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Benefiting from an egalitarian hospital culture
February 7, 2019
Change is possible, and it can improve patient outcomes.
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Public insurance income limits and hospitalizations for low-income children
February 6, 2019
If public insurance eligibility thresholds are decreased, many pediatric hospitalizations would become ineligible for coverage.
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Statins cut vascular events in elderly patients
February 5, 2019
Analysis challenges current practice of discontinuation after age 75 years.
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When is it safe to resume anticoagulation in my patient with hemorrhagic stroke?
February 5, 2019
Robust scientific data on when to resume anticoagulation after ICH does not exist.
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Positive FIT test should prompt colonoscopy
February 4, 2019
Retrospective study in a Korean population shows increased risk even if a colonoscopy was recently performed; backs up U.S. Multi-Society Task Force on CRC Screening recommendation.
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AHA report highlights CVD burden, declines in smoking, sleep importance
February 2, 2019
Nearly half of Americans now have high blood pressure, in part due to the 2017 redefinition of hypertension.
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Defeating the opioid epidemic
January 31, 2019
U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams says the opioid epidemic is his primary focus.
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Aspirin for primary cardiovascular prevention, RIP
January 30, 2019
SNOWMASS, COLO. – “Is aspirin safe and effective for primary prevention? The short answer here is no.” –Dr. Patrick T. O’Gara
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Hospitalist PA and health system leader: Emilie Thornhill Davis
January 30, 2019
Nurse practitioners and PAs are perfectly set up to integrate into practice in hospital medicine, says Emilie T. Davis, PA-C.
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Revised U.S. A fib guidelines revamp anticoagulation
January 29, 2019
The first revision of U.S. guidelines for managing atrial fibrillation since 2014 favor DOACs over warfarin.