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Can Doctors Ever Tell Patients They Are Cured of Cancer? In her first Medscape video blog, Dr. Kathy Miller asks whether doctors should avoid using the term “cured” to describe patients who have been in remission for several years.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology, November 2, 2009
Recovery of Renal Function in End-Stage Renal Failure--Comparison Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Haemodialysis
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, October 28, 2009
Must You Still Practice Defensive Medicine to Avert a Malpractice Lawsuit?
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 27, 2009
Diabetic Microvascular Complications: Slideshow

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Physicians Are Talking About: A Death Foretold
Commentary, November 2009
Can Doctors Ever Tell Patients They Are Cured of Cancer?
Commentary, November 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: Is It Worth Getting the H1N1 Vaccine?
Commentary, October 2009
Physicians Are Talking About: How to Deliver Bad News
Commentary, October 2009

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The Obama administration recently told federal prosecutors not to pursue patients who use medical marijuana in states where it is legal, unless they are using it for illegal purposes. Do you approve or disapprove of the policy change?

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10% of US Adults With Non-Dialysis-Dependent CKD Are Uninsured In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, considers the impact of healthcare reform on the large group of uninsured patients with early-stage CKD.
September 2009
CMS Proposed Rules for Bundling for ESRD Patients In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, discusses new proposed rules for dialysis payment, including bundling for oral drugs related to ESRD care.
September 2009
Preliminary Results of TREAT Study In this video blog, Jeffrey Berns, MD, of UPenn School of Medicine, gives readers a glimpse of results of a trial to reduce cardiovascular events in CKD patients with type-2 diabetes.
September 2009

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