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• Examining Physician Legislators in the US Congress 2011-2020 Physician representation in the legislative process is key in drafting federal healthcare policy. How can we encourage greater physician diversity and involvement in the federal legislature?
  Southern Medical Journal, May 23, 2022
• How to Manage Drug Interactions With Paxlovid for COVID Some drugs can be held or reduced for the 5-day course. IDSA has published an online guide. Availability in pharmacies has greatly increased in recent weeks.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Doxycycline Bests Azithromycin for Anorectal Chlamydia in Women A 1-week course of doxycycline was superior to a single dose of azithromycin in women with concurrent vaginal and anorectal chlamydia infection in an unblinded randomized controlled trial, mirroring previous results in men.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Best & Worst Places to Practice 2022 Some states offer lots of perks and temptations for physician practices, although each doctor has their own priorities that make some places more desirable.
  Medscape Features Slideshows, May 20, 2022
• Here's How Abortion Clinics Are Preparing for Roe to Fall 'I think at this point, we all know the stark reality that we’re facing in Tennessee. We are going to lose abortion access this year,' said Jennifer Pepper, CEO, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health.
  Associated Press, May 20, 2022
• Siga Gets Requests for Smallpox Drug in Europe as Monkeypox Spreads Siga Technologies has received requests for the use of its smallpox drug to treat monkeypox, its chief executive officer told Reuters on Thursday, as cases spread in parts of Europe.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• AACE 2022 Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for Hypothyroidism Clinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Management of Post-COVID Cardiac Symptoms   How primary care physicians can evaluate and counsel patients with persistent cardiovascular symptoms after COVID.
  Medscape Family Medicine, May 20, 2022
• How Medicine Is Failing a Nation in Pain   Pain is central to every specialty, and we all played a part in the opioid crisis, says Dr Haider Warraich, author of The Song of Our Scars: The Untold Story of Pain.
  Medscape, May 20, 2022
• Changes in Suicide Rates -- United States, 2019 and 2020 A new report finds that the overall suicide rate in the U.S. has recently declined, but socioeconomic and health disparities persist.
  Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, May 20, 2022
• Exercise for Persistent Neuroendocrine Symptoms of COVID-19 Could regular exercise help prevent or alleviate the long-term neuroendocrine symptoms of COVID-19?
  Exercise and Sport Sciences Reviews, May 20, 2022
• MIS in Children After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Does COVID-19 vaccination play a role in the pathogenesis of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children? This report helps further our understanding.
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, May 20, 2022
• CDC Signs Off on COVID Boosters in Children Ages 5-11 An advisory panel also called for stepped-up efforts to make sure children get their initial vaccines.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• RSV Kills 100,000 Kids Under Age 5 a Year Worldwide A new study is the first to filter RSV deaths into narrow age brackets. Researchers found that nearly half — 45,000 deaths — were in infants under 6 months old.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Pollution Killing 9 Million People a Year, Africa Hardest Hit: Study Worsening outdoor air pollution and toxic lead poisoning have kept global deaths from environmental contamination at an estimated 9 million per year since 2015, countering modest progress made in tackling pollution elsewhere, a team of scientists reported Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
• Rabies: CDC Updates PrEP Vaccination Recommendations In trying to simplify recommendations and make rabies immunization less expensive, the CDC designated five risk levels with different advice based on the level of risk.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
• Environmental Health Is Going to Get Very Personal Sometimes it seems that not much can be done to protect the environment, but there are steps we can take to lessen the impact on our personal health and protect that of our patients.
  Endocrine Society, May 19, 2022
• Global Smoking Rates Fall for First Time, but Rise for Kids, Africa: Report Smoking rates have declined globally for the first time on record, according to a new report on tobacco use from a public health campaign group and US academics.
  Reuters Health Information, May 18, 2022
• Pancreatic Involvement in COVID-19: What Do We Know? Data indicate that the pancreas as a target of SARS-CoV-2 infection and suggest that pancreatic beta cell involvement could contribute to the metabolic dysregulation seen in patients with COVID-19.
  Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022