Texas Medical Board Doesn’t Specify Abortion Ban Exceptions in Proposed Rules
The Texas Medical Board has issued proposed rules for when emergency abortions can legally be performed under the state’s 6-week abortion ban — but it won’t specifically enumerate those exceptions. The proposed rules come in response to a law that took effect in September 2021, which banned abortions after 6 weeks’ gestation except to save […]
This Healthy Food Is More Likely To Make You Sick Than Raw Meat
SimpleImages via Getty Images Sure, you wash your cutting board after cutting raw meat on it. But are you as careful with produce? When preparing raw meat, I’m careful; I wash my hands, use separate utensils and immediately put my cutting board in the dishwasher to prevent cross-contamination. But the same can’t be said for […]
Top Patient Advocacy Orgs Have Industry Ties in Leadership, Study Shows
Three-quarters of the highest-revenue patient advocacy organizations (PAOs) in the U.S. have board members or senior leadership with ties to the pharmaceutical or medical device industry, a cross-sectional study showed. Of the 50 PAOs reviewed, 74% had board members with prior or current industry ties, and 50% had paid staff or executives with these ties, […]
Doc Who Said COVID Vax Magnetized People Has License Suspended
The State Medical Board of Ohio voted to suspend the medical license of Sherri Tenpenny, DO, on Wednesday, after she failed to cooperate with an investigation into public comments she made about the COVID-19 vaccines, according to a spokesperson for the board. The suspension is indefinite, and Tenpenny will be fined $3,000, the spokesperson added, […]
Opinion | The Consequences of Stripping a Surgeon’s License for Live-Streaming Procedures
Solomon is a legal analyst. Last week, the State Medical Board of Ohio revoked a plastic surgeon’s medical license due to her live-streaming of surgical procedures on TikTok. The facts of this case make it crystal clear that the Ohio board made the right decision. Katharine Grawe, MD, once widely recognized on TikTok as @doctorroxy […]
Opinion | A Letter From a Miami Jail to the American Board of Internal Medicine
Sekeres is a leukemia specialist. American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) Philadelphia, PA Dear ABIM, In the spirit of Henry David Thoreau and Martin Luther King, Jr. — both of whom penned essays while they were serving jail time — and in follow-up to the previous letters I scribed from a Cleveland jail, I write […]
Should Board Certification Organizations Have to Meet Particular Standards?
Should organizations that bestow board certifications be required to meet particular standards? That was one of the questions debated by members of the American Medical Association’s (AMA) House of Delegates at its meeting this week. The delegates discussed on Tuesday a resolution that would amend AMA policy to say that board certification programs “must first […]
FDA Advisors Back Fecal Microbiome Treatment for Recurrent C. Diff
An FDA advisory board recommended the agency approve a fecal microbiota transfer (FMT) product for recurrent Clostridium difficile infections. By a vote of 13-4 on Thursday, the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), said RBX2660 was effective for treating patients with recurrent C. diff infections who failed first-line antimicrobial therapy. Safety landed in […]
Ob/Gyn Board Certification Exam Stays Virtual in Light of Dobbs
The American Board of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ABOG) will again make its board certification exam virtual this year, partly because of safety concerns following the Supreme Court ruling that overturned Roe v. Wade. The decision is intended to save prospective ob/gyns from having to travel to the organization’s Dallas headquarters. Many advocates had expressed concerns […]
Taking Leave From Residency Does Not Hurt Board Exam Performance
Residents who took parental leave did at least as well on their board exams as their colleagues who did not take any extended leave during residency, according to an analysis of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R) residency programs. Residents who took parental leave due to academic remediation, becoming a parent, personal health, or unspecified reasons […]