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Gender Gap Persists in Starting Salary for Physicians
Gender differences in preferences for control over work-life balance do not account for gap in salary
Dangerous Additives Found in Illegal Pot Vaping Products in Los Angeles
Additives include vitamin E acetate, which has been implicated in vaping-related respiratory illnesses
Drug Price-Fixing Charge Laid Against ‘Pharma Bro’ Martin Shkreli
Former drug industry executive charged with restricting competition to maintain a monopoly on the drug Daraprim
Coronavirus Deaths Top 100 in China
CDC urges all Americans to avoid any nonessential travel to China
Survey: Most Americans Think of Themselves as Healthy
Those with higher income rate their health higher than those with lower income
Clinical Features ID’d for First 2019 Novel Coronavirus Patients
Forty-one patients ID'd with virus as of Jan. 2, 2020; all had pneumonia with abnormal chest CT findings
Health-Related Quality of Life Lower for Women With PCOS
The strongest contributing factor to poor health-related quality of life was mental distress
Proteinuria After Inpatient Acute Kidney Injury Tied to Later Risk
Higher post-acute kidney injury urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio linked to kidney disease progression
Adult Exposure to Chickenpox Cuts Shingles Risk
A modest but long-lasting protective effect was observed, but full protection not achieved
Racial Disparities Noted in Quality of Care for Dementia
Asian patients less likely to be prescribed antidementia drugs; anxiolytics/hypnotic Rxs lower for blacks
