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Understanding patients' complaints about practice can be instructive for physicians

Patient Complaints Mainly About Rudeness, Rushing, Reproach

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Complaints of rudeness vary from being verbally attacked by receptionist to feeling insulted by docs
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has permitted marketing of two catheter-based devices designed to create an arteriovenous fistula in patients with chronic kidney disease in need of hemodialysis.

FDA Permits Marketing of Devices to Create Arteriovenous Fistula

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Two devices designed to create arteriovenous fistula in patients with CKD in need of hemodialysis
Women with hypertensive disorders of pregnancy in their first pregnancy have increased rates of chronic hypertension

CVD Risk Up With Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy

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Rates of chronic HTN, T2DM, hypercholesterolemia higher for women with HDP in first pregnancy
Increased coffee intake may be a beneficial addition to a healthy diet

Coffee Drinking Found to Lower Risk of All-Cause Mortality

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Similar findings across type of coffee, quantity, type of death, and caffeine metabolism score

June 2018 Briefing – Cardiology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Cardiology for June 2018. This roundup includes the latest...
For high-risk patients

Intensive Management Program Benefits High-Risk Patients

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Access to intensive management program results in more outpatient care with no increase in total costs

American Diabetes Association, June 22-26

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The American Diabetes Association's 78th Scientific Sessions The annual meeting of the American Diabetes Association (ADA) was held from June 22 to 26...
Prolonged leisure-time sitting is associated with increased risk of mortality

Prolonged Leisure-Time Sitting Tied to Increased Mortality Risk

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Increase in all-cause, cardiovascular disease, cancer, diabetes, kidney disease, suicide, COPD mortality
Surgical patients who are admitted to the intensive care unit and have cancer do not have worse initial outcomes than those without cancer

Initial Outcomes No Worse for Surgical ICU Patients With CA

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ICU and hospital mortality were lower for patients with cancer versus those without cancer
For obese patients offered weight and risk factor management

Weight Loss Linked to Reversal of Atrial Fibrillation Progression

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Increased weight loss with risk factor management associated with greater atrial fibrillation freedom