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<乌鸦传媒>Why It's So Tough to Reduce Unnecessary Medical Care

Huge amounts are spent, but it does little to help patients

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<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About Lead Toxicity and Kids' Applesauce

Hospitalization for acute lead toxicity can start at 45 mcg/dL

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<乌鸦传媒>Are Selfie-Related Deaths a Public Health Issue?

Experts say these deaths are increasing, and are highly preventable

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical Board Reprimands Doctor Who Worked While COVID-Positive

As COVID hospitalization declines, should infection control policies shift?

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Fatally Stabbed; Doctor Sues Mayo; Maya Kowalski's Criminal Complaint

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Health Officer May Get $4M to Step Down

But outcome of months-long saga between county officials and health officer remains uncertain

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Aid Grifters Waste Billions; Inside Cohen's CDC; Forged Neuro Data?

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Tackling Climate Change Starts With a Focus on Health, Lancet Report Says

Heat-related deaths, extreme weather, increased disease spread are already a problem

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<乌鸦传媒>Addiction Societies Issue Guidance on Stimulant Use Disorder

"The main takeaway is that stimulant use disorder is treatable," society president says

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<乌鸦传媒>ChatGPT Quickly Authored 100 Blogs Full of Healthcare Disinformation

But Google Bard and Microsoft Bing had guardrails in place to thwart such prompting

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<乌鸦传媒>AMA Delegates Trash AI Bots, Medicare Advantage, Inexperienced 'Politicized' ALJs

Proposal calls for facilities with an "Emergency Room" to have an emergency doc on site

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<乌鸦传媒>U.S. to Cover PrEP for Older Americans to Stem the Spread of HIV

Biden administration hopes to catch up with other parts of the world

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<乌鸦传媒>Jury Sides With 'Take Care of Maya' Family in Case Against All Children's Hospital

Kowalski family awarded $211 million in compensatory damages, $50 million in punitive damages

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: So-Called 'Abortion Reversal'; CMS Cuts; Tinnitus After COVID Vax

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Policymakers Must Balance Innovation With Patient Safety for AI in Healthcare

Emerging technology presents an opportunity to right past wrongs, Senator says during hearing

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<乌鸦传媒>Doctors Perform First Partial-Face, Full-Eye Transplant

Stem cells injected into optic nerve, but unclear whether recipient will regain his sight

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<乌鸦传媒>10 Ways MedPAC Commissioners Think Regulators Should Fix Medicare Advantage Plans

Improvements needed in network accuracy and transparency regarding denial rates, they say

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<乌鸦传媒>ChatGPT Created a Fake Dataset With Skewed Results

Findings raise concerns about the ease of generating false medical evidence

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<乌鸦传媒>Hospital Spying Suit; $2M Contrast Dye Death Settlement; Surgical Error Suit

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Lawsuit Challenges Federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

Claims "consistently lost, ignored, denied, or caught up" in bureaucracy, complaint alleges

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<乌鸦传媒>Soldiers' Mysterious Injuries; Doctor's Resignation Worries Families; Recall Harms

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>Guidance Focuses on Mental Health Symptoms in Long COVID

Multidisciplinary group calls for clinicians to reduce stigma by validating patient experiences

<乌鸦传媒>Envision Healthcare Bounces Back After Bankruptcy

But is the clinician staffing firm out of the woods completely?

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<乌鸦传媒>How Dangerous Is Caffeine for People With Severe Arrhythmias?

Parents blame daughter's death on highly caffeinated beverage

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<乌鸦传媒>Medical School on Cherokee Reservation Will Soon Send Doctors to Tribal, Rural Areas

"It really comforts patients to know that someone like them is taking care of them"

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<乌鸦传媒>Colorado's Ban on 'Abortion Reversal' Tied Up in Court Battle

Mainstream medicine says the so-called treatment isn't backed by science

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<乌鸦传媒>Nurse Found Dead in Basement; Pain Doc Settles for $1.5M; Child Abuse Doc Testifies

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

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<乌鸦传媒>Situs Inversus Cases Rise After China Lifts Zero-COVID Policy

Experts in the U.S. weigh in on early observations at two Chinese centers

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<乌鸦传媒>'Gaping Holes' in Maine Victims; Risky Hernia Surgery on the Rise; Open Access Push

This past week in healthcare investigations

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Outlines Rules for Telling Clinicians About Unapproved Uses of Drugs, Devices

Draft guidance explains what doesn't qualify as "scientifically sound" information

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<乌鸦传媒>What to Know About the JN.1 Variant

Descendant of BA.2.86 has a known immune-evasive mutation

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<乌鸦传媒>Quick Genetic Test Offers Hope for Sick, Undiagnosed Kids, but Few Insurers Cover It

Test can "change the trajectory of these children's diseases"

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<乌鸦传媒>Skipping Hand Hygiene Before Donning Gloves May Be Just as Safe, Trial Suggests

Adherence to infection prevention strategy was better in hospital units asked to directly glove

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<乌鸦传媒>MedPod Today: COVID Rundown; Shady Medicare Advantage Ads; RIP 'Excited Delirium'

乌鸦传媒 reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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<乌鸦传媒>Infertility Definition Expanded to Be More Inclusive

New definition more inclusive for LGBTQ people and independent parents

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<乌鸦传媒>AI Detects Diabetes; Problems With Predictive AI; Regulating AI in Health

A monthly roundup of AI innovation and research in healthcare

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<乌鸦传媒>Spider, Exoskeleton Removed From Patient's Ear

Woman said she felt a creature moving in her ear

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<乌鸦传媒>Doc Accused of Poisoning Wife; Doc Sues for Age Discrimination; Bogus Ablations

A weekly roundup of healthcare's encounters with the courts

<乌鸦传媒>Journal Editor Fired for Hamas-Israeli Conflict Comments

Michael Eisen, former editor of eLife, was horrified by both Hamas and harm to Gazans

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<乌鸦传媒>Hopkins Pathologist Placed on Leave; Ob/Gyn Sued for Sex Assault; Rural MA Woes

This past week in healthcare investigations

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