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News, opinions and meeting coverage in primary care.

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These Physicians Are on the Long-COVID Front Lines

Physical medicine & rehabilitation specialists urge a national crisis management plan

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'What Goes Up, Must Come Down'

You might be surprised at what turns up in patients' rectums, unless you're an ED doc

The Cost of Compassion Fatigue During COVID

Jessi Gold talks about how healthcare professionals can help themselves while helping others

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Repurpose Beta-Blocker for Severe COVID?

Small pilot study saw improved markers with IV metoprolol for patients on mechanical ventilation

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Good Results When Giving Flu Shots to MI Survivors Still in the Hospital

Vaccination prior to discharge linked to heart benefit

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European CVD Prevention Guide Leans on Age Stratification

Update has new risk assessment score but goes easy on blood pressure

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Lower BP Targets Again Affirmed in Major Trial

STEP trial from China shows major benefits in older population

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Nonsteroidal MRA Drug Cuts Risks in Earlier Diabetic Kidney Disease

Urine screening urged after trial shows benefit of treating cases with preserved kidney function

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Mineral Oil Likely Accounts for Some -- But Not All -- of Vascepa's ASCVD Benefit

Danish study fans the flames of REDUCE-IT controversy

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Polypills Ready for Prime Time in Large Swaths of People, Researchers Say

Question now is how to implement fixed-dose combo therapy in clinical practice

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Maybe Avoid These Specialists for Your Next Colonoscopy

Certain specialties performed better quality colonoscopies than others, meta-analysis finds

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New Heart Failure Guidelines Released, but Are They Already Out of Date?

Results of EMPEROR-Preserved contradict guidance

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Deadly Arrhythmias Less of a Risk for HF Patients on Dapagliflozin

DAPA-HF analysis further explores mechanism of SGLT2 inhibitor's heart benefits

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This Man Had the Hiccups ... for 3 Years

See why it happened and how he was cured

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Ivermectin Scripts, Poison Center Calls Boom During Delta Surge

CDC warns healthcare providers to steer patients away from the controversial drug

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Meditations on a Patient's Heart Songs

Listening to the "lub-dub" remains a privilege

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Heart Failure Again Takes Center Stage at ESC

EMPEROR-Preserved, new guidelines, and more to come

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CDC: Benzo-Involved Overdoses on the Rise

Concerns grow about illicit versions

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Three Drugs Better Than Two (or One) in Cystic Fibrosis

Another group of CF patients sees a win for triple therapy in phase III trial

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Are Concerns About Teen Vaping Overblown?

New analysis finds lower risks could offset surging popularity

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More and More U.S. Kids Being Diagnosed With Diabetes

Rises seen in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes

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Neuropathy After Recreational Use of Laughing Gas

Clinicians should be aware of adverse effects of this increasingly popular drug

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Eric Balmir Says Pediatric-Ready Drugs Are on the Horizon

The chief pharmacy officer at Children's National Hospital discusses his career and the future

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Vaccine Effect or Functional Neurological Disorder?

COVID vaccination may trigger FND, much like other stressors

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Mental Health: The New 'Coming Out' in Medicine

Openness about challenges with anxiety, depression can help fight the stigma

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Dual IL-17 Inhibitor Achieves Deep Responses in Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Bimekizumab outclasses placebo, compares favorably with adalimumab

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How Space Doctors Train on Earth

A look at analog missions

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FDA Warns on Contamination Risk With Eco-Med Ultrasound Gels

Healthcare providers must toss all of company's gels and lotions, agency says

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Things Bad Doctors Say

Don't be like this

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Kidney Transplant Outcomes Improved Over Past Quarter-Century

Patient and graft survival rates have increased since 1996

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Alabama Doc Puts His Foot Down on the Unvaccinated

Jason Valentine hopes to reach those unwilling to get the COVID vaccine by turning them away

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More Teens Are Trying to Quit Vaping Than Ever Before

Over half of adolescent e-cigarette users want to quit and have tried to quit, new study shows

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Watch for Eye Problems in Kids Born to Mothers With Diabetes

Any type of diabetes exposure in utero increased risk for high refractive error

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Parkinson's Drug Tied to Increased Hospitalizations, Death

Mortality risk persisted in people taking pimavanserin

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Herbal Weight-Loss Supplement Tied to Severe Liver Damage

Garcinia cambogia and green tea led to clinically indistinguishable liver injury

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Gestational Diabetes Rates Climb Among All Racial, Ethnic Groups

Variation in rates between subgroups highlight racial disparities, editorialists say

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Bell's Palsy After COVID Vaccines Still Very Rare

New study looks at Pfizer, CoronaVac shots in Hong Kong

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Pot Smokers Face Distinct Risks After Coronary Procedures

But could marijuana use be associated with fewer cases of acute kidney injury?

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Medicine Doesn't Stop at the Bedside

Medical organizations and physicians should play an active role in advancing positive change

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Incomplete Polyp Resection Proves Tricky Business for Cancer Risk

Expert stresses the importance of high-quality colonoscopy

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