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• Challenges (and Rewards) of Being a Rural Doctor

  23-08-2022 21:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I worked in rural Kentucky for 20 years--all of it in poverty clinics. I suspect I got to know my patients better than someone working in a specialty clinic in a big city. The challenges and rewards of doctoring are unique...
  
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• Defense attorneys seek medical evaluation of 18-year-old driver charged in fatal crash - WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm

  23-08-2022 20:27
  
  Defense attorneys seek medical evaluation of 18-year-old driver charged in fatal crash  WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm
  
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• A Week of Spending for a Pharmacy Resident in Richmond Making $47.5K

  23-08-2022 20:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Welcome to the MedPage Today "Med Money Journals," providing readers a look into the finances of doctors, nurses, medical students, PAs, NPs, and others practicing medicine. Each post offers information about one person's financial...
  
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• Many Medical Schools Lack Safeguards to Address, Prevent Faculty Bullying

  23-08-2022 19:45 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Only a handful of the top-ranked medical schools in the U.S. have established anti-bullying policies with reporting procedures for faculty, a cross-sectional study showed.
  Among 91 of the top medical schools for research and...
  
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• Oral Supplement for Childhood Myopia: Preliminary Data Promising

  23-08-2022 19:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Oral intake of 7-methylxanthine (7-MX) was associated with reduced myopia progression and axial elongation in children, according to a retrospective study from Denmark, where the caffeine metabolite is authorized for myopia control...
  
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• PBM Specialty Pharmacy Requirement Hurting Patients, Specialists Say

  23-08-2022 19:15 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) are requiring more and more patients to use specialty pharmacies to obtain their drugs--especially for cancer and other chronic illnesses--and medical specialty groups are saying that...
  
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• Nebraska: Advocates Fail to Secure Ballot Access for Medical Marijuana Legalization Measures - Norml

  23-08-2022 18:53
  
  Nebraska: Advocates Fail to Secure Ballot Access for Medical Marijuana Legalization Measures  Norml
  
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• Call Me In, Not Out, for My Transgressions

  23-08-2022 18:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- I lost my patience when the food-delivery driver called me and said she could not find her way to our house. Our home is newly constructed and does not appear in some GPS systems. Sometimes it guides people to a wrong location...
  
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• Psychosocial Issues More Likely in Kids Who Skip Breakfast

  23-08-2022 18:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Certain breakfast behaviors were linked with psychosocial health problems in children and teens, a Spanish study found.
  Young people between the ages of 4 and 14 who regularly skipped breakfast had a more than three times higher...
  
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• Doctors With Cognitive Decline; Lifestyle and Parkinson's Mortality; DDT and Amyloid

  23-08-2022 17:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- A law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland proposed how state medical boards might better identify physicians with cognitive decline. (Journal of Medical Regulation)
  Regional amyloid binding on PET may help...
  
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• Antibiotics Before Dentist; ICD/CRT-D Recall; More Transcatheter Firsts

  23-08-2022 16:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Observational data support antibiotics before invasive dental procedures for a reduction in infective endocarditis among high-risk individuals. (Journal of the American College of Cardiology)
  Risk of myocarditis after COVID...
  
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• Longtime Penn Presbyterian Medical Center CEO Named University of Pennsylvania Health System Chief Operating Officer - Penn Medicine

  23-08-2022 16:12
  Longtime Penn Presbyterian Medical Center CEO Named University of Pennsylvania Health System Chief Operating Officer  Penn Medicine
  
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• AAP Stands By Policy on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth

  23-08-2022 15:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is standing firm in its guidance on gender-affirming care after a small group of pediatricians called for a review of the evidence behind the policy.
  Five AAP members originally proposed...
  
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• Are We Approaching 'Herd Safety' With COVID-19?

  23-08-2022 14:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Despite the emergence of the latest Omicron subvariants--BA.2, BA.2.12.1, BA.4, and BA.5--Massachusetts observed no significant excess mortality this spring, researchers said.
  From February to June 2022, when cases from...
  
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• USPSTF Keeps Status Quo for Primary Prevention Statins

  23-08-2022 14:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- For higher-risk adults without prior cardiovascular disease (CVD) events, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) continues to broadly recommend statins for primary prevention while differing from other American guidelines...
  
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• The Classification of Monkeypox Should Include Its STI Status

  23-08-2022 13:30 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- According to the CDC, monkeypox can be described as "sexually transmissible"--that is, sex is one of multiple modes of transmission, encompassing animal-to-human (zoonotic), as well as human-to-human from respiratory secretions...
  
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• Stronger Antiplatelet Better for VTE Prophylaxis After Joint Replacement

  23-08-2022 13:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- Enoxaparin bested aspirin for preventing symptomatic venous thromboembolism (VTE) after total hip or total knee arthroplasty when used without initial anticoagulation in the CRISTAL randomized trial.
  These events occurred within...
  
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• Egg and Sperm Donors Could Be Required to Share Their Medical Records - WIRED

  23-08-2022 13:00
  
  Egg and Sperm Donors Could Be Required to Share Their Medical Records  WIRED
  
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• Life Expectancy Plummets; Pot Use Hits All-Time High; Monkeypox Now in Every State

  23-08-2022 11:32 via medpagetoday.com
  
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  CDC data show U.S. life expectancy dropped by nearly 2 years on average from 2019 to 2020, driven in large part by the COVID-19 pandemic; New York experienced the largest drop...
  
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• Global Medical Imaging Equipment Services Market 2022: Featuring Key Players Agfa-Gevaert, Koninklijke Philips, Siemens Healthineers & Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com - Business Wire

  23-08-2022 11:03
  
  Global Medical Imaging Equipment Services Market 2022: Featuring Key Players Agfa-Gevaert, Koninklijke Philips, Siemens Healthineers & Others - ResearchAndMarkets.com  Business Wire
  
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• From the Edge of Death: A Doctor's Journey

  23-08-2022 11:00 via medpagetoday.com
  
  (MedPage Today) -- "The Doctor's Art" is a weekly podcast that explores what makes medicine meaningful, featuring profiles and stories from clinicians, patients, educators, leaders, and others working in healthcare. Listen and subscribe on Apple...
  
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• Our View: Byzantine medical billing calls for narrow policy focus - Press Herald

  23-08-2022 10:00
  
  Our View: Byzantine medical billing calls for narrow policy focus  Press Herald
  
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• Man convicted in 1972 Newburyport murder seeking medical parole - The Salem News

  23-08-2022 10:00
  
  Man convicted in 1972 Newburyport murder seeking medical parole  The Salem News
  
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• Amrita Hospitals: Making high-quality medical care affordable to all - PR Newswire

  23-08-2022 09:52
  
  Amrita Hospitals: Making high-quality medical care affordable to all  PR Newswire
  
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• Isofol Medical AB (publ) publishes interim report, January-June 2022 - PR Newswire

  23-08-2022 08:13
  Isofol Medical AB (publ) publishes interim report, January-June 2022  PR Newswire
  
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• Miracor Medical Announces FDA IDE Approval For PiCSO® Pivotal Study - Business Wire

  23-08-2022 08:00
  
  Miracor Medical Announces FDA IDE Approval For PiCSO® Pivotal Study  Business Wire
  
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• Most UK medical students struggle to afford essentials, survey finds - The Guardian

  23-08-2022 07:01
  
  Most UK medical students struggle to afford essentials, survey finds  The Guardian
  
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• U.S. Regulation Doubles Down on Medical Device Cybersecurity – a Move That Also Affects Israeli Companies - Geektime

  23-08-2022 07:00
  
  U.S. Regulation Doubles Down on Medical Device Cybersecurity – a Move That Also Affects Israeli Companies  Geektime
  
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• Englewood Health's Emergency Medical Services Receives the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for the Sixth Year in a Row - TAPinto.net

  23-08-2022 05:45
  
  Englewood Health's Emergency Medical Services Receives the American Heart Association's Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Plus Achievement Award for the Sixth Year in a Row  TAPinto.net
  
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• Experts: Women could still manage medical abortion after new law takes effect - WTHR

  23-08-2022 05:27
  
  Experts: Women could still manage medical abortion after new law takes effect  WTHR
  
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• How to Enact Effective Medical Debt Legislation – InsideSources - InsideSources

  23-08-2022 04:33
  
  How to Enact Effective Medical Debt Legislation – InsideSources  InsideSources
  
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• Medical care for hunger strikers: An ethical failure - opinion - The Jerusalem Post

  23-08-2022 04:17
  Medical care for hunger strikers: An ethical failure - opinion  The Jerusalem Post
  
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• 2 medical helicopters called to crash on I-75 NB in Shelby County - WHIO

  23-08-2022 04:12
  
  2 medical helicopters called to crash on I-75 NB in Shelby County  WHIO
  
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• Todos Medical Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Business Update Conference Call on Tuesday, August 23 at 8:30am ET - GlobeNewswire

  23-08-2022 03:41
  
  Todos Medical Reports Second Quarter 2022 Financial Results and Business Update Conference Call on Tuesday, August 23 at 8:30am ET  GlobeNewswire
  
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• Ladies! Meet Movano: The Fashion-Forward Smart Ring Backed By Medical-Grade Accuracy - Medtech Insight

  23-08-2022 03:33
  Ladies! Meet Movano: The Fashion-Forward Smart Ring Backed By Medical-Grade Accuracy  Medtech Insight
  
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• KARE 11 Investigates: BCA completes investigation of jail medical neglect death - KARE11.com

  23-08-2022 03:18
  
  KARE 11 Investigates: BCA completes investigation of jail medical neglect death  KARE11.com
  
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• St. Mary Medical Center Welcomes New President & Chief Medical Officer - LevittownNow.com

  23-08-2022 03:00
  
  St. Mary Medical Center Welcomes New President & Chief Medical Officer  LevittownNow.com
  
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• ‘This is an opportunity’: City votes to approve medical cannabis dispensing sites - The Cullman Tribune

  23-08-2022 02:44
  
  ‘This is an opportunity’: City votes to approve medical cannabis dispensing sites  The Cullman Tribune
  
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• Medical Foot Insoles Market to record USD 740.62 Mn growth -- Driven by growing prevalence of obesity - PR Newswire

  23-08-2022 02:15
  
  Medical Foot Insoles Market to record USD 740.62 Mn growth -- Driven by growing prevalence of obesity  PR Newswire
  
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• CNN medical analyst: Now Fauci will have more time ‘to be an inspiration to young physicians,’ school kids - Fox News

  23-08-2022 02:15
  
  CNN medical analyst: Now Fauci will have more time ‘to be an inspiration to young physicians,’ school kids  Fox NewsBiden's top medical advisor Anthony Fauci to step down after more than 50 years of government service  Endpoints NewsFauci, medical face of American COVID response, to retire in December  The Times of IsraelAnthony Fauci, Biden's chief medical advisor during the COVID pandemic, to step down in December  The Spokesman ReviewView Fu
  
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• Medical Education Utilizing Kirkpatrick's Model | AMEP - Dove Medical Press

  23-08-2022 01:59
  
  Medical Education Utilizing Kirkpatrick's Model | AMEP  Dove Medical Press
  
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• Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin - The Guardian

  23-08-2022 01:32
  
  Google refuses to reinstate man’s account after he took medical images of son’s groin  The Guardian
  
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• 7 Medical Discoveries That Were Once Unheard Of - Coronado Times Newspaper

  23-08-2022 01:00
  
  7 Medical Discoveries That Were Once Unheard Of  Coronado Times Newspaper
  
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• A local medical clinic offering a service that takes a step back in time - WTOK

  23-08-2022 00:31
  
  A local medical clinic offering a service that takes a step back in time  WTOK
  
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• Advocates might push for recreational cannabis after medical marijuana drive fails - Nebraska Examiner

  23-08-2022 00:13
  
  Advocates might push for recreational cannabis after medical marijuana drive fails  Nebraska Examiner
  
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• Who can buy and use medical marijuana in Mississippi? - WJTV

  23-08-2022 00:08
  Who can buy and use medical marijuana in Mississippi?  WJTV
  
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• Johnson talks EMS medical director roles | News - nwestiowa.com

  23-08-2022 00:00
  Johnson talks EMS medical director roles | News  nwestiowa.com
  
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