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Prepare for ‘the coming tsunami’ of NAFLD
NEW ORLEANS – It’s time for primary care physicians to stop ignoring NASH, an expert says.
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Studies support cardiovascular risk management in T2DM
Smoking cessation and other steps to manage cardiovascular risk can help improve the long-term outlook for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus...
Opinion
Employment practices liability insurance
All EPLI policies cover litigation against your practice and its owners by employees, but some cover only full-time workers.
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Childhood obesity linked to severe dental infections
Diet is only one factor.
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Docs push back on step therapy in Medicare Advantage
The action is part of the broader Trump administration initiative to lower the prices and out-of-pocket costs of prescription drugs.
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Varied diet not necessarily a high-quality one
High dietary variety has been linked to poorer dietary quality and increased food intake.
News
FDA approves first mobile app for contraceptive use
The app uses an algorithm that calculates days of the month women are likely to be fertile, based on daily body temperature readings and menstrual...
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CMS pushes ACOs to take on more risk
ACOs that only take on upside risk generally are spending more money and not generating savings, according to CMS Adminstrator Seema Verma.
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Doctors decry inaction on physician-focused APMs
So far, PTAC has sent at least 10 APMs to the CMS. To date, not a single one has been approved or even tested on a limited scale.
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Ranked: State of the states’ health care
Vermont’s good outcomes and low costs have the rest of the country green with envy.
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Some doctors are warming to single-payer medicine
A “youth uprising” in support of a single-payer health care system at this year’s AMA House of Delegates meeting speaks to a cultural shift in the...