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Study: COVID-19 Is Also Spread by Fecal-Oral Route

Also new: Like SARS, COVID-19 may induce liver damage

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Keeping Up With Changes in the Healthcare Industry

How to roll with upcoming shifts in medicine

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CDC: Contact Tracing Not Needed for HCPs Exposed to COVID-19

Agency has advice for healthcare professionals

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Why I Don't Tell People I'm a Doctor

Whether it's the gym, grocery, or parties, I keep it on the hush

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COVID-19: A Pandemic Preparedness Mindset

Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention strategies all play a role

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Why Justin Bieber Sleeps in a Hyperbaric Oxygen Chamber

Is it sound medicine?

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Wearable Sensor Predicts Worsening Heart Failure

Device flagged readmission risk nearly a week ahead in observational study

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Doctors Back Away From 'Quick Fix' for Heavy Periods

Concerns raised over improper patient selection, treatment failure

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Off-Label Alternative to Alteplase Superior for Routine Stroke Thrombolysis?

U.S. center reports favorable experience with arguably better lytic drug

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Lytic Still Needed for Endovascular Stroke Tx

First RCT not definitive but misses non-inferiority

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Mobile Stroke Unit Availability Improves Stroke Clinical Outcomes

Berlin's experience with the world's first units shows the payoff

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With Hip Surgery, Watch for Kidney Injury

Complications included infection, transfusion, revision, and death

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Hopes for Novel Stroke Drug Dashed in Trial

But ESCAPE-NA1 signals neuroprotectant might work if given without thrombolytic

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Out of the Basement: Early Results Promising for Portable MRI

Feasibility study indicates no interference in ICU, no metal issues

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Whistleblower Transplant Surgeon; Uncredentialed Child Abuse Doc

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Nurses Face Higher-Than-Average Suicide Risk

"A real issue, and the job has something to do with it," researcher says

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Italian Lessons for U.S. Healthcare

The Skeptical Cardiologist hosts an Italian cardiologist

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No More Numerical Scores for USMLE Step 1 Exam

New pass/fail policy aims to reduce overemphasis on test performance

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Patients Die. Here's How to Deal With It

Let's talk about loss

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Surgical Attire Changes a Bust for Infection Control?

One center reports what happened with shift to bouffants, surgical jackets

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UCSD, Doc Who Overdosed in Hospital Bathroom Face Lawsuits

Anesthesiologist found unconscious, "covered in vomit with his pants down around his ankles"

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American Healthcare: Increasingly Corporate and Rapacious

And how you can change it

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Antiseptic Cloths No Help Cutting SSI Rates After C-Section

But infection rates were surprisingly low overall, even with placebo wipes

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Maternal Deaths in Hospitals Fall... but There's Bad News Too

More monitoring after hospital discharge needed, expert says

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Doc Wins $4.75M in Fraud, Defamation Case Against Hospital

Ob/gyn said she was wrongly accused of substance abuse

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Quick, No-Shock Cardioversion for Afib Feasible in EDs

Sinus rhythm often restored with pharmacological conversion alone, trial finds

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He Shouldn't Have Died From a Stupid Bleed

We were so close yet so far

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Watchful Waiting: An Option for Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Conservative management of primary spontaneous collapsed lung noninferior to intervention

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Women Burned by Quick Fix for Heavy Periods

For many, 5-minute fix is anything but

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How We Used FDA MAUDE Data on NovaSure

Attuned to limitations, investigative team used conservative approach

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'Out of Control' Child Abuse Docs; Harvard Chair Arrested; $116K Hernia Repair

This past week in healthcare investigations

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Study: Short Hospital Stays OK After Cardiac Surgery

3 days or less "very safe," one center reports

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Surgeon Sues Orlando Health Over 'Forced' Referrals

Says he was terminated for refusing to practice exclusively in-network

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How to Handle a Heparin Shortage: Effective Strategies

With supply chain issues in China, it's a real threat, group says

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Ethics Consult: Hide Cancer Diagnosis From Elderly Patient?

You make the call

Sacked Moffitt Officials Didn't Report Chinese Financial Ties

Not clear what was done in exchange for payments

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U.S. Nurses: A Little More Diverse and Grayer

National survey shows small uptick in minority RNs; bigger increase in those over age 50

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Ozempic OK'd for CV Prevention; LDL Drug Pricing; Lyme Disease Heart Tx

Recent developments of interest in cardiovascular medicine

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Meet the 'Lien Doctors'; Hidden Clinical Trial Data; Google Nabs More Medical Records

This past week in healthcare investigations

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EMS Stroke Protocols Questioned

More rules are necessary to ensure patients get to Level 1 stroke centers, government panel told

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