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Open Payments Web Site Debuts, Ready or NotRelease of industry payments under the Sunshine Act on September 30 means a cloudy day for physicians worried about accuracy and angry about the government spotlight.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

New AAN Position Statement on Opioids for Noncancer PainIn a new position paper, the American Academy of Neurology responds to an urgent public health problem, suggesting that for many pain conditions the risks likely outweigh the benefits.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

Oncologist Sentenced to 10 Years for Poisoning ColleagueA breast cancer specialist was sentenced for aggravated assault after lacing her sex partner's coffee with ethylene glycol. The victim is also an oncologist at the M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

Use of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotics in Infants Tied to ObesityInfants who received broad-spectrum antibiotics during the first 24 months of life were more likely to be obese at age 5 years than infants who did not receive antibiotics.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

Musculoskeletal Pain Relief With Stem Cell InjectionsThe evidence is still very preliminary, but clinicians report some success with bone marrow and adipose-derived stem cell injections for chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

Discussing Cases a Day Before Visit May Reduce OvertimeA method popular in manufacturing helped increase efficiency and reduce bottlenecks in a pain clinic.
Medscape Medical News, September 29, 2014

Aprotinin Reintro Puts Lives at Risk in Canada, EUInvestigators for BART, halted in 2007 after monitors noticed increased deaths in the aprotinin arm, say the decision by regulators to allow the drug back on the market was a mistake.
Heartwire, September 29, 2014

Virtual patient visits are growing in popularity. How will they change the doctor-patient relationship? And will you lose patients?

Surprising Legal Dangers of 'Safe' Social Media Your innocent-seeming posts or 'likes' on such sites as Facebook and LinkedIn can land you in legal hot water.
Medscape Business of Medicine, September 24, 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

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

Know Your NOACsWith three novel oral anticoagulant (NOAC) medications available and a fourth submitted for approval, how much do you know about these alternatives to warfarin? Take our quiz to find out.
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