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For a small number of women with a rare form of infertility

Mutations in TUBB8 Linked to Form of Female Infertility

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Screening could spare these women unnecessary treatment, researchers say
In 2014

Ob-Gyns Received Considerable Payment From Industry in 2014

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Obstetrics and gynecology ranked seventh in total number of payments made to single specialty
U.S. health officials issued guidelines Tuesday for health care providers whose pregnant patients may have traveled to countries -- especially Brazil -- where the mosquito-borne Zika virus has been linked to microcephaly.

CDC Issues Zika-Virus Guidance for Health Care Providers

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Ask about recent travel to high-risk areas and symptoms such as sudden fever
Atrial fibrillation is a stronger risk factor for stroke

A-Fib May Pose Bigger Threat to Women

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Review found atrial fibrillation linked to higher risk of stroke, cardiac events, death in women
The American College of Physicians and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have issued new guidelines for prescribing antibiotics for acute respiratory tract infections in adults. The guidelines were published online Jan. 19 in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

ACP, CDC Offer Antibiotic Rx Guidelines for ARTIs

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Physicians' group and CDC jointly advise that the meds not be prescribed for colds, bronchitis in adults
As insurers place increasing emphasis on evaluating physicians based on quality measures

Guidelines Provided for Correct Way to Dismiss Patients

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Practices should develop specific policy for provider-patient termination
Physicians facing death are less likely to demand aggressive care

Physicians Choose Less Aggressive Care at End of Life

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Doctors less likely to die in a hospital, have surgery, and to be admitted to the ICU
An estimated 50 percent of young Americans infected with HIV don't know they have it

CDC: HIV Testing Rates Still Low Among Teens, Young Adults

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Half of infected young people don't know it, even though guidelines suggest screening all 13 to 64
For patients with moderately severe menopausal hot flashes

Chinese Medicine Acupuncture Doesn’t Top Sham for Hot Flashes

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Chinese medicine acupuncture is not superior to noninsertive sham for menopausal women
Patient satisfaction scores are influenced by the design and implementation of patient surveys

Design of Physician Satisfaction Surveys Affects Results

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Author makes recommendations for improving the accuracy and utility of scores