Damian McNamara is a journalist for Medscape Medical News and MDedge. He worked full-time for MDedge as the Miami Bureau covering a dozen medical specialties during 2001-2012, then as a freelancer for Medscape and MDedge, before being hired on staff by Medscape in 2018. Now the two companies are one. He uses what he learned in school – Damian has a BS in chemistry and an MS in science, health and environmental reporting/journalism. He works out of a home office in Miami, with a 100-pound chocolate lab known to snore under his desk during work hours.
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Mental health services can be successfully integrated in primary care
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: October 9, 2017
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Talking with vaccine-hesitant parents takes training and finesse
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: October 2, 2017
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New AAP policy recommends flu vaccination regardless of egg allergy
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 26, 2017
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One in four ‘control’ mothers in NAS study tests positive for drug use
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 22, 2017
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Female physicians can face breastfeeding challenges at work
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 18, 2017
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Subtle hearing loss after concussion could impair learning
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 18, 2017
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EMR pop-up aims to boost HPV vaccination rates
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 17, 2017
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Duke’s Criteria help guide echocardiography decision in suspected infective endocarditis
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 16, 2017
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Buprenorphine linked to less neonatal abstinence syndrome than methadone
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 16, 2017
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ACS NSQIP pilot project IDs risks in older surgical patients
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: September 5, 2017
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Immobility implicated in increased complications after bariatric surgery
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 29, 2017
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Think beyond BMI to optimize bariatric patients presurgery
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 25, 2017
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MBSAQIP data helped target problem areas to cut readmissions
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 22, 2017
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ERAS program cuts complications after radical cystectomy
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 18, 2017
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Sodium fusidate noninferior to linezolid for acute skin infections
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- Damian McNamara
Publish date: August 4, 2017