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News, opinions and meeting coverage in hospital-based medicine.

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'They Stopped Treating and the Effect Persisted': What We Heard This Week

Quotable quotes from 番茄社区's sources

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Op-Ed: Primary Care and Specialty Ping Pong

Let's put an end to bureaucratic medicine and treat the patient in front of us

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COVID Strokes: Rates, Types, Disparities

The latest stroke data from the pandemic illuminates patterns

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A New (More Hopeful) Normal in Medicine?

Renew your faith in the abundance of living

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Residency Matching Rates Down This Year

Surge in registrants driven by pandemic; numbers of matches set records

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Stroke Thrombectomy: 6-Hour Threshold Not So Relevant?

Pooled trial analysis supports move to imaging-based criteria

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Ethics Consult: Liver Transplant for Alcoholic Baseball Legend?

You make the call

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Op-Ed: Mind the Ketamine Education Gap

Better training can prevent adverse outcomes in psychiatric patients

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Stroke Care: Some Progress on Racial Disparities

But substantial gaps remain

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Adjustable Stent Retriever Passes Muster

Novel device offers better grip on clots in LVO strokes

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COVID Outcomes Worse for MS Patients With Mobility Problems

North American study also finds higher risk with certain treatments

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Intermediate-Dose Clot Prevention Flops for Severe COVID

Prophylactic anticoagulation reigns in the ICU

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'COVID-to-COVID' Double Lung Transplant Performed

Northwestern calls February procedure a success, opens door to more

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Novel Vasoregulator Explored for Acute Ischemic Strokes

Early results may signal benefit for those not treated with thrombectomy

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No Help From Extra Hydration to Prevent Post-ERCP Pancreatitis

Trial may settle whether aggressive, laborious procedure is justified

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Don't Ditch the tPA in Stroke Thrombectomy Yet

Direct endovascular therapy dealt a blow in MR CLEAN-NO IV

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Hyperthyroid Patients Fare Just as Well After Total Thyroidectomy

Rate of certain complications were similar to euthyroid patients

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Acupuncture Tops Usual Care for Pain in Cancer Survivors

Two types of acupuncture proved superior, with one better than the other

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Time to Stop Routine Anesthesia for Stroke Thrombectomy?

Neurologists debate pandemic-related guidelines

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COVID-19 Treatments: What's In, What's Out

A look at which treatments are effective -- and which aren't

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He Impersonated a Doctor. Now He's Close to Becoming One

But can he clear the last hurdle?

Health Systems See Opportunity in Mission Health Exodus

As physicians leave North Carolina non-profit, competing systems are broadening their footprints

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Op-Ed: Did We Hurt Healthcare Workers With Bad Mask Advice?

ZDoggMD discusses new evidence that suggests we did

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Can We Forget the 'Doctor Car' Myth Now?

I admit I was tempted to get something fancy, but reality said otherwise

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PML Reported in Ocrelizumab-Treated MS Patient

Case raises questions about treatments for older people with multiple sclerosis

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Criteria Proposed to Diagnose Clinical Syndrome Tied to CTE

Traumatic encephalopathy syndrome definition applies to research, not clinical care

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Op-Ed: Oxycodone Is the Most Addicting Prescription Opioid

A thorough review of the data and history makes this clear

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Op-Ed: Fraud Is Rampant in Medicare Advantage

Enforcing the False Claims Act can help

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Intracoronary Imaging Backed in Hunt for Vulnerable Plaques

But is labor-intensive IVUS-NIRS practical in the real world?

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Ethics Consult: OK to Perform 'Female Circumcision'? MD/JD Weighs In

You voted, now see the results and an expert's discussion

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The Nurses Are Not Alright

Four in 10 nurses under age 34 are isolated, lonely, or depressed

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Pediatric HIV: Trial Sets Tivicay Backbone as Best First-Line Option

And "at least non-inferior" in second line

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'Real-World' Data Suggest COVID Vax Cuts Asymptomatic Infection Risk

But like the real world, the reports come with many uncertainties

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HIV, High-Risk Pregnancy and Coronavirus

Outcomes support case for pregnant women to be vaccinated against COVID-19

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Maturation Inhibitor Shows Promise for HIV

Encouragement from phase II study, but emergent resistance remains a problem

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New ADHD Stimulant OK'd; Anticonvulsant for Depression?

News and commentary from the psychiatry world

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Dramatic Increase Seen in Getting HIV Patients Into Treatment

Percentage of newly diagnosed individuals receiving "timely" therapy doubled in past decade

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Wait at Least This Long After COVID for Surgery

Large international study defines period of high mortality risk

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Meghan Markle's Bombshell Revelation

The duchess reveals mental health issues and desperate moments during pregnancy

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PrEP Implant May Protect Against HIV for a Year

Early study paves way for clinical trial

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