Sleep Deprivation Increases After-Dinner Snacking, Weight Gain
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Oral Anticoagulants in Cancer Patients: Mixed-Results and a Lesson about Trial Enrichment
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Two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine came to differing conclusions about the utility of oral anticoagulants in patients with cancer. This might be because they enrolled the wrong patients.
Read MorePrimary Care Providers Save Lives. We Should Pay Them More.
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A county-by-county analysis suggests that more primary care providers = longer life-expectancy.
Read MoreBeer Before Wine, Everything Fine? Not So, Says Science!
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A new study answers the age old question: Wine before beer, sick for a year?
Read MoreSpike in Hepatitis C Infections May Be Side-Effect of Oxycontin Reformulation
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In 2010, oxycontin was reformulated to deter abuse. There may have been some nasty side-effects to that change.
Read MoreThe Best Data Yet to Suggest that Screen Time Hurts Kids' Development
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A study shows that screen time earlier in life is linked to poorer developmental scores later on. Uh-oh.
Read MoreMore Pharma Money to Physicians --> More Opioid Deaths
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A new county-by-county study found that the more a pharmaceutical company markets opioids to physicians, the higher the overdose death rate is.
Read More"One and Done" Therapy for Multiple Sclerosis: New Trial With Impressive Results
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A randomized trial demonstrated that “resetting” the immune system may be the key to stopping multiple sclerosis in its tracks.
Read MoreSuicide after a Cancer Diagnosis: Missing the Warning Signs
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A study found that after a cancer diagnosis, suicide rates more than double.
Read More"Serial Monogamy": A New STI Risk Factor?
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