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Statin use is associated with a significantly lower risk of mortality in older male physicians

Lower Mortality Risk Seen With Statin Use in Older Men

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Also tied to a non-significant lower risk of cardiovascular disease events
Most physicians on Twitter with a financial conflict of interest and frequent tweets mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict

Physicians Tweeting About Drugs May Have Conflict of Interest

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Physicians with financial conflict of interest often mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict
Vitamin D deficiency may be associated with increased neuropathic pain in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Vitamin D Deficiency Tied to Neuropathic Pain

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Findings among patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
Multivitamin use before diagnosis of breast cancer is associated with reduced risk of symptoms of chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy

Multivitamin Use May Cut Risk of Chemo-Induced Neuropathy

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Use before breast cancer diagnosis tied to reduced symptoms of peripheral neuropathy
Certain aspects of empathy improve during medical student training

Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training

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Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
For cases of mild atrial fibrillation-related acute ischemic stroke

Warfarin, Rivaroxaban Similarly Safe, Effective

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Findings among cases of mild atrial fibrillation-related acute ischemic stroke
The top 10 percent of privately insured U.S. adults without cancer using opioids account for most opioid use

Most Opioid Use Concentrated in Top 10 Percent of Users

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Top 10 percent of users accounted for 76 percent of the total annual morphine equivalents
Does being a physician carry a moral obligation to respond to calls for medical assistance on airplanes? That is the topic of an article published in the Sept. 12 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?

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One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
Zika virus is an oncolytic virus that preferentially targets glioblastoma stem cells

Zika Virus Preferentially Targets Glioblastoma Stem Cells

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ZIKV preferentially infects, kills GSCs relative to differentiated tumor progeny, normal neuronal cells
Women on antiepileptic drugs during pregnancy for epilepsy or other indications are at increased risk of giving birth to premature and small-for-gestational-age infants

Risk of Prematurity, SGA Up for Women on Antiepileptic Drugs

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Increased risk for women on AEDs for epilepsy or other indications; risk varies with drug used