring in U.S. Kids
(MedPage Today) -- Cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) are still popping up, but at lower rates than those observed early in the COVID-19 pandemic, CDC researchers said.
In 2023, MIS-C incidence was 0.11 cases per million... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Long COVID Patients, Advocates Rally for More Research, Funding, and Attention
(MedPage Today) -- WASHINGTON -- Long COVID patients and allies rallied in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Friday -- International Long COVID Awareness Day -- to demand that the federal government spend more money on long COVID research... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Match Rates Stable as Applicants, Positions Reach All-Time Highs
(MedPage Today) -- The 2024 Match cycle saw a total of 50,413 applicants registered, representing an all-time high and increase of 4.7% over last year, the National Resident Matching Program (NRMP) reported Friday.
This rise was largely driven... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
FDA Approves First CAR-T for Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted accelerated approval to lisocabtagene maraleucel (liso-cel, Breyanzi) for pretreated chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) or small lymphocytic lymphoma (SLL), drugmaker Bristol Myers Squibb announced on Thursday... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Is the U.S. Overcounting Maternal Deaths? New Study Stirs Controversy
(MedPage Today) -- A recent study suggesting that the CDC may have overcounted maternal mortality in recent decades is stirring controversy.
Critics, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and other experts, say... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
In a First, Vice President Harris Visits a Clinic That Performs Abortions
(MedPage Today) -- ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Vice President Kamala Harris visited a Planned Parenthood clinic on Thursday, marking what her office said was the first time a president or vice president has toured a facility that performs abortions, as... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How Can the U.S. Prevent Future Cyberattacks Like the One on Change Healthcare?
(MedPage Today) -- The federal government could be doing more to prevent cyberattacks like the one that happened to Change Healthcare, the UnitedHealth Group (UHG) subsidiary, a cybersecurity expert told MedPage Today.
Change Healthcare likely... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - March 15, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
