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Rare and Unusual Sleep Disorders You've heard about sleepwalking and talking, but how about sleep driving, -eating, and -sex?
January 23, 2012
Top 10 Critical Care Research Articles of 2011 Greg Martin, MD, offers his picks for top research articles of the past year.
Medscape Critical Care, January 17, 2012
Corticosteroid After Etomidate in Critically Ill Patients What are the effects of moderate-dose hydrocortisone use in etomidate-related adrenal insufficiency?
Critical Care Medicine, January 13, 2012
Doripenem Trial Halted Due to Higher Mortality Rate J&J's clinical trial in ventilator-assisted pneumonia was halted when the death rate in those who received doripenem exceeded that in the control group.
Medscape Medical News, January 6, 2012

Healthcare Gone Missing: The State of the Union Address Henry R. Black, MD, and Roxana Mehran, MD, talked with Medscape after the 2012 State of the Union address about why healthcare was missing and what that portends.
Medscape Cardiology, January 2012
If Patients Bash You on Internet Rating Sites, Consider This Being trashed on the Internet is a distressing experience for physicians. How to decide whether it's worth fighting back?
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
Failure to Discuss Healthcare Reform Was Purposeful Lapse An "Obamacare" opponent asserts that the president avoided discussing healthcare reform because the topic is contentious, and says why we should repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012
An ACO Visionary Talks Implementation, Healthcare Reform Dr. Elliott Fisher of the Dartmouth Institute discusses the ins and out of ACOs and more.
Medscape Internal Medicine, January 2012
4 Problems With Bundled Payments Doctors are concerned that bundled payments will provide lower payments to physicians for their roles in patient care. But lower payments are just one of the problems bundled payments bring.
Medscape Business of Medicine, January 2012

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Antimicrobial Scrubs May Counter MRSA Healthcare workers wearing antimicrobial-impregnated scrubs had lower burdens of MRSA compared with control participants.
Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2012
Number of Physicians Employed by Hospitals Snowballing Roughly 211,500 physicians were hospital employees in 2010, a 34% increase since 2000. The trend illustrates how medicine is turning the corner from cottage industry to big business.
Medscape Medical News, January 24, 2012

Rare and Unusual Sleep Disorders You've heard about sleepwalking and talking, but how about sleep driving, -eating, and -sex?
January 23, 2012
Drug Shortages: A Problem for Everyone Drug shortages occur in all disease states and affect all populations. Dr. Maris discusses this serious and growing issue.
CHOP Expert Commentary, January 20, 2012