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Inhaler technique not to blame for uncontrolled asthma in inner-city study
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- Christine Kilgore
Study participants had suboptimal living conditions in lower income Philadelphia neighborhoods.
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Preprints come to medicine: medRxiv launches with safeguards
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- Christine Kilgore
The new repository of preprints in medicine is intended for researcher-to-researcher communication before publication in peer-reviewed journals....
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Beyond disclosure: Industry relationships face renewed scrutiny in oncology
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- Christine Kilgore
The recent controversy over lack of disclosure of industry payments at Memorial Sloan Kettering has opened up a wider debate in oncology over...
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FDA urges caution with robotic devices in cancer surgery
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- Christine Kilgore
The FDA cites evidence that the use of robotically assisted surgical devices for treatment or prevention of cancers may be associated with...
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
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- Christine Kilgore
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...
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Medicine grapples with COI reporting
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- Christine Kilgore
“If you want a system that would make it hard to be compliant and easy to mess up, that’s what we have,” said Clifford A. Hudis, MD, CEO of the...
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FDA panel tackles mesh for anterior repair of POP
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- Christine Kilgore
Patient-reported outcomes should trump anatomic outcomes as FDA evaluates marketed devices.
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Newer cholangioscopy system safe and effective for difficult biliary stones
- Author:
- Christine Kilgore
Digital single-operator system is successful and safe in an international retrospective study of 407 patients.
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Yale meeting draws cadre of physician-scientists
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- Christine Kilgore
Dr. E. Albert Reece calls for early education in research and science to boost “the research continuum.”
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Gyn surgeons’ EndoMarch empowers patients
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- Christine Kilgore
The Nezhat brothers take a grassroots approach to grow awareness.
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The push is on to recognize endometriosis in adolescents
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- Christine Kilgore
Treatment of endometriosis is rife with dilemmas, controversies, and shortcomings.
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Shift to long-term ‘maternal care’ needs boost
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- Christine Kilgore
WASHINGTON – “We need regular screening of women” to prevent long-term metabolic and cardiovascular disorders, said Dr. George R. Saade.
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NIH goes straight to pregnant women in new research project
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- Christine Kilgore
PregSource aims to use de-identified data voluntarily provided by women to help inform future studies and improve maternal care.
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To predict macrosomia, focus on the abdomen
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- Christine Kilgore
WASHINGTON – Is fetal abdominal circumference better than estimated fetal weight in predicting macrosomia?
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Experts question insulin as top choice in GDM
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- Christine Kilgore
WASHINGTON - Experts in the management of gestational diabetes called for individualized approaches.