Taking Prescription Opioids Could Limit Primary Care Access
40 percent of primary care clinics won’t take new patients using opioid painkillers, regardless of insurance type
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FDA Warns CBD Product Maker About False Claims
Agency says unproven claims about CBD products could lead consumers to delay medical care
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Gender Bias Narratives in Medicine
“At my interview for residency at a prestigious midwestern university hospital, the chairman asked...
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CV Event Risk Up With Rejected, Abandoned PCSK9i Prescriptions
Rejection rates higher for PCSK9i prescriptions for women, racial minorities, lower-income groups
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Filgotinib Bests Placebo in Tx of Refractory Rheumatoid Arthritis
Clinical response rate higher among patients with active RA resistant to treatment with biologic agents
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Opioid Rx Education Insufficient for Plastic Surgery Trainees
Significantly more opioids prescribed by U.S. versus Canadian trainees for seven of eight procedures
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Nonprescription Antibiotic Use Seems Prevalent in the United States
Review shows prevalence varies from 1 to 66 percent depending on population characteristics
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Frequency of Cannabis Use Before, During Pregnancy Increasing
Increases seen in daily, weekly, monthly cannabis use in year before, during pregnancy
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“Doctor, What Is Your Purpose for Being Here Today?”
One of the first questions I am often asked by doctors and nurses when I am at a medical...
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#PWChat Recap: Vaccines — The Twisted Serpent of Distrust
On Tuesday, July 16, Physician’s Weekly conducted another installment of its #PWChat series,...
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Medical Marijuana Laws May Not Impact Opioid Use
No reduction seen in individual-level nonmedical prescription opioid use from 2002 to 2014
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Opioids Commonly Prescribed in Emergency Department for Gout
Diabetes, polyarticular gout, prior opioid use tied to increased risk for opioid prescription at discharge
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CRP-Guided Testing Cuts Antibiotic Use in COPD Exacerbations
Lower percentage of patients reported antibiotic use, received antibiotic prescriptions
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Exposure to 2009 pH1N1 Vaccine During Pregnancy Seems Safe
Exposure to pH1N1 influenza vaccine in utero not linked to most pediatric health outcomes
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Two-Dose Course of Vaccine After HSCT Cuts Incidence of Zoster
Incidence of herpes zoster decreased during median 21-month follow-up after autologous HSCT
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About 12 Percent With Ankle Sprain Fill Opioid Prescriptions
Among opioid-naive patients, 8.4 percent of those who filled an initial opioid Rx had persistent use
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Xpovio With Dexamethasone Approved for Refractory Multiple Myeloma
Drug combination approved to treat patients who have failed at least five other treatments
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45 Percent of U.S. Adults Have Some Doubts About Vaccine Safety
However, 82 percent of survey respondents see benefits to vaccines
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Survey Reveals Gaps in Opioid Rx Patterns of Orthopedic Surgeons
History of drug misuse, depression did not necessarily diminish hypothetical prescribing rates
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Neuropsychiatric Morbidity Up With Synthetic Cannabinoid Use in Teens
Coma and/or CNS depression, seizures more common with single-drug synthetic cannabinoid exposure
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