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• Home Specimen Collection Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening (CME/CE) - MedPage Today

  Allowing women to collect their own cervicovaginal lavage specimens for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increased coverage and cervical abnormality detection rates in a community-based cervical cancer screening program, Dutch researchers said.

• No Increased Risk of Death with 'The Pill' (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• BP Variation Predicts Stroke Better than Mean Values (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Use Shot that Targets 13 Strains of Pneumococci (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• AAOS: Long-Term Benefit of Spine Fracture Tx Cited (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• AAD: Psoriasis Increases Pregnancy Risks (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• AAOS: Burden of Injuries from ATVs Growing (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• AAOS: Osteoporosis Drugs May Weaken Bones in Long Term (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• AAOS: Nurse Staffing Level Matters in Hip Fracture Outcomes (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Metabolic Meds Top Medicare Drug Spending - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• FDA Panel Gives Nod to IPF Drug - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Texas Earthquake Study Cites 'Plausible Cause' - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Novel Thyroid Hormone Analogue Aids Lipid Lowering (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Docs Often Miss Lipid Targets, More So With Women (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Older Hyperkalemia Agents Don't Pass Muster (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/11/2010
• Lifesaving Bills Filed In Florida Legislature To Guarantee Patient Safety Improvements - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Economic Models And Health State Utility Values - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Evaluating Models Used To Consider Health Policy Alternatives - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• The Dangers Of Daylight Savings Time - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Physicians Click Their Way To Better Prescriptions - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Agency For Healthcare Research And Quality News And Numbers: Patients Admitted To Hospitals On A Weekend Wait For Major Procedures - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• British Medical Association Response To Announcement On Doctors' Pay - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• Electronic Drug Information System "AiDKlinik" Reduces The Number Of Adverse Drug Interactions And Adverse Events - Medical News Today - 03/11/2010
• White House Expands Program to Fight Fraud and Waste - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Virginia Bans Mandatory Health Insurance - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Obstructive Disease Not Found on Most Angiograms (CME/CE, with audio) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Stromectol Effective Against Drug-Resistant Lice (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Whole Genome Sequencing Nears Clinic (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• FDA Reassures on Osteoporosis Drugs - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Senate Approves SGR Delay - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Base VBAC Decision on Evidence, NIH Panel Urges - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• ACF Announces The Availability Of $42 Million In Competitive Grant Funding For Native American Communities And Organizations - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• AAOS: Bone Graft Substitute Used Mostly Off-Label (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• FDA Okays Botox Use in Elbow, Wrist Muscle Spasms - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• AAD: Signal Inhibitor Active in Basal Cell Carcinoma (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Kids' Flu Shots Stop Community Transmission (CME/CE, with audio) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Anti-TNF Therapy Improves Life with Psoriatic Arthritis (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• AAD: HIFU Shows Promise for Body Sculpting (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/10/2010
• Fashion And IT - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Male Batterers Consistently Overestimate General Rates Of Violence Toward Partners - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Federal Funds Support Health Depts., But Leadership Is Key - Study - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• New York Times Examines Factors Affecting VBAC Rates As NIH Conference Begins - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Long Term Care Facilities Receive Increased Scrutiny - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Prime Minister Announces 'Positive' Plan For The Health System, Australia - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Vaccinating Kids Against Flu Protects Whole Community, Canadian Study - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Assembly Committee To Probe Rescission Settlements - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• States Struggle With Strapped Budgets, Cuts To Health Programs - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Perceived Health Can Predict Survival Of Esophago-gastric Cancer - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Irritable Bowel Syndrome Patients Not More Likely To Get Colon Cancer - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Grandfathered Drug For High Potassium Has No Proven Benefit - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• High Hospital Occupancy Linked To Higher Death Rates For Patients - Medical News Today - 03/10/2010
• Labor Groups Protest Insurance Companies - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Americans Have Sex into Their 60s and Beyond (CME/CE, with audio) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Medicare to Drug Plan Operator: You're Fired - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• FDA Panels to Advise on LABA Study Designs - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• ACS Stats Find Gains in War on Cancer - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• ASCO GU: Robotic Surgery Changes Some Prostate CA Treatment - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Comparative Effectiveness Studies Found Wanting (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Kidney Donors Survive Just Fine (CME/CE, with video) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• ASCO GU: BP Reveals Hit or Miss for Targeted Tx - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Pain Common in Systemic Sclerosis (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• AAD: New Agent Tames Psoriasis After Anti-TNF Failure (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Anti-AMD Drug Use Stirs Concern in Canada (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• AAD: Sequenced TNF Blockers Control Psoriasis (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Alzheimer's Disease More Prevalent in Blacks, Hispanics - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• Junk Food Tax Could Improve Health (CME/CE, with audio) - MedPage Today - 03/09/2010
• State Roundup: N.Y. Drug Pricing, Vermont Hospital Ads, Massachusetts Nursing Homes And Anti-Psychotics - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• New Cases Of Genocide Often Denied After Holocaust - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• New Syndrome Identified By BUSM Researchers - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• Health Minister Acts To Improve Access To Wheelchairs, Wales - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• Department Of Health Pulls Plug On Investigation, England - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• Dissolution Of The Meat Hygiene Service And Merger With The Food Standards Agency - Medical News Today - 03/09/2010
• FDA Panel to Examine IPF Drug - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• Protesters Plan 'Arrest' of Health Insurance Execs - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• No Survival Improvement in RA (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• Cheers! A Drink a Day May Keep the Pounds Away (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• Hospice Study Finds Racial Disparities (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• Treat Ocular Hypetension Early (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• ASCO GU: PSA Triggers Questioned in Active Prostate Surveillance (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010
• Special Needs Kids Often Underinsured (CME/CE) - MedPage Today - 03/08/2010

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