Do We Still Need Office Visits?
Like many primary care practices, after a hasty transition to a year of phone calls and video visits, my practice is slowly transitioning back to “normal,” meaning that we are now seeing more patients in person than by video. However, as I reflect on the past year, I wonder how central this notion of the […]
Inside CDC, Shooting Adds to Trauma as Workers Describe Projects, Careers in Limbo
CDC workers whose jobs have been reinstated after dizzying Trump administration disruptions say they remain stuck in a budgetary, political, and professional limbo. Their work includes major agency priorities such as HIV testing and monitoring, as well as work at the nation’s leading sexually transmitted infections lab. And while employees are back, many projects have […]
ECG Quirks Spotted After Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy
This cohort study assessed ECG parameters in transgender men and women before and after use of gender-affirming hormone therapies. Testosterone use in transgender men was associated with shorter corrected QT interval and QT peak and increased T-wave maximal amplitude. Androgen deprivation in transgender women was associated with opposite observations. Gender-affirming hormone therapies (GAHT) were associated […]
Deion Sanders’ Cancer Diagnosis: Here’s What to Know
After encountering treatment options “that scared me to death,” NFL Hall of Famer Deion Sanders anticipates a full recovery from bladder cancer and returning to the sidelines as head coach of the University of Colorado Buffaloes. Like so many cancers, his was discovered during routine follow-up; in his case, for a previous bout of blood […]
Uplifting Arizona WATCH: Arizona heart hospital saves Show Low man from often-deadly condition abc15.com staff
PHOENIX — A Show Low man is thanking the doctors at a Valley hospital for saving his life after he suffered a condition that is often deadly. Back in March, 67-year-old Raymond Dankert went to an ER in Show Low with excruciating lower back pain. Dankert was diagnosed with a ruptured aortic aneurysm, which hospital […]
NINA MOINI: After the passage of President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut bill, Minnesota health care providers are assessing the impact that cuts to Medicaid could have on their facilities and patient care. An analysis by health policy research nonprofit KFF found Minnesota stands to lose $23.5 billion in federal Medicaid funding over 10 years. […]
Medicaid cuts expected to disproportionately affect rural hospitals in Minnesota
NINA MOINI: After the passage of President Donald Trump’s massive tax cut bill, Minnesota health care providers are assessing the impact that cuts to Medicaid could have on their facilities and patient care. An analysis by health policy research nonprofit KFF found Minnesota stands to lose $23.5 billion in federal Medicaid funding over 10 years. […]
Health Insider Eggs sold at Arizona Walmarts recalled for possible salmonella contamination abc15.com staff
A California company is recalling nearly 2 million dozens of eggs after possibly being contaminated with Salmonella. August Egg Company is recalling brown cage-free and brown certified organic eggs because of the possible contamination. Seventy-nine people across seven states have gotten sick with the same outbreak strain of Salmonella that has been linked to eggs. […]
Three Medical Facilities, Three Different Prices For a Typhoid Shot
After receiving a typhoid shot at his primary care doctor’s office, Jeff Blatt was caught off guard when his insurance didn’t cover it, and he was left with a bill double what other facilities charge. Blatt got the shot at Scarsdale Medical Group in Westchester, New York, back in February to prepare for a vacation […]
At Long Last, Hard Data to Support Artificial Urinary Sphincter in Male Incontinence
LAS VEGAS — After decades of use, the artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) finally has high-level evidence of its safety and efficacy for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in men. What’s more, patients like it. More than 90% of patients had at least a 50% reduction in sanitary pad weight over 12 months; daily pad use declined […]