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Screen opioid users for depression, study recommends
Opioid prescribing should be combined with both screening and treatment of depression, a new study shows.
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Senate, House take first step toward repealing ACA
With a Jan. 12 early morning procedural passed on party lines, the Senate has set the stage for the repeal of the revenue aspects of the...
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Statin use increases risk of herpes zoster
Statin use, as well as how recent statin exposure occurred, are significant risk factors of herpes zoster.
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Adding entacapone to intestinal gel could lower levodopa effective dose
The addition of the catechol-O-methyltransferase inhibitor entacapone to levodopa-carbidopa intestinal gel provided adequate levodopa exposure at...
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Study: Docs could see financial losses under partial ACA repeal
An expected partial repeal of the Affordable Care Act will hit physicians’ bottom line, according to a new analysis from the Urban Institute.
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Nutrition expert to heart patients: ‘Eat some cheese’
“A diet including cheese should be recommended for all to prevent and manage type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease,” according to Arne Astrup...
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Survey: Docs see health care improvements as unlikely in 2017
Physicians appear to be quite pessimistic about the chances for improving health care quality, costs, and access, according to a survey conducted...
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What’s in store for CMS under Seema Verma?
Former CMS administrators discuss possible changes to Medicaid under the Trump administration nominee and future challenges for the agency.
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Giant cell arteritis independently raises risk for venous thromboembolism
The risk of venous thromboembolism increases markedly shortly before the diagnosis of giant cell arteritis regardless of glucocorticoid exposure,...
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Medicare failed to recover up to $125 million in overpayments, records show
Six years ago, federal health officials were confident they could save taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars annually by auditing private...
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Study highlights need to address vitamin D deficiency in epilepsy patients
Neurologists and other clinicians ordered vitamin D levels, DXA scans, and vitamin D supplementation for epilepsy patients in order to diagnose...