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Given that physicians are chosen for meaningful use audits at random

Seven Tips Help Doctors Prepare for Meaningful Use Audits

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Best way to prepare for an audit is to assume it will happen and make sure MU requirements are met
All patients undergoing chemotherapy or immunosuppressive therapies should undergo routine screening for active or prior hepatitis B viral infection

Hepatitis B Screening Endorsed Pre-Immunosuppressive Tx

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Antiviral tx recommended to prevent reactivation for those found to be hepatitis B surface antigen-positive
Yoga is increasingly popular among U.S. adults and children

Americans’ Complementary Health Approaches Changing

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Yoga practice and fish oil use up, some other supplement use down
A review of 52

Health Benefits of Moderate Drinking May Be Overestimated

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Not all factors considered in previous studies, researchers say
Human papillomavirus type 16 seropositivity is relatively common before anal cancer diagnosis

HPV16 Seropositivity Relatively Common Before Anal Cancer

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Seropositivity tends to increase in blood samples drawn closer to time of cancer diagnosis
A review of U.S. Food and Drug Administration inspection reports between 1998 and 2013 revealed 57 clinical trials in which regulators had uncovered violations serious enough to earn the agency's most severe classification -- "official action indicated

Research Misconduct ID’d by FDA Often Unreported in Literature

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Only three of 78 published studies mentioned issues of concern uncovered by FDA
Certain nonpharmacologic treatments are effective in pediatric abdominal pain-related functional gastrointestinal disorders

Review: Some Nonpharmacologic Tx Effective in Peds GI Disorders

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Improvements with hypnotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, probiotics in AP-FGIDs
For medical students

Confidence Not Accurate Measure of Prescribing Competence

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Fourth-year medical students show lack of insight into their own prescribing strengths and weaknesses
Motivational interviewing can be a useful approach for reaching noncompliant patients

Motivational Interviewing Can Help Reach Nonadherent Patients

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Although working with patients to set personal goals may take more time, the investment pays off
The tragic shooting of surgeon Michael Davidson can be used as an opportunity to find meaning in tragedy

Perspective on Dr. Davidson: ‘Be Like Mike’

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Michael Davidson took on highest risk patients, sought to extend lives in cases deemed 'hopeless'