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A system has been implemented that enables collection of pre- and postoperative data for patients with nasal obstruction who undergo functional septorhinoplasty

System Collects Data on Functional Septorhinoplasty

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Outcomes data have been collected for more than 1,000 patients since the process was implemented
Physicians spend almost six hours per day in the electronic health record

Doctors Spend Almost Six Hours Per Day on EHR Tasks

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Clerical and administrative tasks including order entry, billing account for almost half of hours
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
Spin in biomedical literature (also referred to as "science hype") is prevalent

‘Science Spin’ Found Prevalent in Biomedical Literature

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Nature of spin varies, with highest variability in prevalence of spin seen in trials
Intravenous corticosteroids are both safe and effective when used perioperatively in total knee or hip arthroplasty

Peri-Op IV Corticosteroids Benefit Knee, Hip Arthroplasty

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Intravenous corticosteroids have good efficacy and safety when used perioperatively
Laparoscopic antireflux surgery is associated with a relatively high rate of recurrent gastroesophageal reflux disease

Antireflux Surgery Has High Rate of Recurrent Disease

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Nearly 18 percent have recurrence requiring long-term medication, secondary surgery
Ten-year overall survival for primary breast cancer patients treated with sentinel lymph node dissection alone is similar to that seen in those treated with axillary lymph node dissection

Sentinel Lymph Node Dissection Non-Inferior to Axillary Node

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Findings among women with T1 or T2 invasive primary breast cancer
The age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate decreased 25 percent from 1991 to 2014

AACR Releases 2017 Cancer Progress Report

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Twenty-five percent decrease in age-adjusted U.S. cancer death rate from 1991 to 2014
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
Humanitarian surgical care has been provided to local national civilians during the Afghanistan conflict

Study Details Humanitarian Surgical Care in Afghanistan

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A total of 5,768 local national civilians had surgery; 49.3 percent classified as non-war-related conditions