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Do We Still Need Office Visits?

It's time to look beyond our traditional modes of care delivery

Hospital Slapped With Lawsuit Over Horrifying Attack on Resident

"Dr. A" was repeatedly stabbed with a lunch tray metal knife and pen as nurses hid in fear

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Unusual Variant of Guillain-Barre虂 Syndrome Linked to COVID Vaccines

Experts call for relationship between adenovirus vector vaccines and GBS to be studied

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Q&A: How Patients Can Get Wise to Bad Billing Practices

Marshall Allen discusses how patients and providers can fight back against medical overbilling

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Levothyroxine Overused for Less Severe Hypothyroidism

Few new prescriptions were for patients with overt hypothryoidism, researchers found

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Best Pediatric Endocrinology Hospitals; Standards of Diabetes Care Updated

News and commentary from the endocrinology world

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The Long Overdue Rise of Gender-Affirming Care

Medicine is finally starting to catch up with the times, but there's a long way to go

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Does Grandma Need Surgery for That Broken Wrist?

Randomized trial findings should help in decision-making

Is Old Vaccine Technology the Key to Hesitancy?

Experts weigh whether Novavax's protein subunit strategy can convince some COVID vaccine holdouts

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Face-to-Face With Fauci

YouTube star "Dr. Mike" sits down with Anthony Fauci, MD

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Why We Volunteered in COVID Vaccine Trials

A father and son's perspectives

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Obesity Ups Risk of Erosive Esophagitis in Middle-Age Adults

Japanese study researchers note it may also increase risk for GERD

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Cooling Strategy After Cardiac Arrest Dealt Another Blow

No improvement over standard care with early treatment of fever, TTM2 group finds

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Best MIS-C Treatment? Murky Picture Emerges

Large U.S. and international surveillance data series come to conflicting conclusions

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What's Guiding Prostate Cancer Care for Gay Men?

Research specific to this group has only scratched the surface

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AMA Supports Docs Receiving MAT for Substance Use

Organization also embraces physicians with disabilities or illness

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The FDA Is Failing the American People

The agency's recent decision to approve aducanumab offers more evidence of a broken system

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Howie Mandel 'Living in a Nightmare' With OCD

Comedian wants to remove the stigma of his illness

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Stop Exploiting Suicide For Political Gain

False claims have driven moral panic during the COVID pandemic

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Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance

Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far"

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Several Factors Contribute to GI Bleeding Mortality Risk

Patients hospitalized due to GI bleeding less likely to die from it, French researchers found

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Sleep Disorders Tied to Dementia in Patients With TBI

Study evaluates outcomes by sex, independently of other dementia risks

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Early Vax Myocarditis Data; Novel RAAS Inhibitor; Star Athletes Collapse Mid-Game

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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New Respiratory Support Paradigm for Extreme Preemies?

CORSAD trial points that way

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What Leads to Patients With Diabetes Relapsing After Bariatric Surgery?

Risk factors included longer diabetes duration, higher preop HbA1c in Swedish study

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Nearly a Five-Fold Difference Between States in Use of Bariatric Surgery

Weight loss procedure underutilized in areas with highest obesity prevalence

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Sleep Study Data Predict Brain Age

AI model uses EEG signals recorded during sleep studies

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Patients with Class I Obesity Still Benefit from Weight-Loss Surgery

It may be time to update NIH-established indications for bariatric surgery, experts say

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The Case of the Yellow Sticky Note

This simple office supply was a clue to doctor's problems at work

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Trouble Falling Asleep Predicts Later Cognitive Impairment

Depression and vascular disease may play roles

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Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety

"I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says

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Bariatric Surgery Tied to Decreased Stroke Risk Out to 5 Years

"Clinically important" finding, says researcher

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Breaking Through Healthcare's Glass Ceiling

Let's close the gender gap at the leadership level

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AAN: Ban Chokeholds, Strangleholds in Law Enforcement

Recent deaths put into question whether neck restraints are controllable and safe

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No Difference in Disease Markers for IBD Patients Treated With Biosimilars

U.K. study shows comparable results after a year

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Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines

Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says

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Don't Wait for the Government to Fix Healthcare

Healthcare 3.0 is in your hands

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Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies

Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says

Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital

Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care

People wearing protective masks form a tight line outside of a health clinic in Chetla, Kolkata India.

3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job

Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work

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