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Anchor lead: FDA regulators may have contributed to the prescription opioid epidemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Enhanced enrichment randomized withdrawal. Hmmm, not sure what that might sound like to you, but Caleb Alexander, a physician and researcher at Johns Hopkins, shows …
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Anchor lead: While telemedicine visits provide many advantages there are some gaps, Elizabeth Tracey reports Telemedicine has been a lifeline for many, enabling people to see their physicians for many types of visits. Yet a Johns Hopkins study led by …
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Anchor lead: Many nurses and other health professionals are leaving medicine in the midst of the pandemic, Elizabeth Tracey reports Even as the nation can least afford it, nurses and other health professionals are leaving medical practice. Patricia Davidson, dean …
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Anchor lead: As the country grapples with Covid-19, residential care facilities are once again a locus of infection, Elizabeth Tracey reports Residential care facilities, which often provide both housing and healthcare to seniors, are once again seeing many of their …
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Anchor lead: Nurses are at highest risk to catch Covid-19, Elizabeth Tracey reports When it comes to healthcare professionals becoming infected with Covid-19, nurses are at highest risk, data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show. Patricia Davidson, …
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Anchor lead: Should cancers be sequenced again if they recur? Elizabeth Tracey reports When cancers recur, they are genetically different from when they were first detected, especially after many treatments. With evidence from a new federal study of tumor sequencing …
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Anchor lead: A big new project shows the benefit of genetic sequencing of cancers, Elizabeth Tracey reports Should you have your cancer sequenced? A very large new federal study suggests the answer is more convincingly than ever, yes. William Nelson, …
