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MDedge Daily News: Fewer smokes mean fewer strokes
And is your EHR preventing breastfeeding?
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MDedge Daily News: Is ‘medical aid in dying’ suicide?
And one in five Medicaid kids may have a mental health diagnosis.
Daily News Podcast
MDedge Daily News: How Trump’s election affected contraception
And CMS floats the idea of Medicare direct provider contracting.
From the Journals
Prompt palliative care cut hospital costs in pooled study
Average cost savings per hospital admission were $3,237 overall and were even greater for cancer patients.
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MDedge Daily News: Female physicans face enduring wage gap
And anticholinergics’ link to dementia calls for vigilance in elderly patients.
Feature
Female physicians face enduring wage gap
Earnings for women in the 50 largest metro areas came up short by 27.7% last year.
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MDedge Daily News: How smartphones could battle oral cancer
And what FDA panel speakers may be hiding.
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MDedge Daily News: Lupus is quietly killing young women
And does substance abuse trigger schizophrenia?
Feature
What’s in a name? Get ready for the feds’ Promoting Interoperability program
Will a name change soothe clinicians’ dislike of federal IT programs? You decide.
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MDedge Daily News: Which nonopioids are ripe for abuse?
And bum kidneys shouldn’t stop dabigatran reversal.
From the Journals
Speakers at FDA advisory meetings have hidden conflicts
Nearly a quarter of public speakers at Anesthetic and Analgesic Drug Products Advisory Committee (AADPAC), meetings had conflicts of interest,...