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<乌鸦传媒>Pharmacist Prescribing for BP Control Makes Economic Sense

Clinical benefits of pharmacist-prescribed antihypertensives known for years

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<乌鸦传媒>Transitioning Cancer Survivors Away From Oncologic Care

It's time for a new model of care

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<乌鸦传媒>What Causes Conjunctivitis? A Panoply of Pathogens, Study Shows

Despite common antibiotic use, most cases were viruses -- and pus wasn't usually a bacterial sign

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<乌鸦传媒>Vape Use May Have Turned a Corner Among High Schoolers

Yet just under half of those who tried e-cigs still report using them in national survey

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<乌鸦传媒>ACS: Millions More Should Get Lung Cancer Screening

Notably, new recommendations say it doesn't matter when a person quit smoking

<乌鸦传媒>Using AI to Predict Exacerbations in Uncontrolled COPD

This is the "wave of the future," says Reynold Panettieri

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<乌鸦传媒>Adding Nurse Care Managers in Primary Care Boosted OUD Treatment

Support from leadership and treatment coverage are also critical, authors say

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<乌鸦传媒>Bone Density Mostly Catches Up After Adolescent Use of Gender-Affirming Hormones

Researchers noted an exception in the lumbar spine among people assigned male at birth

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<乌鸦传媒>It's Never Too Soon to Start End-of-Life Conversations

Patients can make their preferences known away from the pressures of acute illness

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<乌鸦传媒>Private Equity, For-Profit Interests Hurt Medicine, Conference Speakers Say

Authorities have not done enough to crack down on the problem, physicians and academicians noted

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<乌鸦传媒>Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy Tied to Earlier Death

50 years of data offer insight into cardiovascular, diabetes, and all-cause mortality

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<乌鸦传媒>AI Can Be a Boon to Clinicians -- If Used Correctly, Says AMA President

"We can provide things to make it easier for people to practice medicine," says Jesse Ehrenfeld

<乌鸦传媒>Severe Asthma in Sexual and Gender Minoritized Adults: What Can We Do?

Tugba Kaplan, MD, believes it is imperative to implement targeted interventions

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<乌鸦传媒>NPs No More Likely Than Physicians to Prescribe Inappropriately to Older Adults

Mean rates of inappropriate prescribing by NPs, primary care doctors were "virtually identical"

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<乌鸦传媒>AAP Warns on So-Called Toddler Formulas

Beverages are "not nutritionally complete" and not meant for kids with major illness, report says

<乌鸦传媒>Albuterol-Budesonide Improves Lung Function in Asthma

Fewer severe exacerbations over albuterol alone in post hoc assessment of MANDALA study

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<乌鸦传媒>Incoming AAFP President Optimistic About Family Medicine's Future

Yes, there are challenges, but they can be overcome, says Steven Furr, MD

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<乌鸦传媒>Death After IV Vitamins; 4-Day Work Week Healthier; Blast at Gaza Hospital Kills 500

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Behavioral Health Concerns Common for Low-Income Kids

Primary care findings suggest need for focus on prevention

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<乌鸦传媒>The AI Will See You Now

Envisioning the next generation of medical assistants

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<乌鸦传媒>Mixed Signals for Paxlovid and Long COVID Risk in CDC Study

Antiviral protected older at-risk patients, but appeared to increase risk in teens

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<乌鸦传媒>Mental Health Warning Signs in Latinx Kids Tied to Cardiometabolic Risks

Signs of depression, anxiety in middle school linked with troubles by high school

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<乌鸦传媒>Healthcare's North Star Should Be Better Health

We must commit to primary care, public health, and prevention

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<乌鸦传媒>Heat-Related Illness Among Farmworkers: How Nurses Can Help

Vulnerable population is "bearing the brunt of climate change," researcher says

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<乌鸦传媒>Contraceptive Care Should Not Be Siloed

Primary care providers can help fill the gaps

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<乌鸦传媒>How a Multi-Cancer Screening Test Would Play Out in the Clinic

True positives identified with Grail's assay typically confirmed in under 2 months

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<乌鸦传媒>Stethoscope Hygiene: The Next Frontier in Infection Control?

Prevention is also essential for antimicrobial stewardship

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<乌鸦传媒>Need to Answer a Routine Question From a Patient? AI Might Come to Your Rescue

Artificial intelligence could lighten our load, if we can figure out how to use it wisely

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<乌鸦传媒>Should 'Site Neutrality' Be Used to Set Payments? MedPAC Members Disagree

"I don't think 'site-neutral' is neutral," one commissioner says

<乌鸦传媒>Who Should Report Serious Medical Errors? And to Whom?

A startling study reports that many state medical boards are doing a "dangerously lax job"

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<乌鸦传媒>Aspirin Outcomes No Different With Safety Coating

Bleeding not significantly reduced with enteric-coated aspirin in ADAPTABLE trial

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<乌鸦传媒>COVID Vaccine, Infection May Affect Migraine Course Slightly

Researchers compared headache diary data before and after vaccination or infection

<乌鸦传媒>Treating Systemic 'Moral Injury' in Medicine

On uniting providers, administrators, and patients to find solutions together

FDA EUA Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine over a photo of a person holding a vial of Nuvaxovid.

<乌鸦传媒>Novavax's Updated COVID Shot Authorized by FDA

Protein-based vaccine is refreshed with 2023-2024 formula targeting XBB strain

<乌鸦传媒>Low Relapse Rates With Twice-Yearly Schizophrenia Treatment

Every-6-month dosing of paliperidone palmitate was effective and safe up to 3 years

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<乌鸦传媒>AMA Too Woke? FDA Warns on Probiotics; Medicare Drug-Price Negotiation Moves Forward

Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by 乌鸦传媒 staff

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<乌鸦传媒>Physicians Have No Autonomy -- Here's How to Change That

Three tips to reclaim your agency

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<乌鸦传媒>Oktoberfest Doctor: Not the Wurst Job You Could Have

A Q&A with the head emergency physician at the world's largest beer festival

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<乌鸦传媒>With Shutdown Likely, Policy Experts Weigh Health Risks

Food safety, innovation, and community health centers all could see trickle-down effects

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<乌鸦传媒>FDA Displeased With Companies Purposely Adding Sesame to More Foods

Agency issues updated guidance for limiting cross-contamination in wake of FASTER act

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