Adam S. Herbst , 2025-06-23 13:27:00 Medicaid today stands at the center of one of the most complex challenges in American healthcare: how to preserve a program that is financially massive, legally entrenched, and socially indispensable, while also subject to continuous political debate and structural uncertainty. It is no longer enough to describe Medicaid as…
Michael McHale , 2025-06-24 09:34:00 Agreement for extended working hours Monday-Sunday does not supersede new public-only consultants contract The HSE has reach an agreement with health trade unions around the provision of services across a seven day week, which it hopes will reduce waiting lists and address the overcrowding crisis faced by hospitals around the…
Annie Sciacca , 2025-06-24 09:00:00 Democratic state attorneys general led by those from California, New York, and Massachusetts are pressuring medical professional groups to defend reproductive rights, including medication abortion, emergency abortions, and travel between states for health care in response to recent increases in the number of abortion bans. The American Medical Association adopted…
Stephen I. Feller , 2025-06-23 19:53:00 June 23, 2025 1 min watch Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to…
Casey Ross, Bob Herman, Lizzy Lawrence, and Tara Bannow , 2025-06-24 08:30:00 For most of its 18-year history, Semler Scientific marketed a single medical product that became a popular way for top Medicare insurers like UnitedHealth Group to detect artery blockages in older Americans. But in its most recent earnings call, the device maker’s focus…
Janice Hopkins Tanne , 2025-06-20 13:31:00 Janice Hopkins Tanne New York The US Supreme Court has ruled that the state of Tennessee can continue to ban transgender care for young people. Although Tennessee is the only state to have brought the issue to court, the ruling sets a precedent that will allow 26 other US…
, 2025-06-24 08:22:00 Researcher Carolin Müller from TUM Klinikum presents a new robotic module developed for cases of tension pneumothorax. Credit: Technical University Munich Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have developed a medical robotic system to relieve a life-threatening tension pneumothorax in the chest cavity. The researchers are presenting the robotic solution…
, 2025-06-24 07:05:00 The COVID-19 pandemic yielded important advances in testing for respiratory viruses, but it also exposed important unmet needs in screening to prevent the spread of infections in high-risk settings. While PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests are the gold standard for detecting viral infections, they remain a challenge for screening large numbers of…
, 2025-06-24 07:58:00 TOPLINE: In patients with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) and inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), liver transplantation was associated with a 34% reduction in the risk for colorectal neoplasia. However, 21% of transplant recipients still developed neoplasia. METHODOLOGY: PSC affects 4%-8% of patients with IBD, increasing their risk for colorectal neoplasia. About 40% of…
, 2025-06-24 06:59:00 Dr. Klaus Rentrop describes how three scientific errors withheld lifesaving treatments for heart attacks from patients for 30 years. In 1880, Dr Karl Weigert, a German pathologist, described the cause of heart attacks: A blood clot (thrombus) forms in one of the heart’s arteries at a spot already narrowed by atherosclerosis. Complete…
Gary Falcetano , 2025-06-23 14:17:00 Beyond being an environmental issue, climate change is a serious threat to public health, especially for individuals with food and respiratory allergies. A recent review in Laryngoscope found that climate change is altering pollen seasons and concentrations, allergic rhinitis (AR) disease prevalence, allergy sensitization, and AR symptom severity. Projections suggest…
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Elizabeth Cooney , 2025-06-23 20:15:00 Elizabeth Cooney is a cardiovascular disease reporter at STAT, covering heart, stroke, and metabolic conditions. You can reach Liz on Signal at LizC.22. Obesity drugs were first approved to treat type 2 diabetes, but there’s a growing movement to test them in type 1 diabetes, too. Research presented Monday at…
Jane Feinmann , 2025-06-20 13:56:00 Children who develop addictive use of digital technology have up to twice the risk of developing suicidal behaviour within four years compared with those who may spend longer on their phones but don’t develop addictive behaviour, a study has found.1 The research involved regular screening over four years for addictive…
, 2025-06-23 22:30:00 Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald demonstrates the capsule sponge. Credit: StillVision Endoscopies could be replaced by far less invasive capsule sponge tests for half of all patients with Barrett’s esophagus, a known precursor to esophageal cancer, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital and Queen Mary University…
, 2025-06-24 05:00:00 Weight loss surgery has long been an effective treatment for the more than 40 percent of American adults struggling with obesity. Previous studies have shown that Black patients lose less weight overall following bariatric surgery compared to other racial groups, but less attention has been paid to the relationships between economic and…
, 2025-06-24 05:31:00 Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to healthcare for some of the nation’s poorest and most vulnerable people, warn analysts, patient advocates, and…
, 2025-06-12 18:09:00 At just eight years old, a Vietnamese boy with bone cancer has received a 3D-printed femur — a medical first that has preserved not only his limb but his childhood. In what is now considered a global first, the child underwent a total femur replacement using a fully customized 3D-printed titanium implant….
Katie Adams , 2025-06-23 23:19:00 Even the fiercest proponents of AI understand the enduring importance of human connection in an increasingly technology-driven world. Zack Kass, an AI expert and former head of go-to-market strategy at OpenAI, discussed this idea during a Monday morning address at the HFMA Annual Conference in Denver. To illustrate his point,…
Paula Span , 2025-06-23 09:00:00 Paula Span Kim Beckham, an insurance agent in Victoria, Texas, had seen friends suffer so badly from shingles that she wanted to receive the first approved shingles vaccine as soon as it became available, even if she had to pay for it out-of-pocket. Her doctor and several pharmacies turned her…
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Tara Bannow and Chelsea Cirruzzo , 2025-06-23 20:50:00 Tara Bannow covers hospitals, providers, and insurers. You can reach Tara on Signal at tarabannow.70. WASHINGTON — Last week’s pledge from more than 40 health insurers to cut down on prior authorizations came after some behind-the-scenes convincing from the Trump administration. The administration pushed insurers to sign…
Helen McClelland, Alan Kerr , 2025-06-23 07:41:00 Helen McClelland, Alan Kerr Hamish was brought up in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, and was educated at St Bees boarding school in Cumbria. He studied medicine at Newcastle Medical School, qualifying in 1952. After national service in Hong Kong he undertook general medical training in the south…
, 2025-06-23 22:30:00 Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient’s own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown. The grafts treat severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a genetic condition in which the skin is so fragile the…
, 2025-06-24 03:06:00 Skin grafts genetically engineered from a patient’s own cells can heal persistent wounds in people with an extremely painful dermatologic disease, a Stanford Medicine-led clinical trial has shown. The grafts treat severe dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa, or EB, a genetic condition in which the skin is so fragile the slightest touch can cause…
, 2025-06-23 20:48:00 Insulin requirements fluctuated significantly throughout the menstrual cycle without a consistent pattern, prompting a substantial proportion of premenopausal women with type 1 diabetes (T1D) to manually adjust their automated insulin delivery (AID) system settings to achieve better glycemic control. METHODOLOGY: Although insulin requirements vary across phases of the menstrual cycle, understanding specific…
, 2025-06-12 18:10:00 You’re a doctor, nurse, specialist, or hospital administrator—navigating a fast-paced, high-stakes environment every day. Between caring for patients, documenting charts, and keeping up with the latest research, your time is stretched thin. Yet, one challenge remains constant: quickly finding reliable, evidence-based answers when you need them most. Now imagine cutting down the…
Marissa Plescia , 2025-06-23 23:39:00 Dozens of health insurers have made a series of commitments to improve and reduce prior authorization, payer advocacy organization AHIP announced on Monday. The practice is often a point of contention with providers, who argue that it adds administrative burden and delays care. In total, 53 insurers pledged to simplify…
Editorial Staff , 2025-06-19 15:05:00 It is thought that around 20,000 people here are living with undiagnosed haemochromatosis For a small charity, the Irish Haemochromatosis Association has a big impact in elevating awareness of the iron overload disease, commonly known as the ‘Celtic gene’ due to its high prevalence in Ireland. It is thought that…
Bernard J. Wolfson , 2025-06-23 09:00:00 Bernard J. Wolfson Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars. The move could shrink access to health care for some of the nation’s poorest and most…
Andrew (Drew) Rhoades , 2025-06-23 21:54:00 Add topic to email alerts Receive an email when new articles are posted on Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ data-action=”subscribe”> Subscribe We were unable to process your request. Please try again…
Chelsea Cirruzzo , 2025-06-23 23:40:00 WASHINGTON — A key Senate health leader is calling for this week’s meeting of the panel of vaccine advisers handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be delayed, citing their lack of experience and potential bias against some vaccines. “Although the appointees to [the Advisory…
Owen Dyer , 2025-06-23 15:25:00 Byelaws governing hiring, firing, and treatment in the largest integrated US healthcare system, the Veterans Administration (VA), no longer contain text explicitly barring discrimination against staff and job applicants on the grounds of “lawful partisan political affiliation.” The changes were seemingly made without consultation with doctors and others working under…
, 2025-06-23 23:10:00 Credit: Leah Newhouse from Pexels Women who experience complications during pregnancy face a higher risk of stroke in the following decades, according to research published in the European Heart Journal. The study, which included data on more than two million women over more than 40 years, found an increased risk for women…
, 2025-06-23 19:30:00 Lack of access to healthy food is a threat to the lives of cancer survivors-a significant and often overlooked factor affecting their long-term health outcomes. A new study shows that those experiencing food insecurity had a 28 percent relative increase in risk of death as compared to those who were food secure. …
, 2025-06-23 21:09:00 The FDA has granted accelerated approval to datopotamab deruxtecan-dlnk (Datroway, Daiichi Sankyo) for certain patients with locally-advanced or metastatic epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated non-small cell lung cancer. Specifically, the Trop-2-directed antibody and topoisomerase inhibitor conjugate was approved for adults previously treated with an EGFR-directed therapy and platinum-based chemotherapy, according to the…
, 2025-06-23 16:29:00 A Republican lawmaker in Florida blamed the “fearmongering” left after doctors hesitated to treat her life-threatening ectopic pregnancy due to the state’s strict abortion laws. In May 2024, the same month Florida’s 6-week abortion ban took effect, Rep. Kat Cammack learned she was experiencing an ectopic pregnancy, a condition in which a…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-06-23 18:44:00 A Vertex Pharmaceuticals cell therapy for type 1 diabetes is enabling patients to produce insulin, eliminating the need for additional insulin therapy in the vast majority of participants in a key clinical trial. With these preliminary results in hand, the drugmaker is eyeing 2026 regulatory submissions of the therapy, zimislecel….
Editorial Staff , 2025-06-19 15:09:00 Last year’s campaign saw the INGO highlight research around ovarian cancer awareness and dispel common myths about the disease For the Irish Network for Gynaecological Oncology (INGO), winning the award for Patient Organisation Project of the Year provided them with another opportunity to raise awareness of ovarian cancer. While the…
MNB Guest , 2025-06-23 16:30:00 A medical license lawyer is a specialist. Their understanding of medical systems and laws is of great service to healthcare providers who are navigating the murky waters of a complex legal system. They’re dedicated to defending and preserving healthcare workers’ rights. Challenges Faced by the Health Professionals You will likely…
Paula Span , 2025-06-23 19:25:00 Kim Beckham, agente de seguros en Victoria, Texas, había visto a sus amigos sufrir tanto por la culebrilla (shingles) que quería recibir la primera vacuna aprobada contra esta infección tan pronto como estuviera disponible, incluso si tenía que pagarla de su bolsillo. Su médico y varias farmacias le dijeron que…
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Ed Silverman , 2025-06-20 13:11:00 And so, another working week will soon draw to a close. Not a moment too soon, yes? This is, you may recall, our treasured signal to daydream about weekend plans. Our agenda is, so far, rather modest. We plan to catch up on our reading, promenade with the official mascots…
, 2025-06-22 17:10:00 Among older adults, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is associated with increased risk for sudden sensorineural hearing loss (SSNHL), according to a study published in the June issue of Laryngoscope: Investigative Otolaryngology. Eun Seok Kang, M.D., from the Korea University College of Medicine in Seoul, and colleagues conducted a population-based cohort…
, 2025-06-23 02:18:00 Why do men see more dramatic results from the keto diet? Explore the latest science on how hormones and metabolism shape weight loss success for men and women. Study: Sex differences in ketogenic diet: are men more likely than women to lose weight? Image Credit: Tatiana Bralnina / Shutterstock In a recent study published…
, 2025-06-20 23:35:00 TOPLINE: Regularly substituting water for diet beverages contributed to greater weight loss and was associated with a twofold increase in the diabetes remission rate among women with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity or overweight. METHODOLOGY: Diet sodas, despite being calorie-free, may affect the body differently from water, and their regular consumption…
, 2025-06-13 02:06:00 The world of healthcare is constantly evolving, and with it comes the need for streamlined processes that enhance efficiency. Enter the remote medical scribing—a game-changing solution for medical institutions, telemedicine users, remote workers, and healthcare professionals alike. Enhancing Patient Care with Remote Scribes One of the primary benefits of employing remote scribes…
Frank Vinluan , 2025-06-22 21:29:00 Cancer treatment continues to evolve with the identification of targets and genetic signatures that guide development of therapies addressing those disease-defining markers. Caris Life Sciences’ artificial intelligence-driven offerings diagnose cancer and help oncologists determine which targeted therapies to use. The company has launched two key offerings in the past 18…
Editorial Staff , 2025-06-19 15:13:00 The project integrates photography within the SATU to reduce stress, give control to patients following a traumatic event, reduce visit length and provide trauma-informed care A pilot Irish Healthcare Award-winning project is set to go nationwide after it proved successful in reducing the stress of what is a traumatic experience…