ACP Does Not Support Legalization of Assisted Suicide
Legalization would affect trust in the patient-physician relationship, and in the medical profession
One-Quarter of Lupus Patients Have Metabolic Syndrome
Risk of metabolic syndrome higher with lupus versus the general population
Total of 0.21 Years Lost Due to Opioid-Related Poisoning Deaths
Drug-related poisoning deaths up from 2000 to 2015, with most of the increase due to opioid deaths
‘Science Spin’ Found Prevalent in Biomedical Literature
Nature of spin varies, with highest variability in prevalence of spin seen in trials
Doctors Spend Almost Six Hours Per Day on EHR Tasks
Clerical and administrative tasks including order entry, billing account for almost half of hours
Physicians Tweeting About Drugs May Have Conflict of Interest
Physicians with financial conflict of interest often mention specific drugs for which they have a conflict
Vitamin D Deficiency Tied to Neuropathic Pain
Findings among patients diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis
Some Aspects of Empathy Improve During Medical Training
Decrease in empathy as assessed by JSPE, but overall cognitive empathy improved on the QCAE
Most Opioid Use Concentrated in Top 10 Percent of Users
Top 10 percent of users accounted for 76 percent of the total annual morphine equivalents
Are Physicians Obligated to Help on Planes?
One administrative physician explains his sense of obligation to help
