Opinion | ‘A Cash Cow for Hospitals’: What We Heard This Week
“A government program meant to provide incentives to serve lower income Americans is actually a cash cow for hospitals.” — Michael Barnett, MD, of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, on the pitfalls of the federal 340B Drug Pricing Program. “In practice, it’s just not happening.” — Samuel Dickman, MD, […]
Common Shoulder Procedure Found Worthless
Saline lavage, meant to loosen up calcified shoulder tendons, provided no benefit in a double-blind, sham-controlled trial, researchers said. Four months after treatment, Oxford Shoulder Score (OSS) values were about the same whether patients with so-called calcific tendinopathy received the actual saline lavage plus injections with a corticosteroid (triamcinolone) and lidocaine, sham lavage plus the […]
Topical Therapies for Adult Atopic Dermatitis
Next Article Key Points “Medical Journeys” is a set of clinical resources reviewed by physicians, meant for the medical team as well as the patients they serve. Each episode of this 12-part journey through a disease state contains both a physician guide and a downloadable/printable patient resource. “Medical Journeys” chart a path each step of […]
I Was On The Verge Of Calling Off My Wedding But Didn’t Know Why. Now I Finally Understand.
“Vacations are meant to be relaxing,” I grumbled to myself, sitting on the pebbled shore of Lopez Island, a few hours outside of Seattle. My husband, Ryan, was helping our two young children construct a driftwood fort just down the beach. This man, who supposedly loved me, had booked us a vacation rental without television […]
6 Signs You’re Grinding Your Teeth At Night (And What To Do About It)
Nighttime is meant to be a period of peace and quiet — restful evenings, pleasant dreams and rejuvenation before another day. But, when you deal with teeth grinding, that probably isn’t the case. You end up with pain, tooth issues, and you may even wake up a little tired. Plus, when you deal with teeth […]
We Didn’t Say ‘Gay’ At My High School. It Almost Cost Me My Life.
Coming of age in the early ’90s in a small city in southeastern Wisconsin meant growing up in a time and a place when no one said “gay” (or “lesbian” or “bisexual” or “transgender” or “non-binary” or any other part of the LGBTQ+ community), and the only time you heard “queer” was if you were […]
Stop Using Ivermectin Veterinary Drug to Treat COVID, FDA Urges
Latest Coronavirus News MONDAY, Aug. 23, 2021 (HealthDay News) Taking a drug meant for horses and cattle to prevent or treat COVID-19 is dangerous and could be fatal, the U.S Food and Drug Administration warns. The agency has received multiple reports of people who have been hospitalized after “self-medicating with ivermectin intended for […]