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Triple-therapy cuts COPD exacerbations
The combination of an inhaled long-acting beta2-agonist, long-acting muscarinic antagonist, and glucocorticoid may reduce moderate to severe...
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VIDEO: ZIP code, not gene code – Social factors shape patients’ health
How to overcome the nonmedical factors that frustrate treatment and fuel outcomes failures.
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MDedge Daily News: A call to push pause on a Medicare payment program
And are fast food swamps to blame for more type 1 diabetes?
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Nitric oxide–generating dressing holds promise for diabetic foot ulcers
Experimental treatment boosts reduction of wound size, researchers say, but one critic wonders about closure rates.
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Noninvasive 1060-nm diode laser found effective for axillary hyperhidrosis
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New rankings focus on child health care
States were compared across 30 indicators of cost, quality, and access.
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Federal court puts chill on Maryland drug price-gouging law
Similar price-gouging legislation has been introduced in at least 13 states this year, though none of those measures became law.
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Will patients get on board with CMS’s new health data approach?
CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, wants clinicians who still believe they can deny patients’ access to their own health records to change their...
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Surgeon General wants naloxone widely on hand. Is that feasible?
Is Dr. Adams’ have-naloxone-will-carry recommendation at best limited in what it can achieve?
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FDA panel recommends CBD for pediatric seizure disorders
“We see little evidence that cannabidiol has meaningful abuse potential, even at supratherapeutic doses in adults,” FDA staff testified.
