Sensible Medicine
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
Nearly a thousand news outlets covered the recent publication of the positive results of the STEP-9 trial of semaglutide vs placebo for the treatment of knee pain due to osteoarthritis in patients with obesity. Twitter overflowed with positive messages after the New England Journal of Medicine publication. I am not sold on the trial. STEP-9 had many flaws but one fatal flaw.
Scrubs
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
In an unprecedented step toward financial relief and health equity, the city of St. Paul, Minnesota, has announced the erasure of nearly $40 million in medical debt for 32,000 residents. Through a partnership between city and state leaders and medical debt relief organizations, this initiative aims to lift a massive burden off the shoulders of St. Paul residents, allowing them to “breathe easy” and focus on their well-being without the looming stress of unpaid medical bills.
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Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 17, 2024
Dalan Animal Health is working to sell its bee vaccines to commercial beekeepers and governments and potentially expand to other invertebrates.
EvidenceCare
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
Written by Carol Howard, VP of Clinical Strategy As Medicare Advantage (MA) continues to grow, hospitals have faced growing challenges in navigating complex policies, payer friction, and financial pressures. Recently, I interviewed industry experts who discussed these issues in depth during a live recording of The Better Care Podcast. The panel featured Jackie Kimmel , Senior Director of Strategy Catalyst for The Health Management Academy , Dr.
Emerging RN Leader
DECEMBER 8, 2024
By Rose O. Sherman, EdD, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN Some of the most troubling conversations I have with leaders today concern a growing number of nurses who seem to lack empathy. Caring for patients in a way that projects concern and empathy has always been a core value in nursing. Leaders see an increasing number of […] The post Teaching Nurses to Be More Empathetic appeared first on Emerging Nurse Leader.
Legal Eye on Medical Assisting
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
I recently received the following question from an Indiana medical assistant: I am looking into getting my surgical technologist degree, but I am wondering if I can use my medical assisting degree in the [operating room]. I have read some articles, but I am not seeing where it states yes or no.
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Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
After activist investor Quentin Koffey’s Politan Capital Management won a proxy battle at med tech company Masimo, the company’s new leadership is suing founder and ex-CEO Joe Kiani as well as shareholder RTW investments.
Scrubs
NOVEMBER 4, 2024
On November 1, 2024, federal authorities charged 38-year-old Rebecca Fadanelli, owner of Skin Beaute Med Spa in Randolph and South Easton, Massachusetts, with illegally importing counterfeit cosmetic products and administering them without proper medical credentials. The charges include one count each of illegally importing merchandise contrary to law, selling or dispensing a counterfeit drug, and selling or dispensing a counterfeit device.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 28, 2024
Wastewater surveillance suggests that we in the midst of what's being called a "Silent" COVID-19 surge fueled by the XEC variant of the SARS-CoV-2. Here's what to do.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 2, 2024
The recent appearance of the H5N1 bird flu in pigs does raise viral reassortment concerns. Here's what we know about this highly pathogenic avian influenza virus so far.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 21, 2024
The CDC's HICPAC advisory committee seems intent on rolling back infection control precautions in healthcare settings, despite evidence that what they propose is wrong.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 3, 2024
A theory that is open-ended with many problems for the redefined group of practitioners to resolve.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The implications of this sale are significant, raising concerns over data privacy and the potential misuse of sensitive genetic information.
Forbes Healthcare
NOVEMBER 26, 2024
Here are my best survival tips for a hospitalization, based on my years of experience as a physician, patient advocate, and caregiver.
EvidenceCare
NOVEMBER 5, 2024
In an era where healthcare leaders must balance financial sustainability with care quality, scale with personalization, and innovation with operational stability, finding the right path forward can be challenging. At the Nashville Healthcare Sessions conference , healthcare executives at the forefront of addressing these challenges shared their real-world strategies and insights.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 4, 2024
In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, AI generative deepfake images of destruction and human suffering flooded social media, and this hurts real people now and in the future.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 7, 2024
The United States has few rules governing egg and sperm donation, a Wild West being supercharged by influencers peddling it as a cash-cow to millions of young followers.
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 19, 2024
Led by her youngest daughter Shana Dall’Osto, the Epic founder and CEO’s family foundation Roots & Wings will soon be granting around $100 million to hundreds of nonprofits each year.
Forbes Healthcare
DECEMBER 21, 2024
Most of us have a good sense of what counts as a healthy versus unhealthy lifestyle. Nevertheless, theres more to longevity than just diet, exercise and sleepas evidenced by the quirky stories explored here.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 25, 2024
Paxlovid comes with a host of contraindications and costs $1561 for a 5- day course. Metformin costs $1/day and reduces viral load. Which should you take?
Forbes Healthcare
OCTOBER 15, 2024
The settlement provides for three main types of compensation, with a maximum payout of up to $10,000 for specific claims
Sensible Medicine
SEPTEMBER 19, 2024
Dr. Marty Makary has a powerful new book, BLIND SPOTS: When medicine gets it wrong and what it means for our health , that came out on Tuesday and instantly hit #2 bestselling book on Amazon. I loved the book and highly recommend it. In this piece, he discusses one of those blind spots of the modern medical establishment—America is getting sicker right before our eyes.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 16, 2024
Throughout modern medical history, Americans have underestimated or dismissed emerging health threats until the consequences became impossible to ignore.
Sensible Medicine
OCTOBER 20, 2024
In a world where doctors are increasingly treated like cogs in a machine, the question arises: Would you recommend your son or daughter pursue the field? Recently, I saw this poll: I said ‘unsure’, but that is just a fragment of what I think. Here is my answer (leave yours in the comments). My answer is: it depends on who is asking. I would strongly encourage you to pursue medicine if… Your primary goal in a career is using your talents to improve the well being of others.
Forbes Healthcare
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Wyoming’s last reported anthrax infection in wildlife was in 1956 and the state’s last confirmed cattle outbreak was in the 1970s.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 21, 2024
Although fruit pouches were the fastest-growing products—with sales jumping 900% between 2010 and 2023—the researchers found they were the most unhealthy food items tested.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 19, 2024
Microplastics in items like water bottles disrupt hormones, potentially causing weight gain, fertility issues, and other serious health risks.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2024
Masks could provide good protection against Covid-19, avian flu, influenza, and mpox. Yet nationally, there is a move to ban masks, as Nassau county just did.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 15, 2024
Danish firm Bavarian Nordic, which manufactures the preferred vaccine for use against mpox, has said it can meet booming demand for its shot after the WHO declared an emergency.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 13, 2024
This Forbes list highlights 25 venture-backed companies likely to become unicorns. Learn more about the founders and investors behind these fast-growing tech startups.
Forbes Healthcare
AUGUST 16, 2024
There are several vaccines approved to use against mpox and stock for the favored shot have risen more than 40% this week.
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