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• HEALS Act: What physicians and medical students need to know - American Medical Association

  29-07-2020 23:26
  
  HEALS Act: What physicians and medical students need to know  American Medical Association
  
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• Catholic Medical Center lays off 71 employees | Health - The Union Leader

  29-07-2020 22:21
  
  Catholic Medical Center lays off 71 employees | Health  The Union Leader
  
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• Medical chief asks for help dealing with ignorance and misinformation being spread about COVID-19 - KATC Lafayette News

  29-07-2020 22:11
  
  Medical chief asks for help dealing with ignorance and misinformation being spread about COVID-19  KATC Lafayette News
  
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• Pandemic Spike in Telehealth Levels Off

  29-07-2020 21:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Telehealth's early bonanza during the pandemic has given way to persistently elevated use in primary care, a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report showed.
  Analysis of Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) data showed...
  
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• 100 new jobs expected from new medical marijuana grow operation in Grand Rapids - MLive.com

  29-07-2020 21:12
  
  100 new jobs expected from new medical marijuana grow operation in Grand Rapids  MLive.com
  
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• How Did Sweden Flatten Its Curve Without a Lockdown?

  29-07-2020 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite never implementing a full-scale lockdown, Sweden has managed to flatten its curve, prompting its health leadership to claim victory--but others question the cost of the strategy, as the country has a far higher death...
  
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• Motherhood During Residency? New Policies Make the Two More Compatible

  29-07-2020 20:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- When Qaali Hussein, MD, was just a few months into her intern year, she received some exciting news: she was pregnant.
  "Besides wanting to be a surgeon, the one thing I always wanted to be was a mother," Hussein, a trauma surgeon...
  
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• Medical education in the time of COVID-19 - Science Advances

  29-07-2020 20:06
  
  Medical education in the time of COVID-19  Science Advances
  
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• School Closures Slashed COVID Load. But ...

  29-07-2020 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Statewide school closures were associated with a decline in COVID-19 cases and mortality from the disease, along with other non-pharmaceutical interventions, a population-based study found.
  From March to May, school closure...
  
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• Media Visibility Gives Push for Transgender Youth to Seek Care

  29-07-2020 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- More media coverage of transgender issues may have encouraged young people to seek specialty care, researchers said.
  In an analysis of over 5,200 transgender and gender diverse (TGD) children and adolescents, more individuals...
  
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• Myomectomy Edges Embolization for Uterine Fibroids

  29-07-2020 19:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Women with symptomatic uterine fibroids reported significantly better quality of life (QoL) following myomectomy as compared with uterine artery embolization, a randomized trial showed.
  Both fibroid-specific and health-related...
  
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• Surgeons Discover Fatal Risks from Mask Wearing

  29-07-2020 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Disclaimer: This post is adapted from GomerBlog, a satirical site about healthcare.
  The American College of Surgeons announced Wednesday that masks have killed thousands of its members.
  "We're losing 400 surgeons every day...
  
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• Women Missing From CPR Training Videos

  29-07-2020 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Why are women less likely to receive bystander CPR? The paucity of training on resuscitating women in cardiac arrest could be partly to blame, researchers found.
  An online search of hundreds of free CPR-related videos online...
  
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• Johns Hopkins Hospital No. 1 for Adult Psychiatry; Mental Health ED Visits Spike

  29-07-2020 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Johns Hopkins Hospital topped the U.S. News & World Report's 2020-2021 Best Hospitals Honor Roll for adult psychiatry, followed by Boston's McLean Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.
  Some critics are questioning...
  
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• COVID-19: What We Failed to Learn From the 1980s

  29-07-2020 17:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) --
  Following is a partial transcript of this video, which runs about 15 minutes.
  Presenter: Hello, I'm Dr. Linda Reid. Welcome to the medicine for the layman series at the National Institutes of Health. Today we're going to...
  
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• Vassar Brothers Medical Center replaces president after less than a year - Poughkeepsie Journal

  29-07-2020 16:54
  Vassar Brothers Medical Center replaces president after less than a year  Poughkeepsie Journal
  
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• Progress on Premature Cardiac Deaths Hits the Brakes

  29-07-2020 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Progress toward reducing premature heart disease deaths in the U.S. has stalled, apparently related to geographic and socioeconomic health disparities, according to a study.
  The nearly 1.6 million deaths attributed to cardiac...
  
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• Op-Ed: HCQ, Miracle Cure! Debunking 'America's Frontline Doctors'

  29-07-2020 16:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) --
  Was this "press conference" science, or political theater? I break it down.
  Here's every piece we've done on hydroxychloroquine.
  Here's our prior piece on why people believe unscientific ideas, those Bakersfield doctors...
  
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• CBD Shows Promise for Patients With Marijuana Addiction

  29-07-2020 15:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- For patients with cannabis use disorder, cannabidiol (CBD) slightly reduced use in a phase II trial.
  In a group of 82 patients with moderate to severe cannabis use, urinary 11-nor-9-carboxy-δ-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC...
  
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• Two Adenovirus-Vectored COVID-19 Vaccine Candidates Show Promise

  29-07-2020 15:00 via medpagetoday.org
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Pedro M. Folegatti, Katie J. Ewer, et al.; Feng-Cai Zhu, Xu-Hua Guan, et al.; Naor Bar-Zeev, William J. MossTarget Audience and Goal Statement: Infectious disease specialists, pulmonologists, gastroenterologists...
  
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• Huge Paydays for Vax Execs; Testing Supply Jam; Biotech Busted for Doc Kickbacks

  29-07-2020 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the latest edition of Investigative Roundup, highlighting some of the best investigative reporting on healthcare each week.
  Insiders at COVID Vaccine Makers Raking It In
  Executives and hedge funds are cashing in...
  
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• Pembrolizumab Shows Benefit in Advanced Melanoma, Regardless of BRAF Status

  29-07-2020 13:00 via medpagetoday.org
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Study Authors: Igor Puzanov, Antoni Ribas, et al.Target Audience and Goal Statement: Oncologists, dermatologistsThe goal of this study was to evaluate if use of the anti-programmed death 1 (PD-1) antibody pembrolizumab benefitted...
  
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• No Evidence That Doctor Group in Viral Video Got Near COVID 'Front Lines'

  29-07-2020 11:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The latest viral video promoting COVID-19 misinformation features a newly formed group called America's Frontline Doctors. About 10 physicians, dressed in white coats with an embroidered America's Frontline Doctors logo, spoke...
  
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• Fla. Breaks Grim Record; Pitt Gets Nom for Fauci Impression; Teacher Strikes in the Offing?

  29-07-2020 11:06 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  Florida broke a record for its daily increase in COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, with 191 fatalities reported in a single day. (Reuters)
  In other Florida news, 18 anesthesiologists...
  
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• Beckfield College launches new programs; includes Diagnostic Medical Sonography associate degree - User-generated content

  29-07-2020 07:03
  Beckfield College launches new programs; includes Diagnostic Medical Sonography associate degree  User-generated content
  
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• Grieving spouse left struggling with medical bills due to data error - WOAI

  29-07-2020 05:34
  Grieving spouse left struggling with medical bills due to data error  WOAI
  
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• Marshall County medical centers see steady COVID-19 cases - WAFF

  29-07-2020 05:18
  
  Marshall County medical centers see steady COVID-19 cases  WAFF
  
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• Virtual Ribbon Cutting For Medical Van Rescheduled - Escalon Times

  29-07-2020 04:58
  
  Virtual Ribbon Cutting For Medical Van Rescheduled  Escalon Times
  
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• Conway Medical Center pediatrician sees significant drop in vaccinations this summer - WMBF

  29-07-2020 04:25
  
  Conway Medical Center pediatrician sees significant drop in vaccinations this summer  WMBF
  
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• Medical students adjust to learning in pandemic - KTUL

  29-07-2020 03:28
  Medical students adjust to learning in pandemic  KTUL
  
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• First-year medical school students reflect on studies during pandemic - KOLD

  29-07-2020 02:46
  
  First-year medical school students reflect on studies during pandemic  KOLD
  
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• Lee Health medical worker urge commissioners to approve mask mandate - Wink News

  29-07-2020 02:33
  Lee Health medical worker urge commissioners to approve mask mandate  Wink News
  
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• New Mexico medical marijuana industry booming during pandemic - KRQE News 13

  29-07-2020 01:47
  New Mexico medical marijuana industry booming during pandemic  KRQE News 13
  
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• State says complaints down 95 percent due to new surprise medical bill law - WOAI

  29-07-2020 01:30
  State says complaints down 95 percent due to new surprise medical bill law  WOAI
  
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• Baystate Medical Center begins new precautions after recent coronavirus outbreak - WWLP.com

  29-07-2020 01:06
  Baystate Medical Center begins new precautions after recent coronavirus outbreak  WWLP.com
  
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• Lucas County to purchase former Medical Mutual of Ohio complex - Toledo Blade

  29-07-2020 00:52
  
  Lucas County to purchase former Medical Mutual of Ohio complex  Toledo Blade
  
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• Shasta Regional Medical hosts Jeremy Stoke Blood Drive - KRCRTV.COM

  29-07-2020 00:44
  Shasta Regional Medical hosts Jeremy Stoke Blood Drive  KRCRTV.COM
  
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• Zavation Medical Products, LLC. Launches Z-Span Expandable Anterior And Lateral Lumbar Plates - OrthoSpineNews

  29-07-2020 00:38
  
  Zavation Medical Products, LLC. Launches Z-Span Expandable Anterior And Lateral Lumbar Plates  OrthoSpineNews
  
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• Inmates save deputy who suffered medical emergency in jail unit - WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro

  29-07-2020 00:33
  Inmates save deputy who suffered medical emergency in jail unit  WGHP FOX 8 Greensboro
  
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• Pikeville Medical Center opens walk-in orthopedic clinic - WYMT

  29-07-2020 00:26
  
  Pikeville Medical Center opens walk-in orthopedic clinic  WYMT
  
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• Local medical officials discuss safety effectiveness of face shields - KTIV

  29-07-2020 00:25
  
  Local medical officials discuss safety effectiveness of face shields  KTIV
  
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• Massachusetts Medical Society President On How To Keep COVID Rates Down Ahead Of School Reopenings - wgbh.org

  29-07-2020 00:12
  
  Massachusetts Medical Society President On How To Keep COVID Rates Down Ahead Of School Reopenings  wgbh.org
  
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• MUSC promotes medical school dean to take on dual cancer center role - Charleston Post Courier

  29-07-2020 00:02
  
  MUSC promotes medical school dean to take on dual cancer center role  Charleston Post Courier
  
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