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AMA funds standardized BP training for medical, PA, and nursing schools
The dearth of BP instruction is alarming because inaccurate readings contribute to under...
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FDA gives Ozempic two drug safety–related label changes
The second addition concerns a new adverse reaction that was identified during the postmarketing experience: gastrointestinal ileus, an intestinal...
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These adverse events linked to improved cancer prognosis
Emerging evidence suggests that cutaneous immune-related adverse events may be linked with favorable outcomes among patients with cancer who...
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Does the number of primary melanomas affect survival?
To compare 10-year melanoma-specific mortality and overall mortality between people with multiple primary melanomas and a single primary melanoma...
From the Journals
Transgender patients report stigma, voyeurism in medical care
In focus groups, participants say they fear poor treatment if they’re open and inadequate care if they’re not.
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Lack of medical device tracking leaves patients vulnerable
As a result of this siloing of information, patients are not getting the expected benefits of a regulation finalized over a decade ago by the FDA...
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Does continuity of care affect outcomes after arthroplasty?
“Their main message quantified what many of us in health care already sense is true: That patients do benefit when there’s somebody, specifically...
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Hidradenitis suppurativa experts reach consensus on treatment outcome measures
“The intent of these recommendations is to provide an objective framework with both clinician and patient input that can facilitate bidirectional...
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Florida nurse practitioner convicted in $200 million+ Medicare scheme
The case is part of an ongoing effort by federal prosecutors to target schemes alleged to have defrauded Medicare of billions of dollars in...
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ACP addresses ethical issues for ‘grateful patients’ physician fundraising
“Physicians who directly solicit funds from their own patients do risk interfering with the physician-patient relationship, which is supposed to...
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Many young people stop ulcerative colitis maintenance treatment, risking relapse
Globally, the incidence of UC is increasing fastest in younger populations. It’s estimated that up to 30% of individuals with UC are diagnosed in...