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Five Ways Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill’ Impacts Your Doctor

MedPage Today – After President Trump signed the "One Big Beautiful Bill" into law on July 4, the question remained: How would it impact doctors? Here are the top ways physicians will be impacted by the law. Swamped Emergency Departments Between a decrease in the Medicaid rolls -- largely due to the law's imposition of a federal work requirement -- and the expected expiration of the Affordable Care Act's enhanced premium tax credits, an estimated 17 million...

State blasts Orange County Global for troubling practices that endangered patients

The failures ‘represent a systemic collapse in patient safety,’ said one national patient safety expert. Owners cite financial pressures in the health care field

FDA Posts 200 Letters Citing Initial Concerns About Approved Drugs

KFF HEALTH NEWS – The FDA published a database of letters sent to drugmakers during the review process of medications that provide information on the agency's initial feedback or requirements for more data. These communications are not usually made public. Reuters: US FDA Publishes 200 Complete Response Letters From Archive In Transparency Drive Typically, the FDA sends the letters, or CRLs, to drugmakers whose treatments are not approved, detailing reasons and whether additional data is required,...

FDA increases enforcement of regs for imports including seafood, papayas, cantaloupe and more

FOOD SAFETY NEWS – The Food and Drug Administration uses import alerts to enforce U.S. food safety regulations for food from foreign countries. The agency updates and modifies the alerts as needed. Recent modifications to FDA’s import alerts, as posted by the agency, are listed below. Click here to go to the FDA page with links to details on specific alerts. source FDA Commissioner: ‘We want to focus on food’ THE HILL – As part of the “Make...

Antidepressant Withdrawal Is a Major Public Health Issue, Experts Warn Health

Almost one-third of long-term users reported symptoms that lasted for more than three months. Four-fifths of these patients were unable to stop their antidepressants despite trying.

‘I feel like I’ve been lied to’: When a measles outbreak hits home

About 1 in 5 unvaccinated people with measles will be hospitalized.

Pharmacists Stockpile Most Common Drugs on Chance of Targeted Trump Tariffs

KFF HEALTH NEWS – In the dim basement of a Salt Lake City pharmacy, hundreds of amber-colored plastic pill bottles sit stacked in rows, one man’s defensive wall in a tariff war. Independent pharmacist Benjamin Jolley and his colleagues worry that the tariffs, aimed at bringing drug production to the United States, could instead drive companies out of business while raising prices and creating more of the drug shortages that have plagued American patients for...

UnitedHealth Group CEO Resigns ‘For Personal Reasons’; Shares Keep Falling

KFF HEALTH NEWS – UnitedHealth chief executive Andrew Witty vowed to help fix the health care industry in the wake of CEO Brian Thompson's 2024 killing. Other industry news is on Atrium Health's pay raises; a strike among doctors and health care workers at PeaceHealth; and more. Axios: UnitedHealth CEO Andrew Witty Leaves "For Personal Reasons" The CEO of the health care giant whose insurance leader was killed in New York in December is abruptly leaving the...

Study offers advice to docs when they get weird requests

Sudbury.com – More and more doctors are being faced with patients who are requesting medical tests or treatments that physicians might deem inappropriate. The issue, outlined in a recent edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) examines how patients bring issues and concerns to their physicians and how those physicians respond, said the report. The article said clinicians discuss tests, referrals, and treatments with patients and caregivers every day. The study looked at...

Medication taken by 1 in 8 Americans linked to substantial increase in the risk of sudden cardiac death

FORTUNE – New research links antidepressants to potential heart health risks. Over 20 million American adults and 3.7 million kids ages 12 to 17 live with depression, according to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. And for about one in eight Americans, antidepressants are a vital tool to help manage the condition. But new research presented at the European Heart Rhythm Association’s 2025 Congress shows that this widely used medication is associated with a...

The U.S.’s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a ‘critical threshold’

There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.

A letter from Mark Cuban. COST-PLUS DRUGS

Find and afford the drugs you need Know what your medication costs Track your order in real time COSTPLUSDRUGS.COM – We started Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company because every American should have access to safe, affordable medicines. If you don’t have insurance or have a high deductible plan, you know that even the most basic medications can cost a fortune. Many people are spending crazy amounts of money each month just to stay...

FDA Approves Drug to Treat Pain Without Opioid Effects

The drug, Journavx by Vertex Pharmaceuticals, blocks pain signals to the brain, making it nonaddictive.

There could be a new definition for obesity. A doctor explains why this matters

CNN – For years, medical experts have defined obesity primarily based on body mass index, which measures stored fat by calculating height and weight, to determine a person’s health risks. Major public health organizations, including the World Health Organization and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, define adult obesity as a BMI of 30 or greater and overweight as a BMI between 25 and 29.9. Recently, an international commission proposed a revised definition of...
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