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About half of U.S. doctors received payments from the pharmaceutical and medical device industries in 2015

Half of U.S. Doctors Receive Payments From Industry

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And, market share for brand-name drugs down at hospitals with sales restrictions

April 2017 Briefing – Ophthalmology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Ophthalmology for April 2017. This roundup includes the latest...
Invited speakers at medical conferences tend to be disproportionately male

Meeting Organizers Overlooking Qualified Female Scientists

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Active generation of lists of potential speakers, assessment of qualifications can address bias
A proposal to replace private insurance with government-funded health care for all moved forward in California on Wednesday as Democrats on the Senate Health Committee voted to advance the measure.

Single-Payer Health System Bill Moves Forward in California

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Not yet clear where money for the single-payer system would come from
Treatment with adalimumab plus methotrexate is effective in children and adolescents with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis

MTX + Adalimumab Beneficial in JIA-Associated Uveitis

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In children with active juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the combination controls eye inflammation
Physician burnout factors include control

Risk Factors in Six Areas Tied to Physician Burnout

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Tool gauging burnout focuses on workload, control, rewards, community, fairness, values
Approximately one-fourth of eyes deemed to be normal based on eye examination by primary eye care physicians have age-related macular degeneration determined by fundus photography and trained raters

Undiagnosed Macular Degeneration Appears Common

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Nearly one-fourth of eyes deemed normal in primary care eye exam found to have AMD
Three anti-vascular endothelial growth factor treatments are associated with low rates of diabetic retinopathy worsening

Three Anti-VEGF Treatments Effective for Diabetic Retinopathy

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Rates of worsening low in patients receiving aflibercept, bevacizumab, or ranibizumab
Peak postoperative high-sensitivity troponin T is associated with increased risk of 30-day mortality among patients undergoing noncardiac surgery

Post-Op hsTnT Linked to 30-Day Mortality After Noncardiac Sx

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Increased risk of 30-day mortality for absolute high-sensitivity troponin T change of 5ng/L or higher
A gene therapy strategy can be applied to retinitis pigmentosa

Gene Therapy Strategy Feasible for Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Reprogramming rod to cone-like photoreceptors by inactivation of Nrl or Nr2e3 restores visual function