Cardiology's Bid to Defect From ABIM Plows Ahead
(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- Cardiology's bid to escape what many see as burdensome requirements for board certification maintenance under the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is well underway, a panel reported at the American College... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 7, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Here's What Medicaid Expansion Can Do for the Health of Your State
(MedPage Today) -- As the Texas House and Senate decide which issues to consider in the 2025 legislative session, we want to bring your attention to a matter that requires immediate action in our state: the need to accept expanded federal funding... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 6, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
CDC Tells Docs to Be on the Lookout for Bird Flu Cases
(MedPage Today) -- The CDC wants clinicians and health departments to consider potential infections with the highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) A(H5N1) virus, commonly known as bird flu, in people with exposure to potentially infected animal... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 6, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Despite Pushback, Anti-DEI Congressman to Speak at Medical Meeting
(MedPage Today) -- Rep. Greg Murphy, MD (R-N.C.), will speak at the American College of Emergency Physicians' (ACEP) leadership meeting later this month, despite calls for the congressman to be disinvited over his bill proposing a ban on federal... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Bracing for a Surge in Prostate Cancer Diagnoses
(MedPage Today) -- Driven by increased life expectancy and related changes in age structure, global prostate cancer cases will more than double over the next 15 years, a panel of experts concluded.
The number of new cases will increase from 1... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Enhertu Gets Tumor-Agnostic FDA Approval for HER2-Positive Cancers
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA granted tumor-agnostic accelerated approval to trastuzumab deruxtecan (Enhertu) for previously treated unresectable or metastatic HER2-positive (immunohistochemistry [IHC] 3+) solid cancers.
The action represents the... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Hospitals Cash In on a Private Equity-Backed Trend: Concierge Physician Care
(MedPage Today) -- Nonprofit hospitals created largely to serve the poor are adding concierge physician practices, charging patients annual membership fees of $2,000 or more for easier access to their doctors.
It's a trend that began decades ago... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Pointing Fingers at Big Pharma Won't Solve Our Drug Cost Problem
(MedPage Today) -- In his latest outcry against pharmaceuticals, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I.-Vt.) and a group of other senators recently questioned three "Big Pharma" CEOs in an hours-long hearing about the cost of drugs in the U.S. Even the name of... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
More Bird Flu Spread; FDA to Allow Gay Men to Donate Sperm; 'Oatzempic' Trend
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The bird flu outbreak among dairy cattle continues to widen, infecting a herd in Ohio for the first time and additional herds in Kansas and New Mexico. (Reuters... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 5, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
ALS Therapy to Be Pulled From the Market, Drugmaker Says
(MedPage Today) -- Amylyx Pharmaceuticals announced Thursday that it's removing its amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) drug sodium phenylbutyrate and taurursodiol (Relyvrio), also known as AMX0035, from U.S. and Canadian markets.
The company... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
How to Safely Watch a Solar Eclipse
(MedPage Today) -- With the first total solar eclipse to cross the U.S. in 7 years just a few days away, experts are recommending that observers take some precautions to ensure safe viewing of the astronomical phenomenon.
On April 8, the path... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Vaping May Help People Quit Smoking Cigarettes After All
(MedPage Today) -- Combustible cigarette smokers are now more likely to quit if they start on e-cigarettes, a trend not seen a decade ago, according to longitudinal data from adults in the Population Assessment of Tobacco and Health (PATH) study... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Victory Over Big Pharma Will Take More Than the IRA
(MedPage Today) -- During his recent State of the Union address, President Biden touted the projected success of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in reducing drug expenditures and called for its expansion to include "500 drugs over the next decade... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
New Allegations in Doc's Drano Poisoning Case; $535M Behavioral Health Verdict
(MedPage Today) -- Yue "Emily" Yu, MD, the California doctor charged with poisoning her husband with Drano, faces new allegations that she coached her kids to lie about their dad. (Los Angeles Times)
Universal Health Services is contesting a ... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
Start of a New Trend? Hepatitis C Cases Drop in the U.S.
(MedPage Today) -- New U.S. hepatitis C infections dropped slightly in 2022, a surprising improvement after more than a decade of steady increases, federal health officials said Wednesday.
Experts are not sure whether the 6% decline is a statistical... (Source: MedPage Today Public Health)
Source: MedPage Today Public Health - April 4, 2024 Category: American Health Source Type: news
