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AMA HOD: Delegates back ICD-10 reprieve, but gun proposals draw fire
Physicians would have a 2-year reprieve from penalties while using the new ICD-10 coding set, under a resolution easily passed June 8 by the...
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AAS: New approach underway to ID teens at high suicide risk
A federally funded effort to develop a screening tool designed to prevent youth suicide is underway.
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VIDEO: Screening for substance use disorders is essential
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ELIXA trial: No cardiovascular risk with GLP-1 receptor agonist lixisenatide
Key clinical point: The glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) receptor agonist lixisenatide does not increase the risk for cardiovascular problems in...
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SAEM: Pelvic CT may not be needed to diagnose intra-abdominal injury in children
CT limited to the radiographic abdomen – the region between the dome of the diaphragm to the top of the iliac crest – may be able to capture the...
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AMA launches online tool to help address physician burnout
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TECOS finds no CV risks for sitagliptin
Key clinical point: Sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4) inhibitor used to lower blood glucose in patients with type 2 diabetes, was not...
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HRS: A fib plus hemodialysis equals no benefit from warfarin
Key clinical point: Patients with atrial fibrillation and on hemodialysis received no thromboembolic protection from warfarin treatment. Major...
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Bariatric surgery, lifestyle intervention had similar effects on hemoglobin A1c
Key clinical point: Weight loss was greater with bariatric surgery than with an intensive lifestyle intervention in obese patients with type 2...
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Pregnancy weight changes infant metabolic profiles
Maternal obesity and increased weight gain in pregnancy are associated with changes to newborns’ cardiometabolic markers, and these associations...