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Surgery approach may improve survival in advanced ovarian cancer
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Do doctors have a legal right to work from home because of health issues or disability?
“There is now a precedent and examples all over that working from home for some is a viable alternative to working in the hospital or a clinic.”...
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The top tax breaks that physicians use
“You want to maximize your retirement contributions,” says Mark Steber, the chief tax information officer for Jackson Hewitt Tax Services. “If you...
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Antigen tests: After pandemic success, time for bigger role?
“People used to the COVID self-tests are asking: “Where is my strep test? Where is my sexual health test?”
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In utero SSRI exposure tied to lower brain volume in kids
“The clinical significance was unclear, especially as key limbic regions, including the amygdala, normalized over time.”
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PCPs facing increased patient demand for knowledgeable menopause care
More patient demand for HT shining a light on inadequate primary care training in menopause medicine.
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Social media use may promote depression in pregnancy
Health care providers should discuss social media use in addition to other risk factors for depression in pregnant women.
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Can skin bleaching lead to cancer?
Prevalence of skin bleaching in several African countries ranged from 25% in Mali (based on a 1993 survey of 210 women) to a high of 79.25% in...
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12 steps to closing your practice without problems
“Many don’t think about compliance issues, patient abandonment, or accounts receivable that they need to keep open to collect from billing, which...
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FDA panel deems phenylephrine ineffective
The committee’s next move is to determine if the drug’s status as Generally Recognized as Safe and Effective should be revoked.
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Stress, insomnia tied to increased AFib risk for older women
The results support the hypothesis that psychosocial predictors account for additional risk for AF “above and beyond” traditional AF risk factors...