Measuring and improving the quality of home care

Chest X-Ray First Cuts Antibiotic Overuse in Pneumonia

For suspected community-acquired pneumonia, performing chest x-ray as a first-line test, and to a lesser extent CRP testing as a first-line test, significantly reduces antibiotic use.

What Successful Doctors Do When They Stop Feeling Successful

You got the title. You checked the boxes. But what if success stops being fulfilling (or never was)? Three physicians share how they redefined ‘success’ to fit their careers.

Floaters May Signal Urgent Need for Specialty Attention

The risk for retinal detachment is particularly strong in people with at least 10 floaters, Dutch researchers have found.

Fall-Related Eye Injuries Reveal Hidden Health Risks

Effective Strategies for Discussing Obesity With Patients

Obesity is a chronic disease that can significantly affect an individual’s overall health. In this Care Cues, experts discuss best practices for discussing weight loss and management with patients.

Too Old to Practice? Screening Older Physicians Gains Ground

Experts propose standardized screening from age 70, emphasizing validated testing and benchmarking against high-performing peers.

Mixed Results for Psilocybin as Blinding Concerns Remain

Contradictory findings from a meta-analysis and the EPISODE trial highlight both the promise of psychedelics and ongoing issues with blinding in psychedelic trials.

Suicidality May Predict Focal Epilepsy Treatment Resistance

Future treatment resistance to focal epilepsy therapy was significantly more likely in individuals who reported suicidal ideation at the time of diagnosis, a new study shows.

On the Road: NPs Deliver Mental Health on Wheels

NPs are taking it on the road to meet rural health needs.

UTICalc Accurately IDs Urinary Tract Infection in Babies

Calculator could streamline assessment and standardize urine testing in febrile preverbal children in emergency departments.

Inside Bloodless Transplants: Q&A With a Pioneer

Patricia Ford, MD, a leader in bloodless medicine and transfusion-free oncology, discusses her career and how she became the first to perform a bloodless stem cell transplant.

Smoking Not Tied to Altered Brain Networks in Psychosis Risk

Tobacco smoking is not associated with functional connectivity alterations in large-scale brain networks among individuals at clinical high risk for psychosis.

Waste Not, Want Not: Scientists Turn Plastic Into Levodopa

Researchers use a novel process involving engineered Escherichia coli to turn plastic waste into levodopa, a frontline treatment for Parkinson’s disease.

Former Ob/Gyn Resident Wins $10M in Maternity Leave Lawsuit

The resident claims she was forced to take a licensing exam while on FMLA leave for childbirth, failed it, and was then fired and told to pursue a different career because she is a mother.

Paralympic Classification: Making Milano Cortina Fair

For clinicians, knowing the B, LW, and SB class systems helps interpret outcomes and advise athletes on training, equipment choices, and realistic performance expectations.