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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?
And are fast food swamps to blame for more type 1 diabetes?
Similar price-gouging legislation has been introduced in at least 13 states this year, though none of those measures became law.
CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, wants clinicians who still believe they can deny patients’ access to their own health records to change their...
And what’s the best antithrombotic therapy after TAVI?
And there’s new promise in early-stage lung cancer.
WASHINGTON – For platelet reactivity after TAVI, ticagrelor is more effective than clopidogrel.
GLP-1 agonists were associated with a higher risk of adverse events that led to study withdrawal, compared with SGLT2 inhibitors.
And pain relievers and inflammatory bowel disease? It’s complicated.
How much legal responsibility does a physician have when a nurse practitioner is negligent?
ORLANDO – Apixaban had lowest rates of both stroke and major bleeding in ARISTOPHANES.
And marijuana use may spur change in safety-sensitive industries.
ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.
And asthma is flourishing in a surprising location.
ORLANDO – Risk of stroke and TIA – but not acute MI – is significantly increased with herpes zoster infection.
And why reading aloud to kids can cut hyperactivity.
And a three-in-one pill could change hypertension treatment.
Portomesenteric vein thrombosis is a rare and difficult to diagnose complication after bariatric surgery.