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MDedge Daily News: Physician burnout needs more than yoga
And triple-agent therapy cuts COPD exacerbations.
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MDedge Daily News: Can a nasal spray reverse suicidality?
And pain relievers and inflammatory bowel disease? It’s complicated.
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MDedge Daily News: Shingles boosts stroke risk
And marijuana use may spur change in safety-sensitive industries.
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Mixed outcomes in analysis of NSAIDs and IBD exacerbation
A meta-analysis and systematic review have found an increased risk of some inflammatory bowel disease with NSAID use, but the studies showed...
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Medical marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Federal limits on research hinder patients’ relief
“Even though medical marijuana is legal, none of my doctors were willing to talk to me about it. . .They just kept telling me to take opioids.”
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Life and health are not even across the U.S.
Can data from the Global Burden of Disease 2016 help close mortality gaps and prevent deaths from opioid abuse, smoking, and obesity?
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CMS finalizes measures to help combat opioid crisis
Federal agencies and leaders are taking a multipronged approach to the opioid crisis.
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MDedge Daily News: Does more marijuana mean fewer opioids?
And acutely ill patients may not get enough venous thromboembolism prophylaxis.
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FDA recalls kratom products for salmonella contamination
Agency issues its first-ever mandatory recall of the controversial herbal product.
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Is kratom the answer to the opioid crisis?
Addiction experts say evidence remains sparse about the safety of the botanical product from Southeast Asia.
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MDedge Daily News: Why the barber’s chair can help hypertension
And how excessive daytime sleepiness could lead to dementia.