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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Your NEJM Group Today: Hepatitis A Outbreak / Low Accuracy of Clinician Suspicion for Lyme Disease / Connecticut Hospitalist Opportunity
Check out some of the recent highlights from NEJM Group: NEJM: Perspective: Dr. Margot Kushel examines the root cause of a hepatitis A outbreak in... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 7, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
State-Mandated Newborn Screening Tied to Decrease in Infant Cardiac Deaths
Mandatory screening of newborns for critical congenital heart disease is associated with a significant reduction in early infant deaths, a JAMA study finds. Researchers analyzed... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 6, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Zenker's Diverticulum / PE Not Common in Syncope? / N.C. Family Medicine Opportunity
Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Image in Clinical Medicine: A 67-year-old man with an... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 6, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Primary-Care-Led Weight Loss Strategy Could Lead to Diabetes Remission
A weight-loss intervention in primary care may lead to type 2 diabetes remission, suggests a Lancet study. Nearly 50 U.K. primary care practices were... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 6, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Patients with DVT Might Not Need Compression Stockings for 24 Months
Individualized compression stocking therapy to prevent postthrombotic syndrome leads to a shorter treatment duration and is as effective as the standard 24 months of treatment... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 6, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
1 in 6 Patients Undergoing Peripheral Arterial Revascularization Readmitted Within 30 Days
More than 1 in 6 adults who survive revascularization for peripheral arterial disease have an unplanned readmission within 30 days, according to a study in... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 5, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cocaine Accounts for Substantial Overdose Burden Among Black Adults
Cocaine is an important contributor to overdose deaths — in particular, among black adults — according to a research letter in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Analyzing... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 5, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Ensuring Patients Feel Like Human Beings / Marijuana Use in Cancer Patients / Mass. Medical Director Opportunity
Take a look at today ' s offering from NEJM Group: NEJM Catalyst: Article: Too often in healthcare, we forget that the patient is at first a... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 5, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Opioid-Driven Hospitalization Deaths Trend Up
While total opioid-related hospital admissions remained stable between 2000 and 2014, deaths from opioid-driven hospitalizations rose nearly fivefold, Health Affairs reports. A researcher... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 5, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cognitive Decline Charts Could Help Flag Whether Patient Has Dementia
Cognitive charts using percentile curves — similar to pediatric growth charts — could help determine whether a patient has developed dementia, suggests an article in the Canadian... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Evolocumab Approved to Prevent Cardiovascular Events
The FDA has added a new indication to evolocumab (Repatha). The PCSK9 inhibitor is now approved to prevent cardiovascular events (e.g., myocardial infarction, stroke, coronary... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Monthly Buprenorphine Approved to Treat Opioid Addiction
The FDA has approved a monthly buprenorphine injection, marketed as Sublocade, to treat moderate-to-severe opioid use disorder. Other forms of the drug (e.g... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Cardiology Experts Offer Guidance on Managing Bleeding Events in Patients on Oral Anticoagulants
The American College of Cardiology has published a guide to managing acute bleeding in patients taking direct oral anticoagulants and vitamin K antagonists. The decision... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
First Live Birth in U.S. with Transplanted Uterus
A woman with a transplanted uterus gave birth to an infant boy at Dallas ' s Baylor University Medical Center in November, the New York Times reports... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
Your NEJM Group Today: Advice for Tapering Opioids / A Rough Flu Season Ahead? / Wisconsin Internist Opportunity
Here are today ' s selections from NEJM Group: NEJM Resident 360: What advice would you give trainees for tapering opioids? Join this Q&A with experts... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 4, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news
