(MedPage Today) — Iowa bariatric surgeon John Matthew Glascock, MD, is suing a local hospital after being fired for reportedly speaking out against being forced to work with what he called an unqualified assistant. (Iowa Capital Dispatch)
A Florida…

(MedPage Today) — The U.S. government shut down Wednesday, with Democratic lawmakers insisting that any deal address their healthcare demands and Republicans saying those negotiations can happen after the government is funded.
At issue are tax…

(MedPage Today) — Small in situ polyps of the rectosigmoid tract diagnosed during computer-assisted colonoscopy can be left alone without compromising oncologic safety if optically predicted by an endoscopist to be non-neoplastic, a randomized…

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“This is all smoke and mirrors,” said pediatric critical care physician Anita Patel, MD, reacting to the…

(MedPage Today) — On the heels of the recent White House announcement about acetaminophen (Tylenol) in pregnancy, we — as reproductive psychiatrists who focus on the well-being of pregnant patients throughout preconception, pregnancy, and postpartum…

(MedPage Today) — A pooled analysis of randomized trials in colon cancer identified a benchmark representing a “clinically relevant definition of cure,” researchers said.
Looking at 15 phase III trials, colon cancer relapse risk fell to 0.5…

(MedPage Today) — DENVER — Reports of diphenhydramine (Benadryl)-related adverse events in 10- to 25-year-olds spiked numerous times in the U.S. following the emergence of the “Benadryl challenge” on TikTok in the spring of 2020, often exceeding…

(MedPage Today) — Earlier this week, HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a 7-minute video on X in which he promised to “shred” a chart displayed during his Senate hearing last month.
Kennedy proclaimed that deaths due to some of the most…

(MedPage Today) — SAN FRANCISCO — Prophylactic whole-pelvic radiation therapy (RT) did not perform as expected for patients with unfavorable intermediate-risk or favorable high-risk prostate cancer, according to interim results from a large…

(MedPage Today) — Pope Leo XIV has intervened for the first time in an abortion dispute roiling the U.S. Catholic Church by raising the seeming contradiction over what it really means to be “pro-life.”
Leo, a Chicago native, was asked late Tuesday…