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Posted By: Herman Lawrence , MPA, PA-C
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How Have Carcinogens Tainted Our Generic Drug Supply?

In July 2018, the FDA announced that a known carcinogen, called N-Nitrosodiumdimethylamine, or NDMA, had been found in v ...


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How Have Carcinogens Tainted Our Generic Drug Supply?

An Interesting Wrinkle in the Hahnemann University ...

Hahnemann University Hospital has been an institution in downtown Philadelphia, seemingly forever. The level I trauma ce ...

Filed under: Miscellaneous


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A Glimpse of What Artificial Intelligence May Brin ...

I've always been fascinated by what the intersection of big data, technology, and medicine will bring. While I am a firm ...

Filed under: Preventive Medicine, Public Health


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What Price to Save Your Child?

Let's say you have your first child and are elated to bring him or her home from the hospital. A month later, you notice ...

Filed under: Preventive Medicine


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Choose Wisely As To When You Schedule Your Medical ...

Most of us tend to need a pick-me-up—perhaps a cup of coffee—around mid- to late-afternoon. But a new study ...

Filed under: Health Policy and Trends


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Was the Apple Heart Study Virtually Useless?

My wife absolutely loves her Apple Watch and would admit that it is like her crack cocaine: she feels compelled to close ...

Filed under: Cardiometabolic, Preventive Medicine


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Universal Influenza Vaccine Begins Phase I Clinica ...

The National Institutes of Health have begun the first clinical trial of an innovative universal influenza vaccine candi ...

Filed under: Allergy/Immunology, Health Policy and Trends, Public Health


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Who Should Be Responsible? Social Media and Accura ...

The World Health Organization recently listed what they call "vaccine hesitancy"—the reluctance or refusal to be v ...

Filed under: Public Health, Infectious Diseases


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How Much Revenue Do You—and Your Practice&md ...

Merritt Hawkins, a large search firm specializing in physicians and advanced practice providers (APPs), has published th ...

Filed under: Practice Management/Career


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Leading the Charge Toward Maintenance of Certifica ...

The rationale and justification behind certification examinations has always been explained to me as it must be guarante ...

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