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Telemedicine payment expansion? Jul 19, 2018

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Federal officials are looking to expand the number of services that qualify for telemedicine payment. Also today, new PET imaging agent shows loss of synaptic density in Alzheimer's brains, fecal transplantation suggests efficacy in IBS, and SGLT-2 inhibitor shows lower mortality and cardiovascular risk than DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes.

Managing HIV with diabetes Jul 18, 2018

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Patients with HIV are living longer which means that physicians often need to factor diabetes into care strategy Also today, better communication between ICU staff and family may improve end-of-life choices, randomized clinical trials for probiotics often lack adequate safety data, and early data suggest that intranasal naloxone is promising for hypoglycemia-associated autonomic failure (HAAF).

Too many antibiotics prescribed in urgent care Jul 17, 2018

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Antibiotic prescription rates were at least twice as high in urgent care and retail clinics than at emergency departments and medical offices. Also today, overdoses from a fentanyl analog nearly doubled, a device impresses for chronic cluster headaches, and the immunogenicity of two-dose Gardasil 9 persists at 36 months,

Less documentation highlights new Medicare fee proposal Jul 16, 2018

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Sweeping reductions in documentation requirements headline a new Medicare fee schedule proposal. Also today, spironolactone is safe and effective for acne in adolescent females, for smokers, the ends may not justify the ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery system), and the rare diabetes diagnosis that thrills patients.

New hypertension guidelines means millions more hypertensives Jul 13, 2018

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Adoption of the new ACC/AHA hypertension guidelines would suddenly lead to 15 million more Americans and about 125 million more Chinese with hypertension. Also today, in virto fertilization and cancer risk, depression screening rates are improving, but are still not great, and the relationship between temperature, pollution and lupus flares.

Judge Brett Kavanaugh and the ACA Jul 12, 2018

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Previous rulings by President Trump's Supreme Court nominee could provide insight into the fate of the Affordable Care Act should Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh be confirmed. Also today, OnabutolinumtoxinA crushes topiramate in chronic migraine PRO benefits, antiamyloid antibody slowed Alzheimer's progression while also clearing brain amyloid, and the USPSTF says that nontraditional CVD risk factors are not ready for primetime.

Sjogren's syndrome recommendations are close Jul 11, 2018

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The first-ever recommendations for managing Sjogren's Syndrome will divide the treatment targets into sicca syndrome and systemic manifestations. Also today, more than 16% of ED sepsis patients are discharged, female authorship trends in academic gastroenterology over 40 years, and the CMS holds ACA risk adjustment payments following a legal ruling.

Solriamfetol could improve sleep measures Jul 10, 2018

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Multiple studies based on phase 3 clinical trials of the investigational drug solriamfetol have found that it may be effective for improving next-day wakefulness and work productivity in people with narcolepsy and obstructive sleep apnea, and that the drug can maintain its effect throughout the day as well as for up to 6 months. Also today, ankylosing spondylitis progression slowed when NSAIDs were added to TNFi, chronic kidney disease more common among patients with type 2 diabetes, laws that promote drug price transparency gain ground.