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High-Risk Meds for Elderly Most Prescribed in South, CMS SaysMedicare Part D data for 2014 also revealed how a drug for hepatitis C helped boost overall spending in this program by 17%.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Aging Is Associated With Better Mental HealthAging is traditionally thought of as a period of physical and cognitive decline and depression, but in this study, older people had better mental health than younger individuals.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Brain Stimulation Effective for Phantom Limb PainPatients with amputations from land mine explosions show analgesic improvement 15 days after treatments with repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation, a new trial shows.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Mylan Offers Discounts on EpiPen After Clinton CriticismMylan NV said on Thursday it would reduce the out-of-pocket cost of its severe allergy treatment EpiPen through a discount program, a day after Democratic Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton joined lawmakers in criticizing the drug's high price.
Reuters Health Information, August 25, 2016

Circulating Biomarkers Linked to StrokeAdding four biomarkers associated with increased ischemic stroke risk improves the predictive value of the Framingham Stroke Risk Profile, a new study finds.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Overweight/Obesity Linked to Eight More CancersHaving excess body fat has already been linked to an increase in the risk for five cancer types -- now another eight cancer types are added to the list.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Gout: DASH Diet Lowers Serum Uric AcidDASH diet not only lowers blood pressure but also lowers serum uric acid levels, especially in adults with elevated uric acid levels who need it the most; the effect is modified by sodium intake.
Medscape Medical News, August 25, 2016

Nurses and Cyber Security: What You Need to Know As cyber attacks on hospitals and health systems become more frequent, nurses play a huge role in protecting the security of the computers they use nearly every minute of the work day.
Medscape Nurses, June 16, 2016
Should I Be Expected to Function as Both RN and APRN? An APRN who is often asked to do the work of an RN as well wonders about the risk and legality of doing the work of two people.
Medscape Nurses, August 17, 2016
Palliative Care in Sudden Death In cases of sudden death, is it too late to involve palliative care?
Medscape Nurses, July 6, 2016
Iconoclastic Breast Surgeon Laura Esserman Challenges the Status Quo From screening to treatment, breast cancer specialist Laura Esserman is on a quest to individualize patient care, and in doing so she is challenging a number of long-standing practices in cancer care.
Medscape, August 8, 2016
The More RNs, the Higher the Patient Survival A study shows that patients are less likely to die after cardiac arrest when there are enough nurses on duty.
Medscape Nurses, August 23, 2016

Residents Lifestyle and Happiness Report 2016 What are residents' biggest challenges? Do they feel confident in their skills? Is bullying a problem? How do they rate their emotional and physical health? Here are our 2016 survey results.
Medscape Features Slideshows, August 17, 2016

Diagnostic Error in Patients With Urologic Symptoms Are this man's symptoms related to his prostate or his bladder? Can you treat a UTI over the phone? These and other questions are addressed in this slideshow.
Medscape Features Slideshows, August 12, 2016

Eric J. Topol, MD Director, Scripps Translational Science Institute; Chief Academic Officer, Scripps Health; Professor of Genomics, The Scripps Research Institute; Senior Consultant, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, California; Editor-in-Chief, Medscape