House Bill Would Fix Glitch in Medicare Non-Emergency Ambulance Transport Program
WASHINGTON — Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.) will introduce a bill in the House on Thursday that is aimed at fixing problems with Medicare’s program for non-emergency ambulance transport for certain low-income beneficiaries, MedPage Today has learned. The Repetitive, Scheduled Non-Emergent Ambulance Transport (RSNAT) prior authorization model started in 2014 as a project of the Centers […]
Republicans in Congress Introduce Bill to Restrict Abortion Nationwide
WASHINGTON — Republican members of the House and Senate introduced a bill on Tuesday that would ban abortion nationwide after 15 weeks’ gestation. “Working closely with the preeminent pro-life groups in the country, we are today introducing legislation to ban abortion at a time when unborn children can feel pain,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the […]
Terror, Joy, Triumph: Learning Resilience as a Pediatric Neurosurgeon
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. Pediatric neurosurgeons manage some of the most complex diseases in children, operating on the delicate and precious […]
Front-loading calories early in the day reduces hunger but does not affect weight loss
There’s the old saying in dieting that one must “breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince, and dine like a pauper,” based on the belief that consuming the bulk of daily calories in the morning optimizes weight loss by burning calories more efficiently and quickly. But according to a new study publishing September 9 […]
7 Sneaky Habits That Can Cause Heart Problems
It’s well known that certain habits, like smoking or drinking excessive amounts of alcohol, can damage your heart over time. But many of the everyday habits that we don’t really think about — how frequently we brush our teeth, the supplements we take and the amount of coffee we drink — can also take a […]
Diet change may make biggest impact on reducing heart risk in people with hypertension
Among several lifestyle changes that may reduce cardiovascular disease, adopting the DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) diet may have the greatest impact for young and middle-aged adults with stage 1 hypertension, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association’s Hypertension Scientific Sessions 2022, held Sept. 7-10, 2022, in San Diego. The meeting […]
Stone Age Skeleton Missing Foot May Show Oldest Amputation
NEW YORK (AP) — The 31,000-year-old skeleton of a young adult found in a cave in Indonesia that is missing its left foot and part of its left leg reveal the oldest known evidence of an amputation, according to a new study. Scientists say the amputation was performed when the person was a child — […]
Coping With a Deadly Prognosis
“The Doctor’s Art” is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, Google, Stitcher, and Podchaser. On New Year’s Eve in 2020, Katie Coleman was diagnosed with metastatic oncocytoma, a type of kidney […]
Mucus Too Sticky? NAC Injections May Help
BARCELONA — Patients with heavy mucus secretions that they couldn’t readily expectorate obtained some relief with IV N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a researcher said here. After 7 days of treatment in a randomized trial conducted in China, mean sputum viscosity scores declined by 0.24 points more with NAC than placebo injections (P<0.001), and scores for expectoration difficulty […]
How To Survive Suicidal Thoughts, From People Who Have Been There
Surviving suicidal thoughts can feel impossible and never-ending. It’s so easy to get stuck in that dark hole and feel like there’s no other choice. First and foremost, therapy and medication can be crucial for people experiencing these thoughts or other struggles — but what about when that’s not enough? What about the nights you […]