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New Hospital Care Model Cut Readmissions, Boosted Satisfaction

Specialists urged to reconnect with generalist roots

Slow Medicine: Is 'Hypertensive Urgency' Outdated?

No need to over-react to a common dx that's not tied to major CV events

Morning Break: Docs Who Fondle; 'Zombie Anthrax'; PCBs and Autism

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 麻豆传媒 staff

As Terror Strikes Orlando, AMA Tackles Violence

Is it a public health issue?

Does a 'Short Fuse' a Condition Make?

Some call it road rage, but medicine is now calling it IED. Lowering the Bar: Medicine in the 21st Century weighs the evidence

ADHD: How Did It Leap from Classroom to Boardroom?

Adults are now routinely diagnosed with ADHD. Why is that? This Lowering the Bar; Medicine in 21st Century report seeks answers

Lowering the Bar: Medicine in the 21st Century

Does diagnosis always mean disease, or does it sometimes mean opportunity?

Gluttony -- Once a Deadly Sin, Now a Treatable Disorder

This "Lowering the Bar: Medicine in the 21st Century" MedPageToday/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel report takes a hard look at binge-eating disorder

Opioid Crisis: Scrap Pain as 5th Vital Sign?

Groups call on JC and CMS to re-evaluate policies that could lead to opioid overprescribing

Patient Restraints: Bad Medicine?

Investigation reveals overuse of restraints

Aspirin Before Cardiac Surgery: Not Harmful, But Not Helpful

Death, thrombotic complication, and bleeding risk all unaffected in ATACAS trial

Will Delay Weaken CDC Opioid Guidance?

Recommendations to limit supply and dosing under fire

Continuous Tx May be Problematic in Status Epilepticus

Longer PICU stay, more vasopressor use with continuous versus bolus therapy

One Patient's Seizure Cure: Stop Solving Sudoku Puzzles

Hypoxia suffered after an avalanche leads to puzzle-solving problem

Experts Weigh In: Where Do People Want to Die?

The answer is not always obvious

Excerpt: Black Man in a White Coat

A new book by Damon Tweedy, MD, explores the role of race in medicine

Safety Warning: Watch LVAD Battery Expiration

Ventricular support backup battery issue linked to two deaths

New Guideline Offers 'Best Practices' for PICC

Multidisciplinary panel aims to provide clarity for PICC management

Giving Patients Evidence-Based Reassurance

In response to the Less-is-More series, here are five evidence-based tips for reassuring patients

Biogen Reports Another Tecfidera PML Case

Non-fatal case is the second one for the oral MS drug.

Abandoned Painkiller Makes a Comeback

Here's how the FDA let a widely abused opioid back on the market.

Injecting Opioid Tied to Blood Clotting Disorder

Are most clinicians aware of this side effect of oxymorphone drug abuse?

Duck Hunting for CME

Wilderness medicine physician's CME company offers credit while hiking, hunting, climbing.

Slippery Slope: Diet Drugs No Help for Heart

In another edition of the Slippery Slope series examining use of surrogate endpoints in drug approvals, 麻豆传媒 and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel find diet drugs are approved without solid evidence of benefits, but with hints of harm.

The Hospital Leader: An Interview With Toronto's Adina Weinerman, MD

What strategies can streamline code status documentation?

Doctors, Stop Sticking Your Patients So Often

UCSF's Think Twice, Stick Once campaign aims to curb unnecessary venipunctures.

Excerpt From 'The Secret Language of Doctors'

ED doc Brian Goldman investigates slang to "crack code of hospital culture."

Predicting Death in Advanced Cancer

Study offers clues to guide clinicians, families about end of life.

Survival Boost from NP/PA Care in ICU?

Association seen versus resident physicians in small study.

More Nurses May Mean Fewer Deaths in ICU

High patient to nurse ratios may lead to more errors and fatal outcomes.

When Docs Sue Their Own Hospital

At issue: who has authority to hire, fire, and discipline staff physicians.

Opioid Linked to Low Blood Sugar

Tramadol was associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for hypoglycemia.

New Treatments for High Potassium on the Horizon

But ultimate success is far from guaranteed.

Vitamin D Blog: No Help in the ICU

Boosting vitamin D levels doesn't help ICU patients.

The Bottomline: Cardiac Telemetry

Can a 'wise' choice save $4.8 million in a single year?

Doctor's Memoir Exposes Dark Side of Medicine

Sandeep Jauhar puts his life on stark display to illustrate harmful financial intrusions into medicine in his newest book.

Glucometer Control Test Underused in Diabetes

ORLANDO -- Control solution for ensuring the proper function of glucose meters didn't appear to be a priority among physicians, pharmacists, or patients, researchers reported here.

CardioBuzz: Toward the $500 an Hour Physician

In this guest blog, Mark Jay Zucker, MD, JD, an attorney and transplant cardiologist at Rutgers University New Jersey Medical School in Newark, explains why he thinks it's time to talk money.

Dementia Tied to More ICD Placements

Dementia patients get more implantable cardioverter-defibrillators than expected, and even cognitively normal individuals may not understand their options about cardiac device replacement.

Morning Break: The B.O. Talk, No Love for Niacin

Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the 麻豆传媒 staff.

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