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AAOS: Osteoporosis Drugs May Weaken Bones in Long Term (CME/CE)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — The gains bisphosphonate use brings in the structural integrity of the femur decay over time in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, researchers found.

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AAOS: Nurse Staffing Level Matters in Hip Fracture Outcomes (CME/CE)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

NEW ORLEANS (MedPage Today) — Older patients with a hip fracture are more likely to die when admitted to hospitals with lower nurse staffing levels, a retrospective study showed.

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Metabolic Meds Top Medicare Drug Spending

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Metabolic drugs (MedPage Today) — namely cholesterol and diabetes meds — account for the greatest Medicare prescription expenses, researchers say.

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FDA Panel Gives Nod to IPF Drug

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — An FDA panel of lung experts endorsed what would be the first U.S. drug for patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), despite mixed clinical evidence of the drug’s efficacy.

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Novel Thyroid Hormone Analogue Aids Lipid Lowering (CME/CE)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

An experimental agent that mimics thyroid hormone in the liver enhanced the lipid-lowering effect of statins in a randomized, controlled trial.

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Docs Often Miss Lipid Targets, More So With Women (CME/CE)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Primary care doctors may only treat to recommended cholesterol targets about half the time, and even less when the patient is a woman, a survey of German physicians showed.

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Older Hyperkalemia Agents Don’t Pass Muster (CME/CE)

Thursday, March 11th, 2010

Drugs long used to treat patients with high blood levels of potassium are ineffective and potentially dangerous, a new report concluded.

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Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

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CMS publishes this Update at the beginning of each quarter to inform the public about the following:Regulations and major policies currently under development during this quarter.Regulations and major policies [...]

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Obstructive Disease Not Found on Most Angiograms (CME/CE, with audio)

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

For patients without known heart disease, the diagnostic yield of coronary angiography appears to be low, researchers found.
Base VBAC Decision on Evidence, NIH Panel Urges BETHESDA, Md. (MedPage Today) — A National Institutes of Health consensus panel has recommended that pregnant women and their care providers use evidence-based decision-making [...]

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rangerrob50: They also provided a back-up battery

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

rangerrob50: They also provided a back-up battery
Comparative Effectiveness Studies Found Wanting (CME/CE) Head-to-head studies of different drugs have dominated comparative effectiveness research to date, while other types of studies that might be equally useful have been neglected, researchers said. Pain Common in Systemic Sclerosis [...]

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