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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.
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Pediatric hospitalist and researcher: Dr. Samir Shah
January 29, 2019
Dr. Shah is the first pediatric hospitalist to serve as editor in chief of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
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Anxiety, depression, burnout higher in physician mothers caring for others at home
January 28, 2019
While the study did not examine physician fathers, caring for someone with a major illness or disability more frequently falls to women.
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Benefit of thrombectomy may be universal
January 28, 2019
The proportional benefit of thrombectomy is uniform among various subgroups of patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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Tamsulosin not effective in promoting stone expulsion in symptomatic patients
January 28, 2019
Does tamsulosin provide benefit in ureteral stone expulsion for patients who present with a symptomatic stone less than 9 mm?
