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Biden plan to lower Medicare eligibility age to 60 faces hostility from hospitals
“Hospitals are very aware about generous commercial rates being replaced by lower Medicare rates.”
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New eGFR equation ‘less biased’ by age, kidney function; some disagree
The European Kidney Function Consortium equation surpasses existing equations by "resulting in generally lower bias across the spectrum of age and...
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Great Barrington coauthor backs off strict reliance on herd immunity
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United States adds nearly 74,000 more children with COVID-19
New weekly high in pediatric cases seen for the second consecutive week.
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Primary care journals address systemic racism in medicine
Each family medicine publication plans to implement different changes.
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How cannabis-based therapeutics could help fight COVID inflammation
The race to find an effective treatment for COVID-19 continues.
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COVID-19: U.S. sets new weekly high in children
“Heightened wave of infections” brings nearly 200,000 more child cases in October.
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Health sector has spent $464 million on lobbying in 2020
PhRMA leads sector through the third quarter, with the American Hospital Association just behind.
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Is the tide turning on the ‘grubby’ affair of EXCEL and the European guidelines?
A major trial comparing stents and surgery influenced European guidelines, but allegations of misconduct and hidden data have led many...
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COVID frontline physicians afraid to seek mental health care
“The pandemic emphatically underscores our need to change the status quo when it comes to physicians’ mental health,” said Dr. Mark Rosenberg.
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COVID-19: Immunity from antibodies may decline rapidly