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An accelerated baccalaureate/doctor of medicine program does not impair the academic performance of medical students

Accelerated MD Program Doesn’t Mar Academic Performance

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Academic performance of students is comparable in accelerated program, conventional MD program
More Americans are getting health insurance as a result of the Affordable Care Act

Management, Treatment of Chronic Disease Up With ACA

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Higher numbers of insured leading to more treatment of hypertension, high cholesterol, diabetes
Only one out of every 30 women who receive a synthetic vaginal mesh sling to treat stress incontinence will suffer a complication that requires a second surgery

Vaginal Mesh Surgery Concerns May Be Overstated

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Only one in 30 women will suffer a complication that requires a second procedure
Patients with delirium following major surgery are more likely to have worse outcomes

Post-Op Delirium Diminishes Recovery in Older Patients

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Worse outcomes include increased hospital length of stay, disability, and mortality
In a review article published online Sept. 3 in the New England Journal of Medicine

Suggested Response Provided for In-Flight Medical Emergencies

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Article offers tips for physicians providing emergency in-flight medical care
For patients with biochemically recurrent prostate cancer

Mushroom Powder Shows Potential in Prostate Cancer

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Reduction in prostate-specific antigen level in some patients with biochemical recurrence

August 2015 Briefing – Urology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Urology for August 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
The outcome of a recent case regarding the termination of physicians by an insurance company following a dispute over the necessity of medical services provided has serious implications for physicians and their patients

AMA: Ruling Makes It Easier for Insurers to Terminate Doctors

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Court supported insurance company in termination of doctors after dispute over necessity of services
The risk of death

Sleep Deprived Surgeons Appear to Be Self-Regulating Well

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Review indicates that doctors who operate the night before another surgery do well
For most atrial fibrillation patients taking warfarin who require temporary interruption for a procedure

Periop Bridging Unnecessary for Most A-Fib Patients on Warfarin

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Arterial thromboembolism risk doesn't appear to rise without additional drug treatment