Top stories in health and medicine, May 29, 2014

From MedPage Today: Primary Pain Points: ‘Messing With the Computer’. “Messing with the computer takes the physician’s head out of the exam,” Jordan Grumet, MD, a primary care clinician in a small practice in Northbrook, Ill., told MedPage Today in response to the question “What frustrates you?” No Link Seen Between Vaccines and Lupus. Recent vaccination was not associated with an increased risk for the development of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). More Brain Bleeds With Stroke Drug in ‘Real World’. In a real-world practice setting, the use of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA, Alteplase) results in a higher rate of intracerebral hemorrhage than was seen in the well-controlled clinical trials that led to widespread use of the treatment in stroke patients. Cardiac Practice Guidelines Have High Turnover. One in five cardiology class I clinical practice guidelines published since the late 1990s have been downgraded, reversed, or omitted, with recommendations not supported by strong clinical trial evidence the most likely to get the axe, an analysis of more than 600 guidelines found. Your patients are rating you online: How to respond. Manage your online reputation: A social media guide. Find out how.
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