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UK COVID-19 Daily: Scotland Recommends Face Coverings in Public

News April 28, 2020

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COVID-19: PPE Shortages? Who to Tell?

Expert Interview April 28, 2020
COVID-19: Care Home Deaths Continue to Increase

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COVID-19 Daily: Doc Suspended, No More Advance Medicare Pay

Medscape Medical News April 27, 2020

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New Advocacy Group Aims to Give 'Every Physician' a Voice

News Alerts April 28, 2020
'Hospital at Home' May Boost COVID-19 Inpatient Capacity

Medscape Medical News April 26, 2020

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Shorter Wait Time for SDB Treatment Linked to Adherence, Outcomes

Reuters Health Information April 28, 2020
More Guidance on 'Vulnerable Subgroup' With Diabetes and COVID-19

Medscape Medical News April 28, 2020
Post-Approval Data Confirm Risks With Intragastric Balloons

Medscape Medical News April 27, 2020
Doc Suspended for Exposing Poor Social-Distancing Practices

Medscape Medical News April 27, 2020
Negative Pressure Wound Therapy Effective for Postop Abdominal Wound Healing Problems

Reuters Health Information April 27, 2020
COVID-19: Defer 'Bread and Butter' Procedure for Thyroid Nodules

Medscape Medical News April 27, 2020
COVID-19 Decimates Outpatient Visits

Medscape Medical News April 26, 2020
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FDA OKs New Drug for Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

FDA Approvals April 22, 2020

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Do COVID-19 Vent Protocols Need a Second Look?

Expert Interview April 6, 2020

How what Cameron Kyle-Sidell, MD, saw in an NYC ICU prompted him to re-examine COVID-19 ventilator protocols
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COVID-19 Testing: Eric Topol, MD, On Getting It Done

Expert Interview April 22, 2020

WebMD Chief Medical Officer John Whyte talks with Dr Eric Topol about the need for better testing, contact tracing, and surveillance, and where we should be spending more of our efforts.
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Improving Risk Stratification in Papillary Thyroid Cancer

Clinical Endocrinology April 28, 2020
Intraoperative Awareness Reported in the Early Postop Period

BMC Anesthesiology April 27, 2020
Lymphedema: A Practical Approach and Clinical Update

Wounds April 23, 2020
Metastatic Melanoma With Neuroendocrine Differentiation

Journal of Medical Case Reports April 21, 2020
A Device to Place Feeding Tubes Prevents Pneumothorax

American Journal of Critical Care April 20, 2020
Ventilation for Obese Patients Undergoing Bariatric Surgery

BMC Anesthesiology April 20, 2020

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Is It Finally Time for Physicians to Unionize?

Medscape Business of Medicine April 28, 2020

Bioethicist Art Caplan; Wendy Dean, MD; and Frank Proscia, MD, discuss the various stressors on doctors today and whether unionizing would improve the situation.
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New Advocacy Group Aims to Give 'Every Physician' a Voice

News Alerts April 28, 2020
Why I Founded United Physicians and Why You Should Join

Medscape April 28, 2020
COVID-19: Telemedicine Boosting Access but Is Not a Panacea

Medscape Medical News April 28, 2020

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