Author: Claire Wallace

On June 1, Walmart Health officially shuttered all of its clinic and virtual care options, after a tumultuous two years. 

Patients taking semaglutide may be at an increased risk for an eye condition that can cause vision loss, according to a study published in JAMA Ophthalmology. 

A Florida-based real estate investment firm has purchased six medical office buildings in Greensboro, N.C., for $73 million, according to a July 2 report from the Triad Business Journal.

Many patients are still paying out of pocket for colonoscopy bowel prep despite a federal law stating it should be covered by insurance, according to a study led by Eric Shah, MD, at Ann Arbor-based University of Michigan.  

A number of ASCs have opened or secured approval to do so across 21 states during the second quarter of 2024. 

For the last five years, the same five physician specialties have traded spots in the lowest-paying slots of Medscape's annual compensation report. 

Prabodh Mehta, MD, a longtime cardiologist at Baptist Health Medical Group Cardiology in Elizabethtown, Ky., will retire July 19 following 34 years in the field, according to a July 1 report from The News-Enterprise.

As the healthcare industry continues to face pressures from a struggling global supply chain, job openings for supply chain professionals also continue to rise nationwide. 

The average U.S. medical student leaves college with $206,924 in loan debt, according to the Association of American Medical Colleges. 

New York City-based NYU Langone has added a cardiology group in Atlantis, Fla., to its care network.