March 3, 2025
Congress is wrestling with how deeply to cut Medicaid, the government health program that covers about 72 million Americans and accounts for one-fifth of US healthcare […]
March 3, 2025
Listen carefully to a spoken conversation and you’ll notice that the speakers use a lot of little quasi-words — mm-hmm, um, huh? and the like — that […]
February 28, 2025
The British Medical Association (BMA) has conditionally accepted amendments to the 2025-2026 GP General Medical Services contract. Its GP Committee for England (GPCE) approved the changes […]
February 28, 2025
Each morning on many vacations, Emily K. Osman, MD, would stay in her hotel room until she’d made all her patient phone calls and reviewed their […]
February 28, 2025
When the alarm blares at 5, you might be able to get in a quick workout. More likely, it’s a shower, a cup of coffee, and […]
February 28, 2025
TOPLINE: A substantial proportion of high school students who attempted to quit electronic cigarettes reported successful cessation with support from friends. Punitive measures and temporary loss […]
February 27, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) could get prescribing privileges if a new bill passes through Congress. The Healthy Technology Act of 2025 would amend the Federal Food, Drug, […]
February 27, 2025
Hockey Quebec has banned the use of smelling salts, at least until the end of the season, after two minor league coaches were found to have […]
February 26, 2025
TOPLINE: In the United States, the proportion of visits to primary care physicians (PCPs) declined from 2010 to 2021, whereas the proportion of visits to nurse […]