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The Dilemma of the Opioid Crisis and Cancer Pain

The misuse of opioids and inappropriate prescribing patterns have led to addiction and overdose deaths in the United Sta ...

Filed under: Oncology/Hematology, Substance Abuse


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What the Heck is NTRK?

Neurotrophic receptor tyrosine kinase (NTRK) is a gene, and when it fuses to an unrelated gene in some cancers it can be ...

Filed under: Oncology/Hematology


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Medical Marijuana, Fibromyalgia, and PTSD

Have you made up your mind about the use of medical marijuana in your practice? I haven't yet, but writing this posting ...

Filed under: Rheumatology


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Lyme Arthritis—From High Index of Suspicion ...

An effusion of the knee(s) is the most common manifestation of Lyme arthritis, a late stage of infection with Borrelia b ...

Filed under: Infectious Diseases, Rheumatology


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Telehealth Policy Update—A National Resource ...

Telehealth is a method of enhancing delivery of health services, including diagnosis and monitoring of acute and chronic ...

Filed under: Practice Management/Career


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Nutrition Recommendations for Prevention or Delayi ...

In 2015, researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and Harvard School of Public Health in Boston publishe ...

Filed under: Preventive Medicine


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Do Meal Times Affect Weight Control?

In 2009, researchers at Northwestern University conducted a study on mice and timed feeding, later publishing their rese ...

Filed under: Preventive Medicine, Public Health


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Are Chemicals Making Us Fat?

Holistic health proponents are advocating to get rid of our so-common use of plastics for environmental as well as healt ...

Filed under: Cardiometabolic, Preventive Medicine


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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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