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Online consumer ratings of specialist physicians do not predict objective measures of quality of care or peer assessment of clinical performance

Online Ratings Not Aligned With Objective Quality Measures

In addition, consumer ratings are consistent across platforms for specialist physicians
High body fat levels are associated with elevated risk of estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women with normal body mass index

Body Fat Linked to Breast Cancer Risk in Normal-BMI Women

High whole-body, trunk fat mass tied to higher risk of ER-positive breast cancer in postmenopausal women
Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of May 4 to 8

Physician’s Briefing Weekly Coronavirus Roundup

Here is what the editors at Physician's Briefing chose as the most important COVID-19 developments for you and your practice for the week of...
A Michigan woman who defied a court order and refused to have her son vaccinated has received a prison sentence.

Michigan Woman Gets Jail Time for Refusing to Vaccinate Son

Ruling is the latest round in a long-running custody fight
Onabotulinum toxin-A injections can improve sleep bruxism

Onabotulinum Toxin-A Can Safely Improve Sleep Bruxism

Improved clinical global impression and change in visual analog scale, pain at 4 to 8 weeks post therapy
Use of sodium glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors is associated with an increased risk for lower-limb amputation and diabetic ketoacidosis compared with use of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists

Higher Risk for Amputation, DKA With SGLT2 Inhibitors for T2DM

Risk increased for lower-limb amputation, diabetic ketoacidosis compared with GLP1 receptor agonists
Mental health

Mental Health Issues Impact Retirement Saving Behavior

Psychological distress linked to 24 percent reduced probability of holding retirement accounts
Diabetes care can be improved with enhanced communication between providers and patients and improved communication between members of the primary care team

Room for Improvement Seen With Initial Diabetes Care

Effective health professional information sharing could reduce duplication for the patient
A new scale for rating the severity of mononucleosis can identify patients at risk for more serious cases

New Scale Helps Identify More Serious Cases of Mononucleosis

Scale identifies college students at increased risk for corticosteroid Rx, chronic fatigue syndrome
Foodborne transmission from retail meat may account for a substantial proportion of community-acquired urinary tract infection

IDSA: Retail Meat May Be a Transmission Source for UTIs

Almost one-fourth of retail poultry contains E. coli strains associated with urinary tract infections