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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's latest tracking suggests that although gonorrhea resistance to the antibiotic treatment cefixime declined between 2011 and 2013

CDC: Gonorrhea Showing More Resistance to Cefixime

Other effective treatments remain available, but finding is cause for concern
More Americans than ever are taking prescription drugs

Prescription Medication Use on the Rise in the United States

Many adults take five or more medications, often for preventable ills
Panel management

AMA: 6 Steps to Help Ensure Patients Get Preventive Care

Panel management helps physicians provide preventive and chronic care to all patients
Financial and other factors should be considered before physicians change career direction

Doctors Should Consider Financial Factors Before Career Change

Issues to consider include cost of career change, ability to use Internet to monetize skills
New electronic health record regulations modify Stage 2 of the meaningful use program and finalize requirements for Stage 3

New Electronic Health Record Regulations Released

New regulations modify Stage 2 of meaningful use program and finalize requirements for Stage 3

October 2015 Briefing – Urology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Urology for October 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Displaying order prices to physicians seems to reduce order costs

Displaying Prices to Providers Seems to Reduce Order Costs

Review shows price display decreases aggregate order costs more frequently than order volume
According to the American Medical Association

Competition for Fellowships Broke Records in 2015

One-quarter of applicants did not didn't receive a position
Off-label drug use puts patients at risk for serious side effects

Prescribing Drugs ‘Off-Label’ Can Pose Serious Safety Risks

Study raises concerns about using meds to treat conditions for which they weren't approved
There has been a 25 percent increase in the number of medical school enrollees since 2002

Increasing Numbers of Med School Applicants, Enrollees

Med school classes continuing to diversify, with increases in nearly every racial/ethnic category