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Pharmacist-Led Intervention Improves Deprescribing Pharmacists gave brochures to older patients and conferred with physicians on potentially inappropriate drugs. Teaming up patients, pharmacists, and physicians helped break inertia, experts say.
Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2018
Nearly Half of Patients Have Rx Longer Than Needed Nearly half of primary care patients were prescribed any of three common drug types for longer than necessary, contributing to a form of inappropriate polypharmacy termed 'legacy prescribing.'
Medscape Medical News, November 12, 2018

House Dems in New Seats of Power Will Steer Health Policy
Kaiser Health News, November 12, 2018
Lady Gaga Opens Up About Her 'Mental Health Crisis'
Reuters Health Information, November 11, 2018
Prevent Excessive Weight Gain in Pregnancy for Kids' Bone Health
Medscape Medical News, November 9, 2018
Cryotherapy May Curb Taxane-Induced Dermatologic Side Effects
Reuters Health Information, November 8, 2018

Patient Safety Perspective

Are We Taught to Interpret and Weigh Test Results Incorrectly? Medical schools may not sufficiently teach students about probabilistic thinking, and this could have dangerous results.
Medscape Med Students, November 9, 2018
Stopping Meds: Which Older Patients Are Amenable? Certain patients are typically willing, others unwilling, to stop some of their daily pills.
Medscape Internal Medicine, November 1, 2018

Poor Communication May Mean Missing Cancer
Medscape Med Students, October 31, 2018
Should Patients Be Alerted When Doctors Are Disciplined?
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 29, 2018
The Legal Risks of Taking Call
Medscape, October 25, 2018
Doctors Mistake Toddler's Spider Bite for Cigarette Burn; More
Medscape Business of Medicine, October 24, 2018

Journals

100 Years of Pandemic Influenza Preparedness
American Journal of Public Health, November 13, 2018
Strategies to Combat the Crises of Opioid Scarcity and Abuse
Journal of Clinical Oncology, November 12, 2018
Expanding Role of Diagnostic Ultrasound in Plastic Surgery
Plastic Reconstructive Surgery-Global Open (PRS Global Open), November 9, 2018
Handovers Among Staff Intensivists
Critical Care Medicine, November 8, 2018
The Price of Medical Tourism
Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, November 5, 2018

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