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• Among Physicians, Surgeons Are the Best Golfers An analysis of golfing patterns of physicians shows that men log more golfing hours than women and that some specialties are more likely to play than others.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Parental Leave Policies Fall Short for Med School Residents Despite resident physicians being in their prime childbearing years and pushed to endure inflexible work shifts, medical schools often don't have adequate parental leave policies.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• Operative Management of Abdominal Wound Dehiscence Is surgical debridement with primary closure a safe and effective option for abdominal wound dehiscence?
  Wounds, December 2018
• Reconstruction of Giant Facial Congenital Melanocytic Nevi In this report, the surgical reconstruction of a facial giant congenital melanocytic nevus using partial-thickness scalp skin graft is described.
  ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery, December 2018
• Telehealth in Plastic Surgery Could telehealth play a role in consultations for plastic surgery?
  Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), December 2018
• Alert Medical Specialties Match Hits Another New High This Year The 2018 medical specialties match set record highs in number of applicants, programs, positions, and positions filled for 2019.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• What Do You Think About Retirement?   Is it healthier to retire or keep working? The answer may surprise you.
  Medscape Internal Medicine, December 2018
• Chemicals in Cosmetics, Soaps Tied to Early Puberty in Girls Girls who are exposed before birth to chemicals commonly found in toothpaste, makeup, soap and other personal care products may hit puberty earlier than their peers who aren't exposed to these chemicals in the womb, a U.S. study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Revance Therapeutics' Frown Lines Treatment Succeeds in Late-Stage Trial Medical aesthetics company Revance Therapeutics Inc said on Tuesday that its long-acting injectable drug was successful in reducing moderate-to-severe frown lines in a late-stage study.
  Reuters Health Information, December 2018
• Dietary Supplements Don't Prevent Chronic Disease While deficient diets may warrant micronutrient supplements, their indiscriminate use poses health risks, the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics warns.
  Medscape Medical News, December 2018
• The Year in Medicine 2018: News That Made a Difference Read the news that got the most attention this year in medicine, including the severe flu season, record high STD incidence, gun violence, and more.
  Medscape News Slideshows, December 2018
• Malpractice Case: How Careful Physicians Can Miss Vital Information Communicating critical test results is often done at multiple levels. But sometimes one or more channels will break down, and expected redundancies will evaporate.
  Cooperative of American Physicians, December 2018
• Understanding Fatal Fat Embolism in Gluteal Lipoinjection An analysis of medical records and autopsy reports provides insight into the prevalence and cause of mortality secondary to gluteal lipoinjection.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, December 2018
• The 10 Graphic Novels That Made Graphic Medicine Here are 10 can't-miss titles from the growing canon of graphic medicine.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, November 2018
• Cryoablation a Promising Alternative to Surgery in Low-Risk Breast Cancer Image-guided cryoablation can be an effective primary treatment for small, low-risk breast tumors without lumpectomy, according to new data from the ongoing Ice 3 trial.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018
• Latest Face Transplant at NYU Advances the Field Second successful face transplant at NYU Langone sets several important milestones for the field and is the most sophisticated and technologically advanced procedure of its kind, surgeons say.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Drug Overdose, Suicide Deaths Cut US Life Expectancy Driven largely by drug overdose deaths and suicide, life expectancy in the US took a significant plunge from 2016 to 2017.
  News Alerts, November 2018
• CMS Launches Online Procedure Price Lookup The tool compares national average prices in hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers for a wide range of procedures.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Nurse in Cancer Hoax Gets 2 Years in Prison for Theft A former Ohio State University nurse anesthetist told coworkers and her employer that she had metastatic lung cancer and bilked thousands of dollars from them.
  Medscape Medical News, November 2018
• Tazarotene Gel an Option for Post-Acne Scarring Home treatment with tazarotene gel was as effective as microneedling in improving acne scar severity, in a small trial in India.
  Reuters Health Information, November 2018