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A purple warrior rises in the battle against diabetes
Plus: Rare honey builds strong but bacteria-prone bone implants, and mycoprotein builds strong gut microbiomes.
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Doctors and their families tend to ignore medical guidelines
Doctors’ medical knowledge may influence them and their families to often ignore medical advice, study finds.
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Chronic Erythematous Plaques Around the Ears
A 41-year-old man presented to the dermatology clinic with erythematous, pruritic, and painful plaques around the ears of 6 years’ duration. He...
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Medicare ‘offers’ cancer patient a choice: Less life or more debt
Plus: Mouse movie watching advanced Alzheimer’s research, 3D-printed skin attracted mosquitoes, and medieval woman survived brain surgery.
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Expelled from high school, Alister Martin became a Harvard doc
It’s not often that a high school brawl with gang members sets you down a path to becoming a Harvard-trained doctor.
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Doctors are disappearing from emergency departments as hospitals look to cut costs
It took three trips to the ED on 3 consecutive days before a patient saw a doctor who looked at her blood work.
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Notalgia paresthetica: Difelikefalin helps upper-back itch, but with side effects
The main side effects reported included headaches, dizziness, constipation and increased urine output.
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Embattled iPLEDGE program: Changes ahead?
When the iPLEDGE program had transitioned to the new platform, the rollout was far from smooth.
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Three wild technologies about to change health care
Now, in the 23rd year of the 21st century, you might not believe what we’ll be capable of next.
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Pound of flesh buys less prison time
Plus: Organ donation for fun and profit, and parasite expulsion with a blast of fat.
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Systemic sclerosis antibodies show link to interstitial lung disease in RA
Serum testing might aid in diagnosis of patients with overlapping rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis.