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The question of whether national guidelines need to be developed for assessing the competence of aging physicians was discussed during a recent meeting of key stakeholders

Are Guidelines Needed to Assess Competence of Aging Physicians?

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Reps from physician, hospital, patient safety organizations explore need for national guidelines
Groundbreaking liver and kidney transplants from an HIV-positive donor to HIV-positive recipients were announced Wednesday by surgeons at Johns Hopkins University.

Johns Hopkins Announces HIV-to-HIV Organ Transplants

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One donor supplied a kidney to one patient and a liver to another patient
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Intensive Glucose Control Offers Lasting Reduction in Risk of ESKD

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In-trial reduction in risk of ESKD seen in ADVANCE trial persists after 9.9 years of follow-up
The elements of a team-based care model are described in a report published by the American Medical Association.

AMA Addresses Elements of Team-Based Care Model

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New module from STEPS Forward collection describes how to bring these elements together
Women doctors can address the gender wage disparity by understanding the reasons why they earn less

How Can We Fix the Wage Gap Among Female Physicians?

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Women need to become better negotiators and lobby for transparency to reduce gender wage disparity
The American Society of Clinical Oncology has endorsed the European Association of Urology guideline on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer

ASCO Endorses European Guideline on Bladder Cancer

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Guideline on muscle-invasive and metastatic bladder cancer, with qualifying statements
If offered $50

Financial Compensation May Encourage Kidney Donation

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59 percent of survey respondents said that $50,000 would make them more likely to donate a kidney
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants to ban most powdered medical gloves

FDA: Most Powdered Medical Gloves Should Be Banned in U.S.

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Side effects include airway and wound inflammation, agency says
A case before a state supreme court could potentially expose physicians to large fines based on a legal technicality relating to what they should have known

Case Before Supreme Court May Expose Doctors to Large Fines

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Case surrounds whether liability under IFPA can be based on what a practice should have known
A case of ceftriaxone-associated renal toxicity in an adult has been documented in a case report published online Feb. 23 in the Journal of Clinical Pharmacy and Therapeutics.

Case Report: Ceftriaxone-Linked Renal Toxicity in Adult Male

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Patient unresponsive to pharmacotherapy; symptoms resolved with double J stent insertions by cystoscopy