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Diabetes Plus Tooth Loss Tied to Worse Cognition
Faster cognitive decline seen for older adults with both conditions
Physician Leadership Training May Help Counteract Burnout
Leadership ratings strongly linked to employee burnout and satisfaction
Medicare Requiring Hospitals to Post Prices Online
Medicare would base part of a hospital's payments on how easy it is for patients to access medical records
Vigilance Urged for Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
Heparin should be terminated on suspicion of HIT; alternative anticoagulants recommended
Bebtelovimab Appears Reliable for COVID-19 During Omicron Epoch
Patients receiving bebtelovimab have more comorbidities, but do not have increased rates of progression to severe disease
Lymphoma, Leukemia Survivors Have Increased Health Care Use
Survivors who are psychologically distressed use even more services than those who aren't
Universal, Age-Based Diabetes Screening IDs Most Cases
Method identifies greatest proportion of adults with prediabetes and diabetes compared with USPSTF recommendations and BMI-based screening
High Costs Associated With Physician Burnout in U.S.
Nationally, about $4.6 billion in costs are related to physician turnover, reduced clinical hours
Frustrated by Regulations, Doctors Increasingly Miserable
Geneia and physicians introduce initiative to share ideas to restore the joy to medicine
Suvorexant May Improve Insomnia With Alzheimer Disease
Suvorexant does not appear to worsen underlying cognitive impairment
