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Nine states have enacted the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact law

Interstate Medical Licensure Compact Formed

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Formation of compact commission triggered by enactment of law in seventh state: Alabama
For patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease

Review: Radioablation Offers No Benefit for GERD Patients

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No improvement in terms of mean time spent with pH less than 4, ability to stop PPIs, HRQoL
The prices hospitals charge patients for a number of common procedures rose more than 10 percent between 2011 and 2013

CMS: Hospital Charges for Common Procedures Up

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And hematologists/oncologists and ophthalmologists top list of high earners
For premenopausal women and those using hormone replacement therapy

Inverse Link for Coffee Intake, Cholecystectomy Risk

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Association for premenopausal women, those using HRT but not for other women or for men
Many state policies meant to increase organ donations and transplant rates have had almost no impact

U.S. Organ Donation System Needs ‘Disruptive Innovation’

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It's time to reward people willing to save a stranger, researchers say

May 2015 Briefing – Gastroenterology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Gastroenterology for May 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
The first genetic marker to predict response to pembrolizumab (Keytruda) has been identified by researchers

ASCO: MMR Deficiency Predicts Pembrolizumab Response

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Findings may help doctors better choose patients to receive pembrolizumab (Keytruda)
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery attenuates markers of oxidative stress in subcutaneous adipose tissue

RYGB Cuts Markers of Oxidative Stress in Subcutaneous Tissue

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Fifty percent decrease in oxidative stress; no change in inflammatory markers in subcutaneous tissue
Low physician spending is contributing to an overall slowing of health care costs

AMA: Physicians Driving the Slowing of Health Care Costs

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Physicians' spending grew more slowly over 2003 to 2013 than hospital and clinical spending
Population-based fecal immunochemical testing screening in adults aged 50 to 69 years can reduce colorectal cancer mortality

Population-Based FIT Screening Can Reduce CRC Mortality

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Large cohort study shows significant reduction among screened 50- to 69-year-olds in Taiwan