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• Marijuana Use Continues to Grow in Older Adults Cannabis use in older Americans is growing. New research shows that over a 4-year period use of the drug in individuals age 65 and older increased by 75%.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• When to Call the Cath Lab for Your Patients With Cancer Although cardiac interventions are increasingly seen as a valid option in patients with cancer, navigating the path to the cath lab is no mean feat.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• 'Startling' Increase in Alcohol-Induced Deaths Alcohol-induced deaths in the US have increased substantially over the years and have recently accelerated, prompting calls for urgent action.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• What Are the Most Prescribed Medications for Type 2 Diabetes? Changes in labeling, formularies, and drug formulations were among the factors contributing to shifts in type 2 diabetes drug prescribing practices in the US.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Initial FLAG-Ida Outperforms 7+3 for High-Risk AML A treatment commonly used as a salvage regimen for relapsed/refractory acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) showed better results than did standard treatment when used as initial induction therapy.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Looks Like Liver Cancer, but Large Cysts Contain Tapeworm Larvae With the first few cases, physicians were flummoxed -- large growths on the liver were cancer free. Turns out they were cysts full of tapeworm larvae.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Alert FDA Updates Infection-Control Measures for Heater-Cooler System The latest safety alert updates instructions for cutting the infection risk associated with the devices, used during surgery, and announces availability of new systems with a safety upgrade.
  News Alerts, February 26, 2020
• Cocoa a Novel Rx for Peripheral Artery Disease? Results of a pilot randomized trial suggest a beverage with >85% cacao may also improve symptoms of PAD, including 6-minute walk and perfusion in the legs.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Oncology Dominates Clinical Trial Landscape Oncology accounts for the majority of clinical trials that will be launched this year, and most are industry sponsored, notes a new report.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Ohio State Doc's Accusers: End Mediation, Proceed With Suits Some of the men suing Ohio State over decades-old sexual abuse by the late team doctor Richard Strauss are asking a judge to let the litigation resume.
  Associated Press, February 26, 2020
• Do Clinicians Need Training to Get Along? 'Interprofessional education' programs were part of the required curriculum at 143 medical schools in 2017-2018, and national nursing organizations promote them as well.
  Medscape Reader Polls, February 26, 2020
• High-Dose Vitamin D in Pregnancy May Boost Kids' Bones Questions remain regarding the extent to which the findings support a clinical recommendation.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• Doc Shortage, Turnover Are Factors in Locum Tenens Surge: Report A new survey shows a big rise in the percentage of hospital and practice managers seeking locum tenens physicians as many employed physicians relocate.
  Medscape Medical News, February 26, 2020
• New Zealand Moves to Ban Vaping Ads, Sales to Minors New Zealand's government said on Sunday it will introduce laws banning all advertisements of e-cigarettes and the sale of such products to people under 18 in a move to regulate a market that has been under pressure globally.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Juul Halts Indonesia E-Cig Sales, Throwing Asia Expansion in Doubt Juul Labs Inc is halting sales in Indonesia, citing concerns that it can't stop retailers from selling its high-nicotine e-cigarettes to young people in a largely unregulated tobacco market.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Despite Attacks, Sanders' Medicare for All Boosts Early-State Triumphs In the days leading up to Saturday's Democratic presidential caucuses in Nevada, Bernie Sanders withstood one attack after another over his Medicare for All plan – both from his rivals and the state's powerful hotel and casino workers' union.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Surgical Residents Give Mentor-Matching Program High Marks A large majority of surgical residents in a Pennsylvania health system report positive experiences with a program that matched the residents with faculty mentors, according to a new survey.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Drug Pricing Review Group Signs Deal With Aetion for Patient Data The Institute for Clinical and Economic Review (ICER), a small but influential Boston-based research group, has signed a deal with private technology company Aetion to help it use patient health data in its reports on whether individual drugs are priced properly.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Long-Term Data Show Value of Intravenous Chemotherapy in Retinoblastoma Intravenous chemotherapy (IVC), with intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) or plaque radiotherapy as needed for globe salvage, can control retinoblastoma without the need for enucleation or external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), 20-year real-world outcomes show.
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020
• Colombia Court Poised to Make Historic Abortion Ruling
  Reuters Health Information, February 24, 2020