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Sen. Collins deals likely fatal blow to GOP’s health bill
Could this latest defeat push lawmakers toward bipartisan action on health care reform?
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GEICAM/2006-10: Adjuvant fulvestrant/anastrozole role in early breast cancer uncertain
MADRID – Complete estrogen blockade showed no improvement in survival over anastrozole alone, although the trial was underpowered.
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Battling physician burnout delivers monetary benefits for health care organizations
Organizations can combat physician burnout, and the effort is worthwhile, as well as morally and ethically important.
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‘Very daring study’ of neoadjuvant AI/CDKi combo in early BC is hypothesis generating
The nonchemo neoadjuvant regimen offered a slightly higher residual cancer burden prior to surgery, but a significantly better safety profile than...
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Residents getting unprecedented attention from employers
Survey shows that “the search for newly trained physicians is on the verge of becoming a feeding frenzy.”
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One in four ‘control’ mothers in NAS study tests positive for drug use
Researchers got a big surprise when they evaluated a control group of mothers in a study comparing their healthy newborns with infants who develop...
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ACOG urges standardization of postpartum hemorrhage treatment
Standardized tools such as risk assessment charts can help identify early signs of hemorrhage.
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Docs, insurers condemn latest ‘repeal and replace’ plan
The GOP faces a tough road for passing the Graham-Cassidy proposal.
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Preferred osteoporosis treatment order with teriparatide, denosumab reaffirmed
DENVER – The findings reinforce the use of an anabolic agent followed by an antiresorptive agent, rather than the other way around.
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Postsurgical antibiotics cut infection in obese women after C-section
But experts say this may not be ready for implementation on a wide scale.
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CMS alerts physicians of payment reductions for PQRS noncompliance
Some doctors will see their payments reduced by 2%.