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Friday, September 5, 2014

Top Medical News from Across Medscape

  • Higher Potassium Intake Linked to Reduced StrokeHigher dietary potassium is associated with a lower risk for stroke and all-cause mortality, new data from the Women's Health Initiative show, particularly in women without hypertension.
    Medscape Medical News, September 04, 2014
  • FDA Staff Gets Support for New Antiseptic Standards, but...An FDA advisory committee supported staff efforts to set new safety data standards for antiseptics used in healthcare but advises against tinkering with the current status of 3 antiseptic ingredients.
    Medscape Medical News, September 04, 2014
  • Reducing Sedentary Time May Protect DNALess time spent sitting may lengthen telomeres and protect chromosomes from age-related damage, a new study has shown.
    Medscape Medical News, September 04, 2014

Special Report

Experts Debate Necessity of Pelvic Exams
  • The ACP recommends against routine pelvic exams for asymptomatic, nonpregnant women. Gynecologists disagree.
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Business of Medicine

  • Legal Pitfalls When You Refer Patients If you refer a patient to a specialist who does something wrong, you could end up in legal trouble. Here's how to play it safe.
    Medscape Business of Medicine, August 21, 2014
  • Behind on Retirement Savings? Here's How to Catch Up Many physicians start to realize, as retirement gets nearer, that they may have too little in savings to fund a comfortable retirement lifestyle. There are steps to take to improve the situation.
    Medscape Business of Medicine, July 31, 2014

Medscape Editor-in-Chief

  • Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California
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