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Conference Coverage
Hospital factors drive many discharges against medical advice
Shortcomings in the quality of care and other factors beyond patients’ control explain why some leave the hospital early.
News
Bellies up to the bar, the weight gain is on us
Plus: A slime-time robot, fish that do math, and the unsung heroes of the soil.
Feature
Ohio bill bans ‘co-pay accumulator’ practice by insurers
Co-pay accumulators, which prevent rebates and coupons from counting toward a patient’s deductible, can put the cost of treatments out of reach...
Commentary
We all struggle with the unwritten rules of medical culture
If someone treats you poorly for not knowing something, you are not an idiot.
Latest News
U.S. hospitals warned about potential Russian cyberattacks
The Russian military intelligence service is extremely capable and dangerous, according to one expert, who doubts that many healthcare systems in...
News
Fingers take the fight to COVID-19
Plus: The interesting man in his flying machine, giving food as medicine some bite, and one benefit of being rude or stubborn.
From the Journals
Tick-borne Heartland virus circulating in U.S., researchers say
“Heartland is an emerging infectious disease that is not well understood.”
News
Boring is good. Boring is right. Boring is … interesting
Plus: A fungal fashion statement, worm-on-a-chip diagnosis, and mosquito olfaction.
Latest News
Empagliflozin scores topline win in EMPA-KIDNEY trial
Researchers stopped the 6,600-patient EMPA-KIDNEY trial sooner than expected because it positively met prespecified efficacy criteria in a trial...
News
Is cancer testing going to the dogs? Nope, ants
Plus: Surgeon tweets from work, words show their power, and the Senate springs forward without falling back.
News
Just one extra drink a day may change the brain
Researchers said they could tell the difference between brain images of people who never drank alcohol and those who had just one or two drinks a...