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Analysis Strengthens Herpes Zoster Link With Stroke, MIMore research is needed to elucidate the effect of antiviral-agent use or vaccination on cardiovascular outcomes after herpes zoster infection, the authors said.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

FDA Institutes REMS for Immediate-Release OpioidsThe FDA is imposing training requirements for clinicians who prescribe immediate-release opioids -- the same restrictions already in place for extended-release formulations of the drugs.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

Health Education Helps Prevent CVD in Healthy People, TooUSPSTF recommendation says behavioral counseling provides positive but modest benefits for preventing cardiovascular disease in those without risk factors.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

Medicare Advantage Pay Rates Similar to Traditional MedicareHowever, for laboratory services and durable medical equipment, Medicare Advantage benefits from lower prices that commercial payers have negotiated.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

Odds of Pregnancy Reduced for One Third of Cancer SurvivorsTreatment for most cancers significantly reduces the likelihood of subsequent pregnancy, concludes a new study that highlights the need for enhanced strategies to preserve fertility.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

Alendronate Cuts Hip-Fracture Rates in High-Risk ElderlyConcomitant use of alendronate in the elderly on prednisolone dramatically reduces hip-fracture risk over a short-term follow-up.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

Gestational Age Estimation Improved With New FormulaThe National Institute of Child Health and Human Development calculator has a smaller error range than a gauge used since 1984. Accurate age can help reduce interventions, morbidity, and costs.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017

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ONC Set to Address Information Exchange, Compliance Burden The new head of the National Coordinator for Health IT says CMS is looking at how evaluation and management coding guidelines interact with the burden of EHR documentation.
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017
Medicare Advantage Pay Rates Similar to Traditional Medicare
Medscape Medical News, July 11, 2017
Doctor Support for Assisted Death Rises, but Debate Continues
Medscape Medical News, July 7, 2017
House Bill Would Lighten Meaningful Use Burden on Hospitals
Medscape Medical News, July 6, 2017

Should the AMA's Ban on Sexual Misconduct Go Even Further? Ethicist Arthur Caplan takes a strong stand in favor of a no-tolerance policy for sexual misconduct for all physicians, no matter where they are.
Medscape Business of Medicine, July 11, 2017
Is Random Drug Testing in Physicians' Future? Doctors who practice under the influence of drugs or alcohol risk endangering their patients. Should physicians be required to undergo random drug testing?
Medscape Business of Medicine, July 11, 2017

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'Sparks Fly' and 'Momentous Discovery' in Brain Diseases Follows Eric Topol gets the backstory from Beth Stevens on the amazing discoveries being made about the role of the immune system in neurologic diseases.
Medscape, July 5, 2017
CDC Contraception Guidelines: The Latest Updates Here are the hot-off-the-press revisions to CDC contraception guidelines and recommendations.
CDC Expert Commentary, June 26, 2017
Postmarket Drug Safety: The View From the FDA Two recent studies have raised potential concerns about the safety of newly approved drugs. What is the FDA's safety monitoring process, and are changes needed? Medscape spoke with FDA to find out.
FDA Expert Commentaries and Interviews, May 19, 2017
The Fat Wars Dr Lundberg takes on the AHA's Presidential Advisory on Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease.
Medscape Internal Medicine, July 10, 2017
Giving Teens With ADHD the Keys to Safer Driving Though these patients crash at a lower rate than once believed, the risks are still plentiful, according to Dr Thomas Power.
CHOP Expert Commentary, July 3, 2017
Updates From ENDO 2017: Part 1 Join Drs Vega and Anawalt as they discuss hot topics from ENDO 2017, including a new drug class for hot flashes and management of subclinical hypothyroidism in older adults.
Medscape Family Medicine, June 23, 2017

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The Fat Wars Dr Lundberg takes on the AHA's Presidential Advisory on Dietary Fats and Cardiovascular Disease.
Medscape Internal Medicine, July 10, 2017
Overdose Risk in Young Children of Women Prescribed Opioids
Medscape Psychiatry, July 11, 2017
Omega-3s and the Heart: Which Patients Are Most Likely to Benefit?
Medscape Ob/Gyn, July 10, 2017
New Guideline Recommends Three Tiers of CRC Screening
Medscape Gastroenterology, July 7, 2017

Journal Articles

Drug Prescribing in the Final Year of the Very Old With T2DM
Age and Ageing, July 12, 2017
The Role of the Registered Nurse in Ambulatory Care
Nursing Economics, July 12, 2017
NOAC Dosing in Patients With AF and Renal Dysfunction
Journal of the American College of Cardiology, July 10, 2017

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International Society on Thrombosis and Haemostasis (ISTH)
July 8-13, 2017; Berlin, Germany
Society of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography (SCCT) 2017 Annual Scientific Meeting
July 6-9, 2017; Washington, DC
19th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC)
June 28-July 1, 2017; Barcelona, Spain
European Hematology Association (EHA) 2017 Congress
June 22-25, 2017; Madrid, Spain

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