Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD
Medical Groups Warn Gender-Affirming Care Bans Undermine Child Safety, Not Protect It
Physicians warn that legislative bans on gender-affirming care for transgender youth undermine clinical safety by fragmenting care outside medical oversight…
How US Hospital Operators Exploit Emergency Care Loopholes While Generating Millions
A STAT News investigation reveals that Nutex Health and similar operators exploit legal loopholes to refuse emergency patients while generating…
First oral drug shows promise in childhood achondroplasia: Phase 3 trial results
A Phase 3 trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine shows that oral infigratinib increases growth velocity by…
One in three young adults lack a primary care doctor, survey finds
A survey by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center reveals that approximately 30% of young adults lack a primary care…
Expanding Heart Failure Care With Pharmacists and Nurse Practitioners Cuts Costs and Saves Lives
An economic analysis in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology demonstrates that integrating pharmacists and nurse practitioners into heart failure care…
Assistive Technology Access in Sri Lanka Reveals Stark Disparities Across Age, Sex, and Geography
A mixed-methods study in The Lancet Regional Asia documents how age, sex, and geographic location interact to create compounded barriers…
Physicians as Political Voices: 250 Years of Medicine and American Democracy
A New England Journal of Medicine historical analysis examines 250 years of American physicians as both healers and political actors,…
Cat Scratch Disease Returns: What Clinicians and Patients Need to Know
Cat scratch disease, caused by Bartonella henselae, presents with varied clinical manifestations and requires high clinical suspicion for diagnosis. Most…