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An analysis of the current state of medical ethics education in the United States has been published in the June issue of Academic Medicine. The article

Report Offers Guidance on Medical Ethics Education

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Novel approaches to learning encouraged, such as flipped classroom, use of reflective narratives
Therapeutic anticoagulation is safe for treating venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer that has metastasized to the brain

Anticoagulation Appears Safe for Patients With Brain Mets

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Treatment does not cause significant increase in incidence of intracranial hemorrhage
The 50 U.S. hospitals with the highest charge-to-cost ratio have markups approximately 10 times the Medicare-allowable costs

Analysis Targets U.S. Hospitals With Highest Markups

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In the 50 hospitals with highest charge-to-cost ratio, charges 10-fold above Medicare-allowable costs
For long-term childhood cancer survivors

Cardiac Dysfunction in Childhood Cancer Survivors Examined

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Long-term survivors have greater prevalence of abnormal global longitudinal strain, diastolic function
New guidelines can enable successful physician hospital relationships and integrated leadership

AMA Offers Guidance for Physician-Hospital Relationships

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Six principles of success described for integrated leadership between hospitals, physicians
Scanning maternal plasma cell-free DNA as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing may also enable presymptomatic detection of maternal tumors

Cancers ID’d With Maternal Plasma Cell-Free DNA Sequencing

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Sequencing as part of routine noninvasive prenatal testing enables presymptomatic ID of tumors
The majority of adults presenting to the emergency department with low-risk pulmonary embolism are eligible for outpatient treatment

Most ER Patients With Low-Risk PE Eligible for Outpatient Tx

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Increased frequency of 30-day adverse events for patients with contraindications to outpatient tx
The Affordable Care Act may have helped boost rates of colorectal cancer screening among lower income Americans

Rise in CRC Screening Rates After ACA Implementation

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Increase in colonoscopy, other tests typically seen among poorer, less educated Americans

American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 29 – June 2

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The 51st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology The annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) was...
For patients with prostate cancer treated with androgen deprivation therapy there are increases in components of metabolic syndrome and in the prevalence of full metabolic syndrome

Metabolic Syndrome Up With ADT in Prostate Cancer

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Increases in components of metabolic syndrome, and in prevalence of full metabolic syndrome