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Most Popular NEJM Group Feature This Week: " Belly Breathing " Therapy for GERD
Here ' s our most clicked-on item from NEJM Group this week, in case you missed it the first time around: NEJM Journal Watch Gastroenterology: In... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 2, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Unintentional Overdose Case / Ceftriaxone-Resistant Gonorrhea in North America / Virginia Hospitalist Opportunity
Here ' s what we ' ve chosen for you today: NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Case Record: A 36-year-old man was seen in the emergency department because... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 1, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Guidance Issued to Help Hospitals Respond to Disease Outbreaks
New guidance to help U.S. acute care hospitals prepare for — and manage — infectious disease outbreaks has been issued by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 1, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

EKG Device for Apple Watch Cleared by FDA
The FDA has cleared use of the KardiaBand — a medical-device wristband for the Apple Watch — that allows users to record their own electrocardiogram to... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 1, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

National Academies Urge Regulators, Industry to Take Steps to Keep Drug Costs Down
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine say that not enough is being done to lower the price of prescription drugs. The group offers... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 1, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Apixaban Scores Highest Among the DOACs in Meta-Analysis
Among direct-acting oral anticoagulants (DOACs), apixaban was rated most efficient at treating atrial fibrillation in a meta-analysis comparing the drugs with each other... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 30, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Migraine Prevention: Two Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide Treatments May Help
Two humanized monoclonal antibodies seem effective in preventing migraine, according to two industry-conducted, phase III trials in the New England Journal of Medicine. The... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 30, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Evidence Insufficient to Recommend Prenatal Vitamin D Supplementation, Researchers Say
Prenatal supplementation with vitamin D has little effect on maternal or neonatal outcomes, according to a meta-analysis in The BMJ. Researchers examined data from... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 30, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Universal Flu Vaccine / Childhood Obesity Predicts Later Obesity / Kentucky Cardiologist Opportunity
Take a look at today ' s offering from NEJM Group: New England Journal of Medicine: Perspective: Reports from Australia suggest a potentially severe influenza season in... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 30, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Fecal Microbiota Transplant for Recurrent C. difficile: Capsule Delivery Seems as Effective as Colonoscopy
Fecal microbiota transplantation in capsule form appears as effective as delivery via colonoscopy for preventing Clostridium difficile recurrence, according to a noninferiority trial in JAMA... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 29, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Biotin (Vitamin B7) Supplementation Could Affect Lab Results
The FDA is reporting an increase in adverse events and one death tied to inaccurate lab results due to interference of the supplement biotin (vitamin... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 29, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

New Type of Performance-Enhancing Drugs Rarely Contain What Labels Claim
Products marketed online as selective androgen receptor modulators (SARMs) — a new trend in performance-enhancing substances — rarely contain what their labels claim, according to a... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 29, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Your NEJM Group Today: Strawberry Gingivitis Image / " Belly Breathing " Therapy for GERD / California Primary Care Opportunities
Here ' s what we chose for you from NEJM Group today: NEJM Clinical Practice Center: Image in Clinical Medicine: A 42-year-old woman presented to... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 29, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Delaying Hip Fracture Surgery for 1 Day Tied to Higher Mortality Risk
Delayed surgery for hip fracture is associated with elevated morbidity and mortality, a JAMA study finds. Using administrative databases in Ontario, researchers studied 42,000 adults... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 29, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

FDA Warns About Serious Risks with " Medical Food " for Osteoarthritis
Used of Limbrel — a flavonoid capsule intended to manage the metabolic processes associated with osteoarthritis — is linked to potentially life-threatening conditions, the FDA warned... (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - November 27, 2017 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news