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UK Seeks To Tighten Control on Dangerous Synthetic Opioid Drug

News January 21, 2022

Home Secretary seeks expert advice in order to tighten control on isotonitazene, which is linked to multiple fatalities.
Descendants of Young Male Smokers Have More Body Fat, Extending Into Future Generations

News January 21, 2022
E-Cigarette Use in Young Teens Linked to Later Cannabis Use

News January 21, 2022

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COVID May Affect Spinal Fluid, Causing 'Brain Fog,' Study Says

WebMD Health News January 21, 2022

Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, found abnormalities in the cerebrospinal fluid of 10 of 13 people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 and had thinking problems.
Survival Improving in Sports-Related Sudden Cardiac Arrest

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Two Patients With Macular Degeneration Get Artificial Retinas

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Medtronic Recalls HawkOne Directional Atherectomy System

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Nurse Workforce Decline During COVID 'Unprecedented': Study

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Some States Still Pushing Ineffective Covid Antibody Treatments

Kaiser Health News January 21, 2022
Youngkin Lays Out 'COVID Action Plan' for Virginia

Associated Press January 21, 2022
Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey

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Herd Immunity a Mirage? High Protection Didn't Stop Surges

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Advancing Testing Reforms for Med Students With Disabilities

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Getinge Recalls Vaporizer Sevoflurane Maquet Filling

News Alerts January 20, 2022

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Physician Burnout & Depression Report 2022: Stress, Anxiety, and Anger

Report January 21, 2022

Physicians had a rough year in 2021, with many feeling more burned out and stressed than they ever have before. Here's what more than 13,000 doctors had to say.
Treating NAFLD by Defeating Obesity: What Are the Best Options?

Commentary January 21, 2022
What Leads to 'Detransitioning' and Regret in Transgenders?

Commentary January 20, 2022
Medscape Physician Lifestyle & Happiness Report 2022

Report January 14, 2022

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Hydromechanical Therapy in Nonhealing, Chronic Wounds

Wounds January 21, 2022
Clinical Features and Prognostic Factors of Combined SCLC

Translational Lung Cancer Research January 20, 2022
Robotic Donor Hepatectomy: A Major Breakthrough in LDLT

American Journal of Transplantation January 20, 2022
Pain and Opioid Consumption and Mobilization After Surgery

Anesthesiology January 19, 2022
Perioperative Diabetes Insipidus Due to Anesthetic Medications

Anesthesia & Analgesia January 18, 2022
HCC Risk in Hepatitis C Stage-3 Fibrosis After SVR With DAAs

Liver International January 17, 2022

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Skill Checkup: A Menopausal Woman With a Lump in Right Breast

Skill Checkup January 18, 2022

A 51-year-old Latina woman, menopausal from age 49, discovered a lump in the upper right quadrant of her right breast. How would you manage this patient?
Skill Checkup: Woman With Past Breast Cancer and Spine Pain

Skill Checkup January 14, 2022
Fast Five Quiz: Neuropathic, Nociceptive, and Mixed Pain

Fast Five Quiz January 14, 2022
Fast Five Quiz: Overview of Acute Pain Management

Fast Five Quiz January 14, 2022

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When the Patient Wants to Speak to a Manager

Medscape Dermatology January 21, 2022

'With virus variants raging, inflation growing, and call center wait times approaching infinity, many of our patients, it seems, cannot bear any more,' Dr Jeffrey Benabio writes in his column.
Physician Burnout, Depression Compounded by COVID: Survey

Medscape Medical News January 21, 2022
Study Finds Signs of Racial Bias in Medical Records

Medscape Medical News January 20, 2022
The Pandemic Has Changed Us, Permanently

Medscape Medical News January 20, 2022

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