Docs Prescribe ACA Improvements

(MedPage Today) -- With subsidies upheld, providers turn their focus to improving ACA's implementation

OncoBreak: Cancer Fraud, Vitamin D, 'Lazarus-Like' Responses

(MedPage Today) -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Morning Break: Ebola Back in Liberia, SCOTUS Redux, Lavigne's Lyme Lament

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

For Type 2 Diabetes, Where You Live Matters (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- T2D risk based in part on access to healthy food, exercise facilities, says study.

Judge Strikes Calif. Nursing Home Law Affecting Mentally Incompetent Patients

(MedPage Today) -- Nursing homes must now tell patients when they have been deemed incapacitated

Internal Medicine Residents Clueless on Costs

(MedPage Today) -- "This is a real cry for cost transparency..." says American College of Physicians researcher

Beating the Heat, Concierge Care Pros and Cons: Healthcare Career Insights

(MedPage Today) -- Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

Report: Most Hospitals Stand Aloof in Their Neighborhoods

(MedPage Today) -- But new ACA provisions may change that

Morning Break: Manning Up for Pizza, California Gets Tough on Vaccinations

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Obamacare?s Next 5 Hurdles to Clear

(MedPage Today) -- The law still faces several obstacles over the long term.

DC Week: Court Saves Obamacare's Bacon; IPAB, AHRQ on the Chopping Block

(MedPage Today) -- Also: same-sex marriage ruling hailed for healthcare access impact

Obamacare Faces Challenges After King v. Burwell

(MedPage Today) -- Practical, political issues still to be overcome

In the Wake of Burwell, the U.S. Must Move On

(MedPage Today) -- Legal columnist Miles Zaremski, JD, ponders Thursday's Supreme Court decision and what comes next

Memory, Thinking Tests May Hint at Alzheimer's Risk

Title: Memory, Thinking Tests May Hint at Alzheimer's Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 6/24/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/25/2015 12:00:00 AM

Progress Seen in HIV Diagnosis

(MedPage Today) -- Analysis suggests several states meeting HIV/AIDS target for identifying people with virus

That Summer Feeling -- This Year, A Little Different

(MedPage Today) -- This year's new interns are stepping into a different world, says Fred N. Pelzman, MD

Preclinical AD May Manifest Early (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Study detects cognitive changes decades before Alzheimer's disease diagnosis

Providers Frustrated, Seek Accommodation as ICD-10 Draws Near

(MedPage Today) -- Speakers at Heritage Foundation panel vent their displeasure

OncoBreak: Domestic Violence and Cancer, Value in Care, OHSU 'Did It'

(MedPage Today) -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Court Saves Obamacare's Bacon

(MedPage Today) -- Court votes 6-3 to save all subsidies and coins a new buzzword: SCOTUScare

Morning Break: Pee Makes Red Pool Eyes, Surgical Suite Slander

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Medicare Slow to Adopt Telemedicine Due to Cost Concerns

(MedPage Today) -- Analysts worry that online physician access will encourage more service use

Calif. Caps What Patients Pay for Pricey Drugs. Will Other States Follow?

(MedPage Today) -- Most residents will pay no more than $150 or $250 per drug per month

Controversies Made USPSTF Stronger, Says Retired Leader

(MedPage Today) -- Michael LeFevre, MD, chaired the panel until March

House Committee Votes to Defund AHRQ

(MedPage Today) -- Attempt to restore funding fails on voice vote

Experts Applaud Dietary Guidelines That Lift Dietary Fat Cap

(MedPage Today) -- The new guidelines wisely reverse 4 decades of dietary advice, say two researchers.

UnitedHealth Drops Membership in AHIP

(MedPage Today) -- Says the lobbying group no longer serves its interests

Morning Break: STI-Detecting Condom, Edible Pot Panned

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Medical Device Tax Repeal Heads for Senate Showdown

(MedPage Today) -- House votes to repeal the medical device tax; fate in Senate still up in the air

Docs: Messengers for Health Effects of Climate Change

(MedPage Today) -- Physicians considered trusted sources on the topic

Pelzman's Picks: The Value of Healthy Communication

(MedPage Today) -- Good communication can be one of medicine's greatest tools

Climate Change: An Unhealthy World? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Researchers issue warning

CDC: Uninsured Population Shrinks, But Still Substantial

(MedPage Today) -- Some 9 million gained coverage in 2014, but nearly 12% of Americans still had no insurance

Morning Break: AHRQ on the Chopping Block, 5-Day Diet, Costs of ACA Repeal

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

19 Million Would Become Uninsured If ACA Repealed, Says CBO

(MedPage Today) -- Repeal also would increase deficit, report says

Ready or Not, Here Comes ICD-10: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, the Triple Aim effectively cut costs while improving patient care

FDA Approves Kengreal for Prevention in PCI

(MedPage Today) -- Indication for thrombotic risk reduction given after initial setbacks

Need for Penile Prostheses Fades (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Nerve-sparing prostatectomies, oral drugs credited with making implants unnecessary

Morning Break: A Doctor's Horrifying Experiments, VA Waitlists Worsen

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Morning Break: Sexual Giddyap, ACA Not for All, Seeing with Tongues

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Hundreds Arrested in $712 Million Medicare Fraud Sweep

(MedPage Today) -- Dozens of healthcare professionals among those charged

D.C. Week: After King v. Burwell, What's Next?

(MedPage Today) -- Department of Justice conducts $712 million Medicare fraud sweep

Healthcare Career Insights: PAs to the Rescue, Patient Style Tips

(MedPage Today) -- Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

Friday Feedback: Balancing Patient Care and Public Health

(MedPage Today) -- Do 'the needs of the many' ever outweigh 'the needs of the few'?

How the Supreme Court Is Reshaping American Healthcare

(MedPage Today) -- From Medicaid expansion to Hobby Lobby to King v. Burwell

NHANES Data: Pseudoscience?

(MedPage Today) -- Data used to form guidelines 'inadmissible' and are wildly inaccurate, says researcher.

Pundits Predict: King v. Burwell

(MedPage Today) -- Scratch a policy wonk and you get an opinion on Obamacare and SCOTUS 3.0

Coming in Calif.: Pharmacists Prescribing Contraceptives

(MedPage Today) -- New law expands scope of practice for pharmacists

Stroke Rounds: State Stroke Center Laws Having Real Impact (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Legislation helped increase number of hospitals with primary stroke center designations

After King v. Burwell, What's Next?

(MedPage Today) -- Scenarios are spun out, but questions outnumber answers

The P-Value Is a Hoax, But Here?s How to Fix It

(MedPage Today) -- For every study, there are exactly four possible outcomes

Public Rarely Knows Full Reason FDA Rejects New Drugs

(MedPage Today) -- Laws bar FDA from releasing complete response letters

Morning Break: MERS in Thailand, Too Old Docs, Dad Bods

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

NPs Average Six-Figure Incomes in 2015

(MedPage Today) -- Total annual pay increased 10% for full-time NPs across the U.S.

Morning Break: 'Don't Cut Me', DDT Still a Threat, Powdered Booze

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

FDA's Trans Fat Ban: Is It a Life-Saver?

(MedPage Today) -- Agency projects big benefit, but what's the evidence?

WHO: Korean MERS Is 'Wake-up Call'

(MedPage Today) -- But the outbreak, now coming under control, is not an "emergency of international concern"

Senators Told Health IT Needs Better Rules of the Road

(MedPage Today) -- Standardization could help drive health information exchange, experts said

Common HIPAA Errors: Physicians Practice

(MedPage Today) -- Also: more advice on what doctors should wear in the clinic

FDA Moves to Ban Trans Fats from Foods

(MedPage Today) -- Agency says partially hydrogenated oils can no longer be called safe

For Docs Who Take A Break, Coming Back Can Be Tough

(MedPage Today) -- Only a few programs nationwide help physicians brush up on their skills.

Morning Break: Old Trick to Stop MERS, Frappucinos in S.F.'s Crosshairs

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Medicare Drug Plans Favor Generic Opioids Over Abuse-Deterrent Formulations

(MedPage Today) -- OxyContin's coverage rate dropped nearly 30 percentage points in 3 years

Teens Not Turned On by Medical Marijuana (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- In medical marijuana states, not a lot has changed with teen use

Medicare's New CCM Code: Extra Money or Extra Pain?

(MedPage Today) -- In a surprising twist, many doctors are turning down the money

Chronic Care Management: What Is this?

(MedPage Today) -- A primer on CCM

Making Immunotherapy Available in the Community

(MedPage Today) -- New initiative from the Association of Community Cancer Centers

A Conversation With NCI Acting Director Doug Lowy

(MedPage Today) -- Lowy talks about NCI initiatives, priorities, and his 'acting' director designation

Morning Break: $44K For Useless Drug, Doc Pay in HHS Crosshairs

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

A Conversation with NCI Acting Director Doug Lowy

(MedPage Today) -- Lowy talks about NCI initiatives, priorities, and his 'acting' director designation.

D.C. Week: Obama Calls ACA Critics 'Deeply Cynical'

(MedPage Today) -- President trumpets ACA's achievements but says it can still be improved

On-Label Nasal Naloxone in the Works

(MedPage Today) -- Pharmaceutical company/NIDA seeking FDA approval for naloxone nasal spray

Lifestyle Medicine: Dreaming of the Gym-Clinic Hybrid

(MedPage Today) -- Nadolsky brothers interview med student who wants to open combined gym and clinic practice

Exercise, Games, Puzzles Don't Prevent Signs of Alzheimer's in the Brain: Study

Title: Exercise, Games, Puzzles Don't Prevent Signs of Alzheimer's in the Brain: Study
Category: Health News
Created: 6/10/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/11/2015 12:00:00 AM

Texting for CPR Feasible in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- City's EMS system to alert nearby trained laypersons raised rates of early CPR

Blood Proteins May Provide Early Clue to Alzheimer's

Title: Blood Proteins May Provide Early Clue to Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 6/10/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/11/2015 12:00:00 AM

Congress to VA: More Oversight Needed for Vets in Pain

(MedPage Today) -- House committee demands better management of vets with psych problems, chronic pain

FDA Advisers Say Amgen's Cholesterol Drug Should Be Approved

(MedPage Today) -- Panel votes 11-4 that the PCSK9 inhibitor evolocumab may be appropriate for some groups

AMA Says Helmets Are a Must for Girls Playing Lacrosse

(MedPage Today) -- Bucking lacrosse governing body, AMA says "safety first"

Obama Praises ACA, Calls Critics 'Deeply Cynical'

(MedPage Today) -- President admits more work still to be done to improve the healthcare system

Pricey Drugs Prompt AMA to Ask FDA and FTC for Help

(MedPage Today) -- This time it's generics not brands

FDA Panel Says 'Yes' to Novel Cholesterol Drug

(MedPage Today) -- Advisory committee votes 13-3 that the PCSK9's benefits outweigh the risks

Spending on These 10 Drugs Could Cost Taxpayers $50 Billion

(MedPage Today) -- Estimate is dubbed "conservative" since it excludes costs to VA, Defense Department

AMA Punts on Background Checks for Gun Purchases

(MedPage Today) -- House refers decision on request to join anti-gun violence coalition

AMA: Military Should Just Say Yes to Transgender Soldiers

(MedPage Today) -- AMA policy states no good reason to block transgender in military

AMA Tackles Ethics of Telemedicine

(MedPage Today) -- Report states docs who offer remote care must uphold "standards of professionalism"

AMA: No More Non-Medical Vaccine Exemptions

(MedPage Today) -- Vaccine exemptions should only be for medical reasons, AMA members say

Why I'm Heading to Seoul in the Midst of a MERS Outbreak

(MedPage Today) -- Why do journalists take on risks voluntarily?

Opportunity Still Knocking for AIDS Illnesses (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Five-year survival after AIDS-defining illness has risen sharply but could be better still

FDA Staff Give PCSK9 Inhibitor Passing Grade

(MedPage Today) -- Generally favorable review comes ahead of key advisory committee meeting next week

NIH Temporarily Shuts Its Drug-Making Operation

(MedPage Today) -- Problems uncovered after complaint, FDA inspections

Cohen's Brain Bits: Another Brick in the Wall

(MedPage Today) -- How state-mandated CME can impact physician education and patient care

Tracking Doc Salaries: Healthcare Career Insights

(MedPage Today) -- Must-reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

Female Viagra Wins FDA Panel Support

(MedPage Today) -- Mixed but strong support for so-called "Viagra for women"

Patient Reports: Surprising Predictors of Mortality (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Walking pace outstrips smoking for auguring death risk.

The Epidemic of Burnout, Depression, and Suicide in Medicine

(MedPage Today) -- One doctor's story about coming back from the brink

House Panel Moves to Repeal IPAB, Device Tax

(MedPage Today) -- Repeal votes by a House committee may spell doom for both laws

There's an App for That!

(MedPage Today) -- Rosemarie Nelson discusses some apps that help physicians on and off the job

VA Loses Outside Provider Claims, Millions of $$ Still Unpaid

(MedPage Today) -- House subcommittee voices frustration with delays in payment to non-VA providers

Alzheimer's-Linked Brain Proteins Tied to Poor Sleep in Study

Title: Alzheimer's-Linked Brain Proteins Tied to Poor Sleep in Study
Category: Health News
Created: 6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 6/2/2015 12:00:00 AM

CMS to Give $$ for Success in Curbing Cardio Risks

(MedPage Today) -- Agency will reward providers for 10-year absolute risk reduction among their patients

State Efforts to Promote Organ Donation Mostly Fizzle (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Radical incentives for donation, avoiding "oversold" wait lists for new hearts recommended

Texas Puts Brakes On Telemedicine; Teladoc Cries Foul

(MedPage Today) -- Telemedicine company sues Texas Medical Board over new rules.

Pelzman's Picks: When Docs Call it a Day For Good

(MedPage Today) -- Wasted scrips, the Million Hearts initiative, and more.

CMS Releases Physician Pay Data for 2013

(MedPage Today) -- AMA cites continued concerns with the numbers

No More Meaningful Use: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, boosting patient flow in the ED.

Appropriate Use Criteria Adoption Curtails PCI (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Washington state sees reductions in proportion of inappropriate procedures

Co-Factors of Disease: Hepatitis C

(MedPage Today) -- 10 days, 10 questions: Day 10 -- "What are the co-factors that increase severity of HCV disease and how should they be managed?"

Morning Break: Devious Defecator and DNA; ABIM's Not So Secret Lobbying

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff.

Kids Drink Less With More Restrictive Alcohol Policies (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Lower odds of youth drinking and binge drinking associated with stronger alcohol policies