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Many Patients Using E-Mail As First Method of Provider Contact

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Online communications reduced need for phone calls and office visits for many
Powered intracapsular tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy improves severe obstructive sleep apnea in pediatric patients

Powered Intracapsular Tonsillectomy Aids Pediatric OSA

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PITA results comparable to traditional electrocautery tonsillectomy
For patients with non-small-cell lung cancer with activating epidermal growth factor receptor mutations

Support for First-Line Erlotinib in NSCLC With EGFR Mutations

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And erlotinib therapy beyond progression may delay salvage tx for some patients
Hawaii has become the first state to raise the legal smoking age to 21 for both traditional and electronic cigarettes. State health officials hope the new law

Hawaii Becomes First State to Raise Smoking Age to 21

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Lawmakers hope age hike will make it more difficult for adolescents to start the habit

December 2015 Briefing – Pulmonology

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pulmonology for December 2015. This roundup includes the latest...
Physician burnout is the top issue for physicians in 2015

AMA: Burnout Is Top Issue for Physicians in 2015

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More than half of docs report at least one symptom of burnout; efforts being undertaken to address burnout
Racial/ethnic variation is evident in lung cancer incidence and mortality among postmenopausal women

Modifiable Factors Affect Racial Differences in Lung Cancer

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No racial/ethnic differences in the risk of lung cancer death among women in fully adjusted models
Prices at hospitals in monopoly markets are 15 percent higher than those at hospitals in areas with at least four providers

Higher Hospital Prices in U.S. ‘Monopoly Markets’

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Hospital prices positively associated with indicators of hospital market power
From 2001 to 2009 there was an increase in childhood asthma prevalence

Increase in Child Asthma Has Ceased Overall, but Not for Poor

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Increase in prevalence from 2001 to 2009, which plateaued then decreased in 2013
Comprehensive cigarette bans are most effective at limiting smoking among casual users

Both Smoking Bans and Cigarette Taxes Deter Smokers

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Bans seem better for social smokers; heavy smokers primarily deterred by taxes