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Match Day: Record number of residencies offered
Match Day resulted in a record number of residency positions offered, most notably in primary care, which “hit an all-time high.”
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Increased cancer in military pilots and ground crew: Pentagon
But military aircrew and ground crew were less likely to die from cancer, compared with the U.S. population.
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EPA seeks to limit ‘forever’ chemicals in U.S. drinking water
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing a new rule that would greatly limit the concentration of endocrine-disrupting ‘forever’ chemicals...
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Physician suicide: Investigating its prevalence and cause
“From your first day of medical school and throughout your career, there was a very rigid system in place that is quite unforgiving, is quite...
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Few women identify breast density as a breast cancer risk
FDA requires that women be notified in writing when mammograms identify dense tissue.
From the Journals
What do I have? How to tell patients you’re not sure
More than one-third of patients are discharged from an emergency department without a clear diagnosis, one analysis estimates.
From the Journals
CDC recommends screening all adults for hepatitis B
“Risk-based testing alone has not identified most persons living with chronic HBV infection and is considered inefficient for providers to...
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Opioid overdose is an important cause of postpartum death
Ob.gyns. have an opportunity to screen patients to identify those at high risk for opioid use disorder or opioid overdose, and a new law eases...
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Induced labor associated with poor school performance of offspring
Likelihood of children reaching higher secondary school level is around 10% lower after elective induction of labor.
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Who can sue docs for wrongful death? Some states are trying to expand that group
Plus, the types of emotional damage that physicians can be sued for is expanding in pockets across the nation.
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FDA strengthens mammography regulations: Final rule
A final rule requires that mammography facilities notify patients about the density of their breasts.