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Fielding the Dangers of Fasting and Feasting With Diabetes Are you prepared to safely guide your Muslim patients with diabetes through Ramadan, their holy month of fasting? Here's what you need to know.
Medscape Diabetes & Endocrinology, April 18, 2019
Dozens of Doctors in 7 States Charged in Opioid Fraud Bust Dozens of medical professionals in Appalachia, a region hard-hit by the U.S. opioid crisis, have been charged with writing hundreds of thousands of illegal prescriptions and committing healthcare fraud, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.
Reuters Health Information, April 17, 2019
Alert FDA Clears Plenity Hydrogel Capsules for Weight Management The FDA has cleared Gelesis100 for weight management in adults with a body mass index of 25 – 40 kg/m2, when used together with diet and exercise.
FDA Approvals, April 16, 2019
Why the Right-to-Try Law Is a Complete Failure Trump touted the Right-to-Try Act as a law that would benefit tens of thousands. But after a year, why has only one person been helped?
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 16, 2019

Should Docs Tout Products and Personal Causes Online? 'The old-school view, that you keep your opinions to yourself, is so dead as to be rotting,' says Dr Art Caplan. But how can we negotiate social media without offending our patients?
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2019
The Power of a Physician's Kind Word Physicians often feel compassion and warmth toward patients but don't realize that they're not always expressing it well.
Medscape Business of Medicine, April 2019
Should Medical Errors Be Punished or Forgiven? When clinicians make inadvertent medical errors, in what way should we hold them accountable?
April 2019
How Physicians Took On a Hospital CEO--and Won A proposed plan to replace a patient's doctors with hospitalist-employed physicians led to a rebellion by Florida doctors and the resignation of a hospital CEO.
Medscape Business of Medicine, February 2019
Should Doctors Speak Out About Gun Violence? The NRA is telling physicians to 'Stay in your lane!' Art Caplan says that's ridiculous.
Medscape Business of Medicine, December 2018

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Washington University Med School Latest to Offer Free Tuition The St. Louis school becomes the seventh in the nation to give full or partial tuition relief to medical students.
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2019
Prolonged Lung Cancer Screening Boosts Mortality Benefit New data show that CT screening of individuals beyond 5 years can significantly increase survival benefits.
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2019
AANS 2019 Neurosurgeons Are Working Harder, for Less: Here's Proof A new study shows Medicare compensation for the 20 most commonly performed neurosurgery procedures fell by more than 25% between 2000 and 2018.
Medscape Medical News, April 18, 2019

Cutting Booze to Cut AF Is Difficult for Patients to Swallow Alex Voskoboinik, MBBS, discusses the results of the first randomized study to test alcohol abstinence (or reduction) in drinkers with AF. Now the hard part: persuading patients to cut out the booze.
theheart.org on Medscape, April 18, 2019
Well-Woman Care: The Evidence That Less Is More The times they are a-changing when it comes to screening well women for cancer and other conditions. Dr Kenny Lin reviews the current state of evidence.
Georgetown University Family Medicine, April 17, 2019