Patient Factors May Predict Opioid Use After Discharge
Certain factors, such as anxiety, associated with greater opioid use in the month after major surgery
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Hospital Medicine
Screening for Opioid-Related Low Testosterone Underused
Rates of screening, treatment for low testosterone higher for prolonged versus short-term opioid users
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Benefits of Health Information Exchanges Transcending Geographical Boundaries
Shifting from volume- to value-based care requires that patients and providers have access to the...
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“We Don’t Get the Flu Vaccine”
As a pediatric intensive care physician who also cares for children in a pediatric urgent care...
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Purdue Pharma Tentatively Reaches Settlement in Opioid Lawsuits
Deal is said to be worth $10 billion to $12 billion; company will not admit to wrongdoing
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Risk for Long-Term Opioid Use Up in Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Odds higher for HS patients with advancing age, ever smoking, history of depression, comorbidity
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California Passes Laws to Reduce Fake Medical Exemptions for Vaccines
Officials will have power to revoke any medical exemptions written by a doctor who has faced disciplinary action
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Opioid Maker Purdue Pharma Expected to File for Bankruptcy
Settlement talks over Purdue’s responsibility for the nation’s opioid crisis have stalled
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Model Estimates Effect of Probiotics on Costs for Flu-Like Illnesses
Cost savings could include reductions in respiratory tract infections, antibiotic prescriptions, sick days
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The City of Champions
The following is the third in a new blog series, pulled directly from the Twitter-based stories of...
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New Facebook, Instagram Pop-Ups Counter Vaccine Misinformation
Social media sites aim to counter the spread of antivaccination misinformation
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White House Announces Nearly $2 Billion in Grants to Fight Opioid Epidemic
SAMHSA will provide $932 million to every state, some U.S. territories for treatment, recovery programs
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Underused Drug Combo May Up Survival in Lung Transplant
No antibody induction therapy with sirolimus plus tacrolimus associated with maximal survival
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The Challenge With Hospital Price Transparency
There’s no question, healthcare spending in the United States is out of control. According to a...
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Proximity to Outbreak May Affect Attitudes in Vaccine Doubters
Vaccine skeptics close to measles outbreak likely to have more positive attitudes toward vaccination
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Benefit, Harm Seen for Ticagrelor Plus Aspirin in Stable CAD With T2DM
Incidence of ischemic cardiovascular events lower but major bleeding increased versus placebo plus aspirin
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Interest in Marijuana, Cannabinoids for Pain Rising Rapidly
Physician anesthesiologists concerned about prevalent misunderstanding about marijuana, related products
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Netarsudil Lowers IOP in Glaucoma, Ocular Hypertension
ROCKET-4 study shows once-daily netarsudil noninferior to twice-daily timolol
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U.S. Surgeon General Warns of Marijuana’s Effect on Developing Brain
AAP has long advised young people and pregnant or breastfeeding women not to use marijuana
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New Anti-CRE Antibiotics Used for 35 Percent of Infections
Ceftazidime-avibactam, meropenem-vaborbactam, plazomicin exceeded IV polymyxins as of Dec. 2018
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