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No meaningful decline in opioid use


 

Over the last decade, opioid use has not significantly declined, despite efforts to educate physicians about the risk of abuse. Also today, the Fitbit Flex is feasible and provides nuanced step-count data in patients with MS, even moderate alcohol use could worsen outcomes in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, and a new study supports meningococcal B vaccine in children with rare diseases. Listen to the MDedge Daily News for today’s top news.

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