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MedPAC Members Vote to Recommend Pay Hikes for Physicians and Hospitals

"Safety net" providers who serve low-income Medicare beneficiaries would get an extra pay bump

Jan 17, 2025
Massachusetts Cuts Residency Requirement for IMGs

IMGs must work 3 years in underserved areas before being fully licensed

Jan 17, 2025
MedPod Today: 'Medical Freedom'; More Private Equity Harms; USMLE Cheating Scandal

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Jan 17, 2025
Oregon Doctors, Nurses Have Been Striking for a Week

Strike lines are "strong and getting stronger," union says

Jan 16, 2025
MedPod Today: 'Medical Freedom'; More Private Equity Harms; USMLE Cheating Scandal

ֱ reporters offer further insights into recently covered topics

Oregon Doctors, Nurses Have Been Striking for a Week

Strike lines are "strong and getting stronger," union says

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Do Stressed Out Surgeons Have Better or Worse Patient Outcomes?

Study's unexpected findings have parallels to observations in elite athletes

Jan 16, 2025
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Amid H5N1, CDC Wants Faster Influenza A Subtyping for Hospitalized Cases

Clinicians should also ask about animal exposure

Jan 16, 2025
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Army Doc Gets Over 13 Years in Prison for Sexually Abusing Soldiers

Anesthesiologist and pain management specialist pleaded guilty to abuse of dozens of male victims

Jan 16, 2025
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California Doctors Lose Homes and Much More to Devastating Fires

"Not only did we lose our home. We lost our community," Malibu doctor says

Jan 15, 2025
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Surgical Patient's Face Catches Fire; Drug Prices Up; Slime at Boar's Head Plant

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Jan 15, 2025
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Nurse Practitioners Top 'Best Jobs' Rankings Again

PAs also placed high in U.S. News & World Report's rankings

Jan 14, 2025
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The Smoldering Symphony of Los Angeles: The Burn and Afterburn

Let's tap into our occupational and environmental medicine resources

Jan 14, 2025
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How Nurses, Doctors Rank in Gallup's Poll of Most Trusted Professions

Nurses take the top spot for 23rd year in a row, doctors round out the top five

Jan 13, 2025
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Prospect Is Another Casualty of Private Equity in Healthcare, Experts Say

"Wealth-extraction entities" have no business in healthcare, one doctor argues

Jan 13, 2025
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Diabetes Med for Kidney Stones? Exercise and Heart Failure

Also in TTHealthWatch: catheter material for PICC lines

Jan 11, 2025
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Future of Lab-Developed Tests Still Taking Shape

Parts of FDA rule on the tests set to take effect in May as opponents await lawsuit outcome

Jan 10, 2025
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Thousands of Providence Health Workers Strike in Oregon

Largest strike involving healthcare workers in the state, first involving physicians

Jan 10, 2025
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Growing 'Medical Freedom' Movement Poses Challenge for Public Health

The notion isn't new, but is "coalescing, now, around this phrase"

Jan 10, 2025
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Blood Pressure Ticks Up With Microaggressions During Pregnancy

Study suggests subtle, unintentional interpersonal slights are not so benign

Jan 09, 2025
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