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Physicians spend almost six hours per day in the electronic health record

Doctors Spend Almost Six Hours Per Day on EHR Tasks

Clerical and administrative tasks including order entry, billing account for almost half of hours
For adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Closed-Loop Control Benefits T1DM in Prolonged Winter Sport

Adolescents with type 1 diabetes had improved glycemic control, reduced hypoglycemia exposure
Most physicians on Twitter with a financial conflict of interest and frequent tweets mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict

Physicians Tweeting About Drugs May Have Conflict of Interest

Physicians with financial conflict of interest often mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict
For many patients with type 2 diabetes

Greater Awareness Needed for Potential of T2DM Remission

Two test results below the diagnostic threshold, two months apart, can confirm remission
MiR-193a-5p is a post-transcriptional regulator of interleukin-4 expression and could have a role in children's cow's milk allergy

miRNA Identified That Plays Role in Milk Allergy

miR-193a-5p could be novel diagnostic and therapeutic target
The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014

AACR Releases 2017 Cancer Progress Report

Twenty-five percent decrease in age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate from 1991 to 2014
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
Adherence to antibiotic guidelines for acute chest syndrome in children with sickle cell disease varies widely

Antibiotic Rx Adherence Varies Widely in Sickle Cell Care

Guideline-adherent therapy tied to fewer 30-day readmissions
Recommendations for the management and pharmacologic treatment of patients with diabetes have been updated; the new clinical guidelines were published online Sept. 12 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

2017 Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes Released

Recommendations for T1D focus on monitoring, pharmacologic approaches to glycemic management
Significant increases are seen in blood pressure

BP, Heart Rate, Arterial Stiffness Up With E-Cigarettes

Significant increases seen in first 30 minutes after smoking electronic-cigarette containing nicotine