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Residents Often Order Perceived Unnecessary Lab Tests
Behaviors attributed to health system culture, lack of transparency about health care service costs
Early Intensification of Tx Speeds Attainment of A1C Goals
Findings in patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes who have failure of metformin monotherapy
PCSK9 Inhibitor Use Not Found to Be Cost-Effective
In patients with familial hypercholesterolemia, atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
Physician Under-Recognition of Angina Often Occurs
Predictors of physician under-recognition include heart failure and less-frequent angina
Antenatal Steroids Don’t Cut Morbidity in Preterm Twins
No reduction in incidence of respiratory distress syndrome or composite neonatal morbidity
OnabotulinumtoxinA Effect Lasts in Overactive Bladder
Consistent mean reductions in urinary incontinence; durable improvements in quality of life
Physician-Perceived Frailty Tied to Warfarin Discontinuation
Discontinuation associated with increased risk of death and adverse events in very elderly
Feeding Tube Use Down in Patients With Advanced Dementia
Over past 15 years, practice dropped by half in nursing homes
Proposed Change Could Improve Liver Transplant Access
New distribution system would enable wider sharing of donated livers
U.S. Female Doctors Reimbursed Significantly Less Than Males
Medicare reimbursement review finds male specialists earning more
