Integrity in Medicine
It takes a special person to care for people during their most vulnerable states, to keep intimate...
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It takes a special person to care for people during their most vulnerable states, to keep intimate...
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Medical mistrust among Black Americans, resulting from systemic racism and a history of unequal treatment in healthcare, may play a role in COVID-19 inequities, specifically among Black Americans living with HIV, explains Laura...
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For patients receiving tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, the live attenuated zoster vaccine...
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There are increasing calls to discipline or de-credential doctors who are spreading anti-vaccine, anti-mask, and other pandemic misinformation. While statistics show that 96% of US physicians are vaccinated, a handful repeatedly...
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For children and adolescents aged 12-18, two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (BNT162b2) are highly effective for preventing COVID-19 hospitalization, according to research published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report....
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We spoke with Dr. MedLaw to discuss the recent 7:2 decision that the Supreme Court issued in its third holding on the Affordable Care Act (ACA). What was the history of this case? In 2017, the individual mandate penalty was re-...
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During a recent PW Podcast, Rachel Giles, MD, from Medicom Medical Publishers, spoke with Graham McMahon, MD, MMSc, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME)...
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Population-based study included nearly 1.7 million girls and women aged 10-30 “Beginning in May 2007, HPV vaccination was subsidized for girls in Sweden who were 13 to 17 years of age. In 2012, Sweden introduced a free catch-up...
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Current HPV vaccination rates will have a limited effect on the overall incidence of oropharynx...
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At more than 5 months, the mRNA-1273 vaccine continues to be efficacious for preventing COVID-19...
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A study has found that opioid prescriptions, including receipt of prescriptions for long durations, appear to be common among people living with HIV who are in primary care. Efforts are needed to prevent chronic high-risk...
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Depression and suicide concerns increased among adolescents during the pandemic, especially among females, according to a study published in Pediatrics. Researchers compared the percentage of primary care visits among...
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I ’ve stood in front of conferences before and made my case: Our healthcare system is per- fect. “A perfect system? Ours?” I’ll hear people murmuring, “He’s a little bit crazy.” For decades, critics of the US healthcare system...
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According to an analysis in a June 2021 global report from Renub Research—“Telemedicine Market,...
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With the use of video on the rise in court cases, attor- neys are also more sophisticated about tapping into its influence. But the legal standards regarding rules of evidence about a video’s credibility and authenticity are...
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Hospitalized Medicare patients faced worse mortality when physicians had fewer clinic days Hospitalized Medicare patients had better 30-day mortality when they were treated by physicians who worked more clinical days, according...
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Primary care physicians have been the largest provider of vaccinations for older individuals, according to a study published in the Annals of Family Medicine. Researchers used 2017 Medicare Part B Fee-for-Service data and the...
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With the advent of real- time continuous glu- cose monitors (CGMs), time in range has emerged as a tremendous benefit for people with diabetes and healthcare professionals. Time in range is an important indicator of how a person...
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Q: Everyone in the office must wear a mask while they are here, but I am concerned about what they do outside. A lot of the staff are young, and they may be going out in large unmasked groups or otherwise acting stupidly when...
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