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When Mentor Becomes Aggressor: Why Victims Stay Silent

Fear -- of nothing being done except to punish the victims

Most Female Thoracic Surgeons Report Sexual Harassment on Job

Survey finds shocking 81% say #UsToo

When Docs Sexually Violate Patients

First of a three-part series on physicians who abuse patients and the institutions that enable them

Does Johnson's Baby Powder Cause Cancer?

Milton Packer says the $4.69-billion verdict is about anger, not medicine

Feds, States Implement Raft of Health New Rules in 2019

New Medicaid expansions, aid-in-dying laws in the mix

Bad Docs Give Up Licenses, But Not Medical Practice

More than 250 surrender licenses in one state, but still practice in another

How One Troubled Doc Found a Home in New York

Trail of allegations and disciplinary actions against John Kidd stops at state border

'I Had Not Kept Up': A Physician Re-Education Story

Patient's overdose made Jeoffry Gordon, MD, recognize he didn't know everything

Expert: Let Ethics Guide Pain Prescribing

Framework won't vary with 'swirling' political or regulatory climate

The Calif. Docs Accused of Overprescribing Opioids

Complaints cite "gross negligence," "incredibly high" doses -- and bad penmanship

'Death Certificate Project' Terrifies California Doctors

Hundreds threatened with disciplinary action for opioid scripts to patients who overdosed

Calif. Medical Board Acts on Doc With Risky MS 'Cure'

Physician featured in States of Disgrace series

HIV Criminalization Called Ineffective and Unjust

Expert consensus: laws put public more at risk

'End Demand' Laws No Help for Sex Workers' Access to Care

Still face stigma, discrimination, and lack of access to HIV treatment

How Did Theranos' Holmes Fool So Many Smart People?

WSJ's John Carreyrou on how disgraced entrepreneur nearly got away with it

Star Rating Screwup; Booze Study Canned; Sexist Docs Settle

The past week in healthcare investigations

In Virginia, He's an Addict. In New York, He's Treating Them

"They keep it all very quiet. It's not part of the public record"

Multiple Lawsuits, Multiple Deaths, $900k from Medicare

'More than 15, less than 30' malpractice suits, he said

Medicare Slow to Boot Docs with State Sanctions

Federal program keeps paying physicians found incompetent or unethical

What to Say, How to Help a Hurting Colleague

Doctors, other clinicians seen as 'second victims' in medical misadventures

Wearable Devices Making Strides, But Barriers Remain

More data needed on accuracy, effectiveness

Film Shines Light on Deadly Errors in Medicine

Death toll in U.S. as high as 440,000 per year

Docs, Medical Boards Ignored FDA Warning Letters on CCSVI

Fueled by YouTube, bogus MS 'cure' peddled by docs licensed in multiple states

Seven Surgeries, Two Deaths... and Still Practicing

License surrendered in Wisconsin, doc pops up in N.Y.

Reprimanded and Fined in N.J., No Problem in N.Y.

Dermatologist found using expired drugs and unqualified staff

NPDB Records Often Ignored in Docs' Licensing

Most medical boards rarely look at Practitioner Data Bank

Suspended for Drug Offenses, Now an Addiction Specialist

While on probation for prescription drug issues, doc gets new license in Florida

Lifetime Chaperone in New York, Endowed Chair in Wisconsin

Sex with patient brings 'moral unfitness' decision in one state; another calls it 'minor'

Should Patients Be Allowed to Record Doctors?

Communications expert Ron Harman King examines the legal and practical questions

By the Numbers: Malpractice Hits Nurses, Too

New report sheds light on five years of cases against NPs

AHA: 130/80 mm Hg Is New National BP Target

Multisociety guidelines released accounting for SPRINT data

When and How to Say Sorry to Patients

Apologizing doesn't guarantee losing a malpractice suit -- but it might prevent one

Mental Illness Insults Need Doc Intervention (BMJ)

Firestorm ignored, diagnosis used as an insult

AMA, I Hardly Knew Ye

Group's annual meeting folds its tent, but that tent has really changed

Rethinking PA Practice Laws and Licensure

Eliminating barriers, 'elevating the profession' one bill at a time

A Surprising Place to Find Anti-Kickback Rules

Some aspects of EHRs, telemedicine might technically be illegal

HHS Eyes End of 2017 for Draft Rule on Privacy Breaches

Aims to define what constitutes 'harm' when health records are exposed

AAP: Abortion Parental Consent Laws Do More Harm than Good

Patient's right to confidential care should come first

Medicaid Boom Turns to Bust for Tennessee Docs

Lack of certification triggers payback requirement

301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings

Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007

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