Health and Fitness

Last week, CMS updated guidance on the heavily disputed aspects of an arbitration process for resolving payment disagreements between insurers and providers under the No Surprises Act. The updates to this guidance were made in response to a Texas ruling that compelled HHS to change how dispute resolution entities would approach the pricing benchmark known …

New Surprise Billing Arbitration Guidance May Give Docs More Wiggle Room Read More »

A nonprofit scientific advocacy group sued Boiron last week for deceptively marketing its homeopathic products, legal documents show. The Center for Inquiry (CFI) filed the lawsuit Thursday against Boiron, a Pennsylvania-based manufacturer that sells homeopathic treatments, claiming that the company deceives customers about the nature and effectiveness of its products. The complaint alleges that Boiron …

Scientific-Integrity Watchdog Slaps Lawsuit on Maker of Homeopathic Pills Read More »

Adding high-dose treosulfan and melphalan as further consolidation therapy for high-risk metastatic Ewing sarcoma failed to improve survival outcomes, a randomized phase III study showed. In an intention-to-treat population of 109 patients receiving standard induction and consolidation therapy, no significant difference was seen in event-free survival (EFS) between a group that also received high-dose treosulfan-melphalan …

Consolidation Intensification Fails in High-Risk Metastatic Ewing Sarcoma Read More »

Severity of multiple sclerosis (MS) was linked with geographic latitude, an observational study showed. Among 46,000 MS patients living in temperate zones, more severe disease was seen in those who lived above 40° latitude, reported Tomas Kalincik, MD, PhD, of the University of Melbourne, Australia, and co-authors. The association was driven mainly, but not exclusively, …

More Severe Multiple Sclerosis Seen Further North Read More »

A bill recently passed by the House and under consideration in the Senate caps insulin payments at $35 a month for individuals with Medicare or private health insurance. The legislation speaks directly to the crisis in affordability for a life-saving medicine, but in the long term it is just shuffling the deck rather than changing …

Who Is Really Driving Up Insulin Costs? Read More »

Think about something for us. If we—collectively, as a society—started every Monday by listening to a snippet of “Sweet Child o’ Mine,” wouldn’t the world be just a little bit better? We think so. No one on this planet knows the power of the Needle Drop quite like Taika Waititi, director of the Marvel Cinematic …

The Thor: Love and Thunder Trailer is Pure Joy Read More »

At an elite U.S. Navy fighter jet training school in “Fightertown USA,” students compete to outperform other pilots in the class. That means not only following orders, but showing off their most daring flying skills. After all, this is Top Gun, the 1980s big-screen hit. Now, Paramount Pictures Studios will bring the familiar fighters and …

Top Gun: Maverick’s Fighter Jet Stunts Push the Boundaries of Physics Read More »

The Enthusiast NetworkGetty Images Euphoria star Sydney Sweeney just revealed her fully-restored Ford Bronco on Instagram. The actress shares her passion for fixing up classic cars on a secret TikTok account. Sydney says it’s important for her to be able “to show girls you can do anything you want.” Actress Sydney Sweeney has an unexpected …

Sydney Sweeney Shows Off Her DIY Vintage Ford Bronco Restoration Read More »

For all the advances that we have made in the realms of science and exploration, there are some mysteries in our world that still elude definition or understanding. UFOs, spontaneous human combustion, the Bermuda triangle. Essentially, anything that might capture the imagination of an eccentric ten-year-old or be the subject of a spuriously-sourced documentary on …

This Professor Thinks the Loch Ness Monster Might’ve Actually Been a Whale’s Penis Read More »

“My disbelief was quickly replaced by relief and immense gratitude at being able to pursue my dreams on my own terms. In so many ways, the universe made a hard decision on my behalf.” — Travis Hughes, PhD, MPH, on the brighter side of not matching into residency. “The hospital is not and should not …

‘The Universe Made a Hard Decision on My Behalf’: What We Heard This Week Read More »