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In a recent commentary, ACP experts reference scientific studies and quote the wisdom of our Founding Fathers to make a compelling case for vaccination.
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Mashup Score: 0ACP calls for urgent policy action on rural health - 9 day(s) ago
A recent policy paper from ACP states that it is critical for policymakers to prioritize improving rural health and health care.
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Mashup Score: 0Targeted screening for patients at highest genetic risk of prostate cancer increased clinical management, radical treatment - 9 day(s) ago
Offering targeted screening to participants in the 90th percentile of genetic risk as determined by a polygenic risk score resulted in finding prostate cancer warranting clinical management in 55.1% of patients and radical treatment in 21.4%, a U.K. study found.
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Mashup Score: 0Default 90-day statin prescriptions reduced racial, income disparities in practice, trial finds - 9 day(s) ago
Setting 90 days as the default length for all statin prescriptions in the EHR eliminated disparities in which patients who were non-Hispanic Black, on Medicaid, or living in ZIP codes with a median household income lower than $50,000 were less likely to receive 90-day prescriptions.
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Mashup Score: 1Postdischarge care: When a phone call is not enough - 13 day(s) ago
Postdischarge contact with patients had no significant effect on returns to the ED or the hospital, one study found.
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Mashup Score: 0Gastric bypass increased diabetes remission versus sleeve gastrectomy, small trial finds - 13 day(s) ago
At five years after gastric bypass, half of patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity had an HbA1c level less than 6%, compared to 20% of those randomized to sleeve gastrectomy, according to a secondary analysis of a Norwegian trial.
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Mashup Score: 0MKSAP quiz: Treatment of hypoglycemia - 13 day(s) ago
This month’s quiz asks readers to evaluate a 70-year-old man with type 2 diabetes who develops sweating, tremors, and anxiety while visiting his hospitalized wife.
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Mashup Score: 0Gastric bypass increased diabetes remission versus sleeve gastrectomy, small trial finds - 13 day(s) ago
At five years after gastric bypass, half of patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity had an HbA1c level less than 6%, compared to 20% of those randomized to sleeve gastrectomy, according to a secondary analysis of a Norwegian trial.
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Hypoglycemia risk nearly doubled in the immediate period after initiation of beta-blockers compared with long-standing use, and the risk was higher in patients who were also taking insulin, a Canadian study of older patients with type 2 diabetes found.
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Mashup Score: 5ACP Hospitalist - 15 day(s) ago
ACP Hospitalist provides hospital-based physicians with news and information about the practice of hospital medicine.
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. @AnnalsofIM publishes CDC immunization schedules, stresses the importance of vaccination https://t.co/HKINJyXuNs