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Docs should counsel youth about not smoking: panel
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Doctors should talk to school-aged kids and teens about the consequences of smoking and how to avoid pressure to start using cigarettes, a government-backed panel said today. The draft guidelines from the U.S. Preventive...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Medical Specialization, Education
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Opioid painkillers tied to driving injuries
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People prescribed high doses of powerful painkillers are more likely to be injured while driving than those taking very low doses, according to a new study from Canada. The drugs, known as opioids, include common painkillers...Tags: Internists, OxyContin (drug), Pain, Health and Medical Professionals, Toronto (Canada)
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Regular aspirin use tied to age-related vision loss
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Taking at least one aspirin every week is linked to the development of age-related vision loss, according to a new study. The Australian researchers, however, caution that there's still not enough evidence to say taking the...Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Heart Disease, Medical Specialization, Science and Technology
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Hearing loss, cognitive decline associated in older people, study says
Hearing loss among older adults appears to be associated with faster cognitive decline than people without hearing loss, researchers found. The study published in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine on Monday suggests that, on average, individuals with...Tags: Internists, Hearing Impairment, Health and Medical Professionals, Alzheimer's Disease
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Acupuncture helped allergies -- a little, study says
Acupuncture gave some relief to people suffering from seasonal allergies, but the improvements didn’t last much beyond treatment, researchers said. The researchers, from several institutions in the United States and Germany, studied seasonal...
Tags: Acupuncture, Internists, Chemical Industry, Health and Medical Professionals, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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University of Chicago Medicine's top official faces a challenging 2013
Nearly every morning, before 7 a.m., Dr. Kenneth Polonsky is dropped off near the Lakefront Trail on Chicago's South Side, a few steps from Lake Michigan. He carries no briefcase, wears no suit and has no cup of coffee, the standard trappings of his...
Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Economy, Business and Finance, Research, Judaism, Chicago Sun-Times
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Traces of melamine from dinnerware can seep into food, study says
Serving hot food on melamine tableware could increase your exposure to melamine, a study released Monday in the journal JAMA Internal Medicine suggests. Melamine, an industrial chemical used in everyday items such as cooking utensils, plates,...
Tags: Internists, Health and Medical Professionals, Consumers, Food and Drug Administration, Health Organizations
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Just say don't: Doctors question routine tests and treatments
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters) - Now there are 135. That's how many medical tests, treatments and other procedures - many used for decades - physicians have now identified as almost always unnecessary and often harmful, and which doctors and patients should...Tags: Abdominal Pain, Surgery, Back Pain, American Academy of Pediatrics, Employment
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Avera doctor receives certification
Mohammad Alsumrain is now certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in pulmonary disease. Alsumrain, a doctor at Avera Medical Group Pulmonology Aberdeen, is also board-certified in internal medicine. Alsumrain earned his medical degree...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Internists, Colleges and Universities, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals
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End the 'doc fix' charade, once and for all
Doctors are breathing a collective sigh of relief because we again escaped a cut in Medicare payments. But this whole recurrent charade underscores, once again, the unresolved issue of how to pay doctors. The fiscal cliff rescue included the usual "doc...
Tags: Government Health Care, Internists, U.S. Congress, Health and Medical Professionals, Fiscal Cliff
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Centra chooses new location for internal medicine practice
Reporter/Lynchburg Bureau ChiefCentra has selected a new location for an expanded internal medicine practice in Lynchburg. Leaders of the regional health care system have signed a contract to purchase 7.9 acres off Nationwide Drive. A Centra spokesperson says the site offers easy...Tags: Internists, Drugs and Medicines, Health and Medical Professionals, Lynchburg (Lynchburg, Virginia), Medical Specialization
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Intensive care MDs: More white coats, fewer piercings preferred
It's not just your mom who's suspicious of body art: Families of patients in intensive care units said that physicians who don't display piercings or tattoos make a better first impression, according to survey results released Monday in JAMA Internal...Tags: Internists, Hospitals and Clinics, Health and Medical Professionals, General Practitioners, Medical Research
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