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How We Analyzed the Impact of State Bans on Gender-Affirming Care

These drugs are only a part of gender-affirming care, but they hint at bigger changes over time

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Scripts for Puberty-Blocking Drugs Fell After State Bans

Declines aren't dramatic, but trans kids and healthcare providers are facing secondary challenges

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NEJM Begins Limiting Access for Certain News Organizations

Outlets focused on physicians won't be able to review papers in advance of publication

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The California Saga: Why Some DOs Fear Combined Medical Boards

Their main concern is that their scope of practice would be "trampled"

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Should DOs and MDs Have Separate Licensing Boards? They Still Do in 13 States

West Virginia effort hits late obstacle; some DOs fear bias under a combined board

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The Dark Side of AI in Mental Health

High demand for AI training data may increase unethical practices in collecting patient data

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FDA Tries to Close the Lid on Poop Transplant Company

Fecal microbiota transplant business needs a BLA or IND to operate, agency says

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More States Cut Training Requirements for Some International Medical Graduates

Alternative pathways to licensing for IMGs spreads beyond Tennessee

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Pediatrics Taxed in This Year's Match With 249 Unfilled Positions

Unfilled positions were spread across more than 60 pediatric residency programs

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Quest Alzheimer's Blood Test No Longer Marketed Directly to Patients

Amyloid AD-Detect test not offered on Quest's consumer platform

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Leaked AAMC Emails Reveal Concern About ERAS Exodus

What AAMC calls "fragmentation," critics call "competition"

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Clinicians at Telehealth Company File to Unionize

Union head said it was "only a matter of time" before telehealth providers organized

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Ketamine Clinics Diverge From APA Recommendations

Nation's premier psychiatric association calls proliferation of ketamine clinics the "wild west"

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Obama CMS Chief: Medicare Advantage Plans Game the System

Don Berwick says MA growth "should be slowed or stopped"

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Trump, Biden, and Cognition

Diagnosing impairment requires careful assessment by trained clinician, says Jason Karlawish, MD

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USMLE Scores for Nepali Docs Will Remain Invalidated, Judge Rules

District judge denied emergency motion to restore scores for 832 Nepali test-takers

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Simone Gold Reprimanded by California's Medical Board

She must repay $26K in costs recovery and take courses in ethics and professionalism

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MedPod Today: Medicare Advantage Woes, Double Billing, NHPI Health Disparities

番茄社区app reporters offer further insights on these recently covered topics

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Cedars-Sinai Anesthesiologists Unionize

Concerns about staffing, quality of care, and pay cuts push physicians to organize

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Doctors Warn Patients May Be Billed Twice

Bringing up concerns outside the main scope of the visit could prompt separate bills

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Penis-Pump Company Chided by FDA

The agency is not enthused by the company's clitoral claims either

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Physician Summits World's Seven Highest Mountains -- And You Can Join Him

Thousands of HCPs have earned CME credits while on an adventure with Ben Mattingly, MD

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Will All Seniors Eventually Have No Choice but Medicare Advantage?

MedPAC chair discusses need to fix MA's confusing limitations, upcoding, and rising costs

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Native Hawaiian Physician-Scientist Kekoa Taparra Is Making Waves

One of the first Native Hawaiians with an MD, PhD is tackling Pacific Islander health disparities

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FDA Slams Fresenius Over Its Response to PCBs in Dialysis Machines

A 3-year saga raises questions about a potential class effect

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FDA Warns Exosome Maker for Marketing Outside Its IND

Agency also raises concern about a potentially contaminated product batch

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Troubled For-Profit Nursing Program Dodges Early Closure

But regulator in Arizona has final word

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Details of New Ob/Gyn Residency Application System Revealed

The application, called ResidencyCAS, prioritizes "holistic review" and costs less than ERAS

It Was a Tumultuous Year for Simone Gold and America's Frontline Doctors

After an attempted coup, Gold holds on to AFLDS; she's also suing California's medical board

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FDA Official Blasts Ladapo's Claims About DNA Fragments in COVID Shots

Peter Marks called Florida surgeon general's mRNA vax criticism "misleading"

Texas Emergency Medicine Residency Program Won't Shut Down

A petition with more than 2,000 signatures prompted the county medical board to act

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Rare Syndrome After COVID Vaccines Described

"Long vax" events often include neurologic symptoms

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Outcry Grows Over Pennsylvania Child Abuse Pediatrics Program

Debra Esernio-Jenssen, MD, has been reassigned as parents weigh legal action

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A Medical Student, a Dying JFK, and 鈥楧estiny鈥�: What a Young Doctor Saw 60 Years Ago

A look back at a conversation with one of the last surviving witnesses from Trauma Room One

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What to Know About Ongoing Eye Drop Recalls

FDA was spurred into action by a deadly bacterial outbreak earlier this year, advocates say

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Critics Say CDC Advisors' Infection Control Guidance Isn't Strong Enough

Draft guidelines from HICPAC criticized after most recent meeting

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Tinnitus Worsens for Vaccine Scientist Who Points to Onset After COVID Vax

Gregory Poland, MD, said his tinnitus got worse after COVID infection

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Kids Specializing in One Sport More at Risk for Injury and Burnout, Experts Say

Expert panelists want to increase awareness among healthcare providers

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COVID Viral Load Peaks Later Now Than Early in Pandemic

Peak on day 4 of symptoms, rather than day 1, has implications for rapid tests, experts say

U.S. Doc Volunteers in Jerusalem: 'I Felt Like I Had to Do Something'

Martin Jacobson, MD, on his decision to be a volunteer physician during the Israel-Hamas war

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