The Future of ART Regimens for HIV Is in Long-Acting Agents
Recent developments in antiretroviral therapy (ART) include longer-acting therapies that don’t require a daily oral pill and two-drug regimens that could decrease toxicity associated with standard triple-drug regimens. The approval of cabotegravir plus rilpivirine (Cabenuva) in January 2021 was the first to provide both benefits as a monthly ART injection. The approval was expanded to […]
I Was Trapped In A Soul-Crushing Corporate Job For 1 Reason That Keeps Too Many Others Stuck
“I’ve learned that I can’t game the system, I don’t want to, and it’s not worth it,” the author writes. FreshSplash via Getty Images This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. The breaking point came in a one-on-one. My manager looked distressed. He told me the issues had been […]
Kindness a Key Component of Treating Pregnant Patients With SUD, Experts Say
“Don’t be mean.” That advice might be seen as unnecessary for most doctor-patient relationships, but not for treating patients with substance use disorder (SUD), especially pregnant patients, according to Cara Poland, MD, MEd, of Michigan State University College of Human Medicine in East Lansing. “The bar is really low in addiction,” she said Wednesday during […]
Opinion | ‘You Can Create Some Scary Sounding Headlines’: What We Heard This Week
“If you only report on the nurses leaving, and don’t account for those who are coming in, you can create some scary sounding headlines.” — David Auerbach, PhD, of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, on the rebound of the registered nurse workforce following a pandemic slump. “It’s still the reality to the patient, and to […]
Code Blue: Why The Vitals In Health Care Innovation Need A Checkup
Things you don’t hear anymore: “Let’s hail a cab.” “I’ll run down to the bookstore.” “Did Dad show you the prints from my vacation?” In the past 10 years, technology has significantly changed the way we interact with the world in almost everything we do. Today we can Uber anywhere, order almost anything to our […]
Don’t Let Radon Threaten Your Home – Wyoming Department of Health
Don’t Let Radon Threaten Your Home January 8, 2024 The Wyoming Department of Health (WDH) recommends testing homes across the state for radon to find out whether a potentially dangerous health risk could threaten family health. Radon test kits can be ordered online from the department and are free while supplies last. Radon is an […]
Opinion | Emotional Intelligence Must Guide Artificial Intelligence
Lazarus is an adjunct professor of psychiatry and a regular commentator on the practice of medicine. I don’t understand the brouhaha about artificial intelligence (AI). It’s artificial — or augmented — but in either case, it’s not real. AI cannot replace clinicians. AI cannot practice clinical medicine or serve as a substitute for clinical decision-making, […]
Opinion | ‘They Don’t Play by Our Rules’: What We Heard This Week
“Hospitals are eating up practices all around us … and guess what? They don’t play by our rules.” — Mohammad Ibrahim, DO, of the Michigan State Medical Society, calling for the American Medical Association to adopt a policy to reform the Stark law. “After 3 years, we still don’t understand why some people experience symptoms […]
Breaking Point: Why We Become Activists
Listen and subscribe on Apple and Spotify so you don’t miss the next one. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us spread the word! Amy Ho: Hey everyone and welcome back to Anamnesis by MedPage. I’m Amy Ho — practicing ER doctor, passionate humanist, and […]
Telling My Story at the National Nurses March
Listen and subscribe/follow on Apple and Spotify so you don’t miss the next episode. And if you like what you hear, a five-star rating goes a long way in helping us share the story side of medicine! This story is from the Anamnesis episode called Breaking Point: Why We Become Activists at 3:44 in the […]