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Historical redlining associated with higher rate of firearm fatalities

An analysis of neighborhoods historically designated as low-rated for creditworthiness (known as “redlining”) in more than 200 U.S. cities found that these neighborhoods experienced a much higher rate of nonsuicide firearm fatalities between...
16-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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ACP recommends an evidence-based public health approach to excessive alcohol use

Policymakers and public health officials have a critical role to play in reducing excessive alcohol use and alcohol use disorder, says the American College of Physicians in a new policy published today.
16-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Being treated by a female physician associated with lower risk for death

An observational study of more than 700,000 male and female patients found that patients treated by female physicians experienced lower mortality and readmission rates compared to patients treated by male physicians.
16-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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System-level factors influence doctors to reduce low-value care practices

A study analyzing Medicare data on low-value care (LVC) services, or services that provide little to no benefit relative to their potential cost, found that physicians were more strongly influenced by system-level factors that encourage a reduction...
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Firearm violence risk score may help tailor, disseminate prevention efforts in emergency departments

A four-item score designed to predict those at risk for future firearm violence may serve as an important tool for emergency department clinicians to tailor interventions to young persons at risk for firearm violence and disseminating those...
16-Apr-2024 2:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Annals of Internal Medicine presents breaking scientific news at ACP’s Internal Medicine Meeting 2024

Today at ACP’s annual meeting, Internal Medicine Meeting 2024, Annals of Internal Medicine presented three breaking scientific research articles during a live scientific plenary session that featured the authors of those articles.
19-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Newer antibiotics under prescribed for highly resistant infections

A large retrospective cohort pharmacoepidemiologic study found that despite approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for 7 new gram-negative antibiotics between 2014 and 2019, clinicians in U.S. hospitals still treated more than 40...
15-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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RCT finds calories may be more important than meal timing when it comes to weight loss

A randomized controlled trial comprised of adults with obesity and prediabetes found that both time-restricted eating and a usual eating pattern resulted in weight loss when calories were held constant in both groups.
15-Apr-2024 12:00 PM EDT Add to Favorites


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Commentary: Newest vaccination recommendations provide more protection against RSV

5-Sep-2023 2:00 PM EDT

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Does this patient need an antibiotic? Imaging? Physicians discuss diagnosis and treatment strategy for patient with diverticulitis

In a new Annals ‘Beyond the Guidelines’ feature, two gastroenterologists with expertise in acute diverticulitis debate CT scanning for diagnosis, antibiotics for treatment, colonoscopy to screen for underlying malignancy, and elective surgery to...
6-Jun-2023 2:00 PM EDT

Physician “gun lover” offers suggestions for safer Second Amendment

Michael Rose, MD, MPH, is a proud gun owner, hunter, and native North Dakotan who practices medicine in the heart of Baltimore. Dr. Rose understands how his personal and professional lives may seem at odds with one another. But in a new personal...
23-Aug-2022 2:05 PM EDT

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