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A new interactive training module in medical ethics can help physicians to understand professional boundaries

New Interactive Module Aims to Clarify Professional Boundaries

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Module focuses on potential boundary violations relating to treating family, colleagues, receiving gifts
Perioperative intravenous acetaminophen may be beneficial for reducing immediate postoperative pain after endoscopic sinus surgery

Peri-Op IV Acetaminophen May Reduce Post-Op Pain in Sinus Sx

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Reduction in immediate postoperative pain after endoscopic sinus surgery, but results inconclusive
Prescription databases can help combat drug abuse when doctors are required by law to check them before writing opioid prescriptions

Doctors Urged to Check Patient Drug History Before Opioid Rx

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Opioid abuse down when physicians are legally obligated to check patient's drug history
For patients with discogenic low back pain due to failed back surgery syndrome

Dorsal Root Ganglion Stimulation Relieves Low Back Pain

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Pain relief for patients with discogenic low back pain due to failed back surgery syndrome
Patients taking opioids before total knee arthroplasty may have greater pain after the procedure

Opioid Use Before TKA May Lead to Worse Pain After Surgery

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Researchers suggest limiting opioid prescriptions might optimize benefits of TKA
Older adults treated at major teaching facilities are less likely to die in the weeks and months following their discharge than patients admitted to community hospitals

Mortality Rates Found Lower at Major Teaching Hospitals

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Researchers assessed 30-day survival for older patients
Patients with lung cancer have a strikingly higher-than-normal risk of suicide

ATS: Cancer-Related Suicide Risk Highest for Lung Cancer Patients

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Odds up four-fold compared to people in the general population
For women undergoing surgery for stress urinary incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse

Five-Year Risk of Repeat SUI, POP Surgery Less Than 10 Percent

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Higher risks for women aged 65 and older, those initially undergoing pelvic organ prolapse surgery
The American Society of Plastic Surgeons reports a nearly 20 percent increase in transgender-related surgeries in the first two years of collecting data on these procedures.

Gender Confirmation Surgeries Up 20 Percent From 2015 to 2016

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Rise attributed to more widespread insurance coverage, growing acceptance of transgender people
Rare cancers account for one in five cancers diagnosed in the United States

One in Five Cancers in the United States Is Considered Rare

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Little-known malignancies harder to diagnose and treat, researchers say