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Rapid Genetic Testing May Have Spared This Baby From Death

Whole-genome sequencing delivered diagnosis in record 13 hours; treated with thiamine

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Stop Exploiting Suicide For Political Gain

False claims have driven moral panic during the COVID pandemic

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Why Branded Viagra Is Vastly More Expensive Than Its Generics

For some brand-name drugs, prices don't go down when generics crop up; Viagra still an outlier

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ACP: Pump the Brakes on New Organ Procurement Method

Organization says NRP-cDCD may violate dead-donor rule

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Effort to Strengthen AMA Anti-Discrimination Policy Encounters Resistance

Critics of the draft resolution wonder if it's a "bridge too far"

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Medical Residents Need Better Working Conditions, AMA Delegates Say

More access needed to healthy food, child care

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A National Task Force for Obesity? AMA Delegates Debate the Idea

Policy eyes reducing maternal mortality, COVID-19 deaths among minorities

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AMA Delegates Pan Physician Assistants' Name Change Announcement

"We call this 'Scope-A-Dope'"

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AMA Delegates Debate Making Sex on Birth Certificate Private

Also discuss improving doc access to tools to identify youth at "imminent risk" for suicide

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AMA Delegates Tussle Over Lowering Medicare Eligibility Age to 60

Resolution asks association to urge Congress to take action

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The Case of the Yellow Sticky Note

This simple office supply was a clue to doctor's problems at work

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Want Healthcare for All? Ditch Fee-for-Service, Says Former CMS Chief

"We should move to global budgets as soon as possible," says Donald Berwick

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Experts Confident About COVID Vaccines' Long-Term Safety

"I know of no precedent of a long-term effect that comes up 5 or 10 years later," expert says

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Breaking Through Healthcare's Glass Ceiling

Let's close the gender gap at the leadership level

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Most Older Women Do Not Meet Criteria to Stop Cervical Cancer Screening

Inadequate screening in middle age, lack of medical record documentation highlighted

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AAN: Ban Chokeholds, Strangleholds in Law Enforcement

Recent deaths put into question whether neck restraints are controllable and safe

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Docs, Scientists Call on FDA to Delay Approval of COVID Vaccines

Data should be from completed phase III trials, not interim results, group says

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Don't Wait for the Government to Fix Healthcare

Healthcare 3.0 is in your hands

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Physicians Are Fed Up With Inconsistent Hospital Visitation Policies

Keeping strict rules in place is "anti-medicine," critical care expert says

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COVID Vaccine Protection; 'Until You Die From the Cancer'; What's Palliative Care?

News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues

Investigation of Patient Death Finds Deficient Care at VA Hospital

Emergency department triage may have resulted in delay in care

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3,000 Indian Doctors Who Quit COVID Front Lines Are Back on the Job

Week-long strike ends with pay raise; doctors resigned when court ordered them back to work

Congress Wrestles Over How to Hold Sackler Family Accountable

Without a legal fix, OxyContin makers would evade responsibility for untold deaths, say Dems

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How Photography Made Me a Better Doctor

Where art and medicine overlap to create a more complete picture

Two HHS Nominees Have Fairly Easy Time at Senate Hearing

Opioid crisis, drug supply chain among senators' concerns

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UnitedHealthcare to Crack Down on 'Non-Emergent' ED Claims

Emergency physicians group characterized new policy as "direct violation" of current standard

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Op-Ed: Needling Friends to Get the COVID Jab? Stop

Here's a hot take on vaccine holdouts: leave them alone

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The Complex Ethical Morass of COVID-19 Human Challenge Trials

"The end doesn't justify any and all means," ethicist says

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More Insight on Which Kids Are Most at Risk for Severe COVID-19

Large database helps inform differences in pediatric illness patterns

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Can We Improve the Medication Refill System?

Yes, but some tweaks will be required

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I Spy an Opportunistic Infection?

Providers should monitor for "black fungus" and other infections being associated with COVID

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How Emotionally Intelligent Are You About Your EQ?

Hint: It's not just about empathy for patients

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Even Post-COVID Care Centers Are Returning to Normal

As pandemic winds down, so does demand for ongoing care

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Ethics Consult: Is Reporting Mom's Drug Use Protecting Child or Invading Privacy?

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

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CDC: Worrisome Spike in Younger Teens' COVID Hospitalizations

Data through April add urgency to calls for adolescent vaccination

Is This Medical Board Headed for a Shake-Up?

Could be the first in the nation to have public member majority

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Op-Ed: Why Is Prescribing Information Still on Paper?

Making electronic info the default is a small change with a big environmental impact

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Additional Infections Rare in Hospitalized COVID Patients

Most were secondary infections, U.K. researchers found

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Doctor Versus Fighter Jet

Here's what happens to your body in an F-16

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Medtronic's LVAD Pulled From Market Due to Neurological, Mortality Risks

Physicians must stop implanting the HeartWare system, says FDA

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