June 12, 2026

Why Practices Join Hospital Systems

Interviews with hospital leaders and employed physicians highlighted financial pressures, perceived care-integration benefits, and unresolved operational tensions following acquisition.

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June 11, 2026

When Bad Data Enters the Drug Pipeline

Federal prosecutors allege that a Florida physician and research staff fabricated clinical trial records that were submitted into database systems used to evaluate investigational drugs.

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June 11, 2026

Medical Oddities: The Economics of Shut-Eye

Sleep became a commodity, tea became a therapy, and cats got a reprieve this week.

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June 11, 2026

Higher-Dose Prenatal Vitamin D Linked to Memory Scores

Children exposed to higher-dose prenatal vitamin D scored modestly higher on verbal and visual memory tests at age 10 years, although overall intelligence and most cognitive measures did not differ significantly.

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June 04, 2026

Could Isotretinoin Shorten Adult Height? 

Analyses by treatment timing, cumulative dose, and stunting supported the overall finding, though early-initiation and female subgroup data were limited.

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May 29, 2026

FDA Expands Afrezza to Pediatric Diabetes

The decision was supported by the phase 3 INHALE-1 trial and additional long-term safety, efficacy, and exposure data.

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May 28, 2026

Medical Oddities: Can a Home Be Preventive Care?

This week’s medical plot twists involved ants, architecture, and auditory hallucinations.

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May 28, 2026

Top 10 States With Rising Demand for Physicians

These 10 states report physician shortages, projected physician supply gaps, or physician-to-population ratios below national benchmarks.

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May 27, 2026

AD Not Linked to Early CV Risk Markers

Repeated assessments from childhood to early adulthood did not identify consistent cardiometabolic risk patterns by disease activity or severity.

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May 27, 2026

Ensitrelvir Reduced COVID After Household Exposure

In SCORPIO-PEP, symptomatic COVID-19 occurred in 3% vs 9% of household contacts by day 10.

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