Medicare Debuts Another Primary Care-Focused Accountable Care Model
Medicare is trying again with another accountable care organization (ACO) payment model aimed at primary care doctors, but reactions to the new model are mixed so far. The voluntary model, known as ACO Primary Care Flex, would pay organizations that participate in Medicare’s Shared Savings Program a monthly fee that would be distributed to the […]
Closing Newsrooms And A Repeat Of The 2020 Election Push Journalists To Their Limits
The grand undoing of progress in the name of “making America great again” is tough for anyone who has only known the moral arc of the universe to bend toward justice. Jianan Liu/HuffPost Journalism has always been a wild profession. The hours can be nutty. The pressures are severe. The competition is stiff, and the […]
2 Models Of Apple Watch Can Go On Sale Again, For Now
LOADINGERROR LOADING Two higher-end models of the Apple Watch can go on sale again after a federal court temporarily lifted a sales halt ordered by the International Trade Commission over a patent dispute. The ITC, a federal agency, ordered the halt in October to block Apple from using specific technologies underpinning a blood-oxygen measurement system […]
Higher-Dose Fluvoxamine Fails for COVID Outpatients
The extensive quest to repurpose a cheap therapy for non-hospitalized COVID patients has once again fallen short, this time using a higher dose of fluvoxamine (Luvox), a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI). In the latest readout from the multi-platform ACTIV-6 trial, time to sustained recovery landed at an identical 10 days whether patients with mild […]
Can Eating Leftover Rice Kill You? Here’s The Science Behind ‘Fried Rice Syndrome’
Once again, TikTok has spurred intense conversations relating to food safety. In recent weeks, a 2008 news story resurfaced on the social media platform, terrifying users about the dangers of eating reheated leftover starches, particularly rice and pasta. On TikTok, it’s referred to as “fried rice syndrome.” Originally published in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, […]
Opinion | Never Ask Me to Be a Medical Expert Witness (Again)
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry. Once, I agreed to be an expert witness. Never again! Not because I was grilled on the witness stand for several hours. Not because my qualifications were questioned. And certainly not because I was compensated poorly for my time. Rather, I don’t ever want to have to defend […]
The Mediterranean Diet: Good for your health and your hip pocket
We’ve heard it time and time again — the Mediterranean diet is great for our health. But despite the significant health benefits of this eating plan, a common deterrent is often the expected costs, especially when budgets are tight. Now, new research from the University of South Australia shows that the Mediterranean diet is not […]
Physicians Struggle to Help Diabetes Patients Get Tirzepatide
Endocrinologists say patients are once again having trouble accessing injectable medications they use to control type 2 diabetes, this time with tirzepatide (Mounjaro). Thanks to record demand, supply chain issues, and what some experts say is inappropriate off-label prescribing, endocrinologists said there has been a shortage in recent weeks which has pharmacies backed up and […]
Can You Get Your COVID Booster And Flu Shot At The Same Time?
It’s that time of year again: flu season. The exact timing varies, but generally, cases start to pick up in October with the peak of the season happening in December through February, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And once again, we not only have to deal with the flu circulating, but […]
Presumed Clinical Benefits of TAVR Cerebral Protection Remain Unproven
BOSTON — Cerebral embolic protection (CEP) again came up empty in preventing strokes after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) despite safely capturing embolic material dislodged during the procedure, a large randomized trial found. In the 3,000-person PROTECTED TAVR trial, the sentinel dual-filter system produced no significant reduction in periprocedural strokes compared with control cases without […]