<ѻý>Meth Charge for Family Doc; 'No Merit' to Husel's Suit; Groping Surgeon?ѻý> Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Mar 06, 2020
<ѻý>Marty Time: The Dangerous Side of Device Overuseѻý> Marty Makary, MD, MPH, and Ali Ghomi, MD, on the controversy surrounding a quick-fix for heavy periods Mar 04, 2020 video
<ѻý>The Dangerous Side of Device Overuseѻý> Marty Makary, MD, MPH, talks with Ali Ghomi, MD Mar 04, 2020 podcast
<ѻý>Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periodsѻý> Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure Feb 26, 2020
<ѻý>Most Smokers Who Quit Before Bariatric Surgery End Up Smoking Againѻý> Even some nonsmokers picked up the habit, despite the risks Feb 21, 2020
<ѻý>From Fraud to Ghana Presidency? Another Sports Doc Abuse Scandalѻý> Bad Practice: A weekly roundup of clinicians accused, convicted, or under investigation Feb 21, 2020
<ѻý>Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Docѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Feb 19, 2020
<ѻý>Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control?ѻý> One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets Feb 12, 2020
<ѻý>UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuitsѻý> Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles" Feb 10, 2020
<ѻý>Antiseptic Cloths No Help Cutting SSI Rates After C-Sectionѻý> But infection rates were surprisingly low overall, even with placebo wipes Feb 07, 2020
<ѻý>Women Burned by Quick Fix for Heavy Periodsѻý> For many, 5-minute fix is anything but Jan 29, 2020
<ѻý>How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSureѻý> Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach Jan 29, 2020
<ѻý>'Out of Control' Child Abuse Docs; Harvard Chair Arrested; $116K Hernia Repairѻý> This past week in healthcare investigations Jan 29, 2020
<ѻý>Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgeryѻý> 3 days or less "very safe," one center reports Jan 28, 2020
<ѻý>How to Handle a Heparin Shortage: Effective Strategiesѻý> With supply chain issues in China, it's a real threat, group says Jan 27, 2020
<ѻý>Colectomies for UC Decline in the Era of Biologicsѻý> But use of multiple new agents may mean procedure for ulcerative colitis is just delayed Jan 25, 2020
<ѻý>Mandatory Testing Shows Cognitive Deficits in Late-Career Cliniciansѻý> About 13% show problems likely to impair their ability to practice medicine Jan 14, 2020
<ѻý>Ohio Bill: Transplant an Ectopic Pregnancy, or Go to Jailѻý> UCSF's Daniel Grossman, MD, on "abortion murder" and the dangers of legislators ignoring science Dec 17, 2019 video
<ѻý>Miley Cyrus's Undetected Condition Required Surgeryѻý> Singer is currently on vocal rest Dec 12, 2019
<ѻý>A Surgical First for Removal of an Appendiceal Neoplasmѻý> Technique deemed safe and feasible for selected patients and better than other minimally invasive approaches Nov 25, 2019
<ѻý>Study Suggests Viable Alternative to Mastectomy After In-Breast Recurrenceѻý> Mastectomy rates low, good cancer control in selected patients Nov 21, 2019
<ѻý>Surgeon in Spotlight for Excising Soccer Ball-Sized Neck Tumorѻý> Called upon for expertise only 4 months into surgical career Nov 19, 2019
<ѻý>Oversupply of Congenital Heart Surgery Programs Slammedѻý> Researchers call for fewer hospitals in an organized, regionalized system Nov 18, 2019
<ѻý>Pat Sajak's Emergency Surgeryѻý> Wheel of Fortune host's bout with bowel obstruction Nov 14, 2019
<ѻý>Time to Rethink BMI Cutoff for Bariatric Surgery?ѻý> The point isn't weight loss, researcher argues, but treatment for diabetes, hypertension, and other comorbidities Nov 06, 2019
<ѻý>Novel TAVR Technique: Single-Side Vascular Accessѻý> Better prep for complications at access site? Nov 04, 2019
<ѻý>Parents Want Child 'Frozen' at Age 6: Bioethicist Weighs Inѻý> You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion Oct 25, 2019
<ѻý>In Memory of Gerald Chodak, MDѻý> Pioneer of active surveillance for men with low-risk prostate cancer died last week Oct 03, 2019
<ѻý>CDK 4/6 Inhibitors Boost OS in Advanced Breast Cancerѻý> Abemaciclib, ribociclib should become first-line treatment in HR-positive/HER2-negative disease, expert says Sep 29, 2019
<ѻý>PARP Inhibitors: The Key to a Tx Paradigm Shift in Ovarian Ca?ѻý> PRIMA and VELIA trial findings advance niraparib and veliparib to the therapeutic front lines Sep 29, 2019
<ѻý>Paclitaxel Device Scare Highlights PAD Research Flawsѻý> Latest data from the Lutonix research program reassuring, but far from conclusive Sep 28, 2019
<ѻý>Bariatric Surgery May Compromise Mental Healthѻý> Patients with psychiatric history saw higher rate of repeat presentations Sep 26, 2019
<ѻý>Wires or RFID Tags in Breast Cancer Excision?ѻý> Women like the less obtrusive method, but small study doesn't quite settle question of whether there's a tradeoff Sep 24, 2019
<ѻý>H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimensѻý> Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
<ѻý>John Elway’s Debilitating Hand Conditionѻý> Hall of Famer fights Dupuytren's contracture Sep 12, 2019
<ѻý>I’ve Got My Rights in Peer Review, Right? Wrong.ѻý> Hospital committees can make or break you Sep 10, 2019
<ѻý>Little Benefit for Haldol, Antipsychotics to Treat or Prevent Deliriumѻý> "Findings presented are sufficient to stop this clinical practice" Sep 03, 2019
<ѻý>Good News on Nipple-Sparing Breast Surgeryѻý> Korean study examined recurrence rates Aug 30, 2019
<ѻý>STICH: CABG Survival Benefit Doesn't Hinge on Myocardial Viabilityѻý> Is viability testing now unnecessary for CAD patients with low LVEF? Aug 21, 2019
<ѻý>Alternatives to Open-Heart Surgery Pushing Surgeons to Do Betterѻý> Old techniques get a makeover Jul 02, 2019