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The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling upholding the University of Texas at Austin's consideration of race and ethnicity in college admissions has implications for medical schools

Supreme Court Ruling Could Impact Med School Admissions

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AMA says diverse workforce is a key strategy to combatting health disparities
Appendicitis should be considered for older adults presenting with abdominal pain or nonspecific symptoms

Appendicitis Should Be Considered Among Elderly

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Two cases reported of seniors with atypical presentation, including nonspecific symptoms
For physicians with faculty appointments at 24 U.S. public medical schools there are significant salary differences between men and women

Differences in Salary for Male, Female Faculty Physicians

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Significant differences seen even after accounting for age, experience, specialty, faculty rank

American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine, July 7-10

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The American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting The annual meeting of the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine was held from...
Successful completion of the most extensive soft-tissue clinical face transplant performed to date demonstrates the progression of facial vascularized composite allotransplantation

Team Outlines Successful Total Face Transplant Approach

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Operation involved 41-year-old man with full face and total scalp burn
Patients with T3 glottic squamous cell carcinoma have improved overall survival with surgical treatment versus nonsurgical management

Overall Survival Up With Surgical Treatment in T3 Glottic SCC

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Improved OS for surgery alone, surgery with adjuvant treatment versus nonsurgical management
Detection of circulating tumor DNA after resection of stage II colon cancer may identify patients at increased risk of recurrence

Circulating Tumor DNA May Help Predict Colon CA Recurrence

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Findings in patients after resection of stage II colon cancer
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is appealing to physicians to join the agency as part of its recovery from a 2014 scandal linked to excessive wait times

VA Appealing to Physicians to Join Agency

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Key efforts in response to 2014 scandal include reducing wait times, engaging employees
Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills checklists are reliable for assessing technical skills among orthopedic residents performing open surgery on the shoulder

OSATS Can Be Used to Assess Residents’ Shoulder Surgery Skills

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Superior inter-rater reliability for checklist scores versus global rating scale, pass/fail measurements
A new study indicates that 8 percent of patients -- or one in 12 -- already diagnosed with one form of cancer will develop a second type of unrelated cancer. The findings were published online  July 5 in Cancer.

Second, Unrelated Malignancies Strike 1 in 12 Cancer Patients

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Second cancer was fatal in 55 percent of the cases studied