Practice Management
Commentary
Low HPV Vaccination in the United States Is a Public Health ‘Failure’
For this vaccine, which is incredibly safe and incredibly effective, in this country, only 38.6% have received even a single dose.
Feature
Doctors Are Seeking Professional Coaches More Often. Here’s Why
More and more doctors are using professional coaching to manage life in medicine. The coaches, also physicians, say it might be a cure for burnout...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Approves Neoadjuvant/Adjuvant Durvalumab for NSCLC
The drug was approved alongside platinum-containing chemotherapy in the neoadjuvant setting and as monotherapy in the adjuvant setting.
From the Journals
Radiation Therapy Underused After Nipple-Sparing Mastectomy
Researchers compared outcomes and appropriate uses of radiation therapy among women with breast cancer who underwent breast-conserving surgery or...
Feature
FTC Interim Report on Pharmacy Middlemen Is First Step of Many Needed in Addressing Drug Costs, Access
Madelaine Feldman, MD, has been a vocal PBM critic for years. She sees a recent FTC interim report as evidence of the need for congressional...
Commentary
What Would ‘Project 2025’ Mean for Health and Healthcare?
Conservative group–backed plan intends to alter the processes and/or funding of CDC, NIH, Medicaid, and other agencies.
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA Approves Lymphir for R/R Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
The immunotherapy is a reformulation of denileukin diftitox that was initially approved for certain patients with persistent or recurrent...
Feature
Immunotherapy May Be Overused in Dying Patients With Cancer
“There are patients who are getting immunotherapy who shouldn’t,” according to a surgical oncologist from Yale.
From the Journals
Tool Can Help Predict Futile Surgery in Pancreatic Cancer
Researchers evaluate patients with anatomically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma who underwent pancreatic resection.
Latest News
Government Accuses Health System of Paying Docs Outrageous Salaries for Patient Referrals
Tennessee-based Erlanger Health System changed its compensation model to entice revenue-generating doctors.
Latest News
SUNY Downstate Emergency Medicine Doc Charged With $1.5M Fraud
EM doc accused of tax fraud, larceny, and falsifying records in case of using business credit card for personal expenses.