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Hip pain predicts arthritis mortality beyond comorbidities
Hip pain also appeared to impact mortality in younger patients.
Opinion
What is causing my patients’ macrocytosis?
How to find the source of an incidental finding of macrocytosis, especially in patients without anemia.
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TAILORx: Most women with intermediate risk ER+ breast cancer can safely skip chemo
Big news for some breast cancer patients from ASCO 2018
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ACS: Screen for colon cancer at 45
And testosterone therapy may impact kidney stone risk.
From the Journals
Severity of sepsis-associated coagulopathy predicts hospital mortality
This study outlines a simplified classification scheme for coagulopathy with implications that are potentially “profound.”
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High testosterone in postmenopausal women may add CVD risk
This comes while estradiol is associated with a reduced risk of some heart conditions.
From the Journals
Psoriasis therapy with biologics not linked to increased cancer risk
The international case-control study using registry data looked at risk in real-world clinical practice.
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MDedge Daily News: Group support, mentorship help combat burnout in female physicians
Lingering implicit unconscious biases are part of the reason for the high burnout rate in women, but there are strategies for improvement.
From the Journals
Sarcopenia had minor impact on hernia repair SSIs
A prospective study looks at the link between sarcopenia and ventral hernia repair outcomes.
Video
Peer mentorship, groups help combat burnout in female physicians
NEW YORK – Female physicians are at higher risk of burnout in part because of lingering implicit and unconscious biases in society and the...
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MDedge Daily News: Genes, not adiposity, may be driving appetite differences in obesity
The answer to appetite may be in patient genes.