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(MedPage Today) -- Must reads about the latest news and trends in healthcare careers

Feeling Extra Forgetful May Signal Dementia Ahead

Title: Feeling Extra Forgetful May Signal Dementia Ahead
Category: Health News
Created: 10/28/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/29/2015 12:00:00 AM

UnitedHealthcare Expands Effort To Rein In Cancer Tx Costs

(MedPage Today) -- Pilot program caps oncology practices' profits

Genetic Counselors Skeptical of New 23andMe Service

(MedPage Today) -- Carrier status tests may provide more information than consumers can handle alone

End-of-Life Care for Dementia Much Pricier Than for Other Ills

Title: End-of-Life Care for Dementia Much Pricier Than for Other Ills
Category: Health News
Created: 10/26/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/27/2015 12:00:00 AM

FDA Approves Oncolytic Viral Agent for Melanoma

(MedPage Today) -- Talimogene laherparepvec for injection into unresectable lesions

Losing Our Connections

(MedPage Today) -- More Americans are becoming socially isolated

Morning Break: Sugar as Poison; Real Obesity Cure; Hospital Bombed

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

Slow Medicine: Is the CDC Right on Pneumococcal Vax Recs?

(MedPage Today) -- Evidence lacking for new recommendations

Partnerships, Not Mergers Trending for Health Systems: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, more meaningful use changes on the way

On Cologne, Clubbing, and Competing Risk

(MedPage Today) -- An invitation from friends prompts a statistical analysis

Morning Break: Meat Can Cause Cancer; Double-Booked Surgeons

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

Op-Ed: The CME Industry Slams Slippery Slope Series

(MedPage Today) -- The CME Coalition rebuts findings from MedPage Today's testosterone investigation

D.C. Week: Obama Moves to Curb Opioid Abuse

(MedPage Today) -- Also, the FDA approves a hyperkalemia drug

Do Gut Bugs Put the Brakes on Myelination? (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Microbe-free mice have hypermyelination of the prefrontal cortex

ICD-10: So Far, So Good

(MedPage Today) -- Claims submissions going well, but will payers kick them back later?

Anti-Inflammatory Flops in Acute MI

(MedPage Today) -- Top-line LATITUDE results show no impact on outcomes

$1 Daramprim Alternative? Not So Fast

(MedPage Today) -- Compounding pharmacy's plan could run afoul of FDA regulations

Task Force Backs Glucose Screening in Overweight Adults (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- USPSTF recommendation applies to ages 40 and up with no diabetic symptoms

Brain Differences Seen in Young Adults at Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's

Title: Brain Differences Seen in Young Adults at Genetic Risk of Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 10/22/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/23/2015 12:00:00 AM

FDA Approves New Option for Soft-Tissue Sarcoma

(MedPage Today) -- Trabectedin slowed disease progression versus dacarbazine

ICD-10: What if it Was All a Joke?

(MedPage Today) -- "What if ICD-10 was just a joke by a 13-year-old boy?" asks Roy Benaroch, MD

Medicare Advantage: Room for Improvement

(MedPage Today) -- Popular program is still a work in progress, health policy experts say

Researchers Move Closer to Alzheimer's Blood Test

Title: Researchers Move Closer to Alzheimer's Blood Test
Category: Health News
Created: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM

Obama Announces Steps to Combat Opioid Abuse

(MedPage Today) -- Federal health workers now required to receive training in opioid prescribing

Are Medicare ACOs Working? Experts Disagree

(MedPage Today) -- Some say ACOs haven't worked; others want to give them more time

CardioBrief: FH Foundation Industry Ties Explained

(MedPage Today) -- "We cannot do it alone," says a leader of familial hypercholesterolemia group on industry relationships

Morning Break: Brothel Deaths; Doc Experience Tracker; Colo. Insurer Collapse

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

FDA Approves Factor X Replacement

(MedPage Today) -- First product approved for rare clotting factor deficiency

Pelzman's Picks: PPE Removal's Sticky Situation

(MedPage Today) -- Without a good old-fashioned exam/history, diagnosing scurvy can run upwards of $40,000

Accidental Security Lapses: Inevitable But Manageable

(MedPage Today) -- Healthcare data experts address challenges to security compliance

Nerve Disorder in Horses May Offer Clues to Alzheimer's

Title: Nerve Disorder in Horses May Offer Clues to Alzheimer's
Category: Health News
Created: 10/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/19/2015 12:00:00 AM

FDA-Accelerated Ca Drugs Don't Get Adequate Follow-Up (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Evidence of long-term survival benefits still lacking for most

At End of Life, Measure What Patients Value

(MedPage Today) -- Expert discusses strategies to treat patients in their last years of life

Size of These Brain Parts Tied to Dementia Risk

Title: Size of These Brain Parts Tied to Dementia Risk
Category: Health News
Created: 10/16/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/16/2015 12:00:00 AM

D.C. Week: Jeb Bush Releases Health Reform Proposal

(MedPage Today) -- Also: Medicaid enrollment and spending spikes in expansion states

A Looming Tax on High-End Health Plans Draws Fire

(MedPage Today) -- Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to end the "Cadillac tax"

#Rxpocalypse Now: Increasing Drug Prices Unsustainable

(MedPage Today) -- It's time to transition to a value-based approach for drug prices and efficacy

Ebola Virus Remains in Semen for Up to 9 Months (CME/CE)

(MedPage Today) -- Study confirms previous data suggesting infectivity continues after "cure"

Jeb Bush Releases Health Reform Proposal

(MedPage Today) -- Calls for tax credits for those without employer coverage

CRF Employee's Death Under Investigation

(MedPage Today) -- Few details available

The Ups and Downs of ICD-10: HealthLeaders Media

(MedPage Today) -- Also, CMS launches effort to reduce incidence of heart attacks and strokes

Morning Break: Chains as Psych Restraints, Eco-Unfriendly Hospitals

(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web, gathered by the MedPage Today staff

CardioBrief: Third Strike for CETP Inhibitors

(MedPage Today) -- Lilly halts big evacetrapib trial

How Urgent Care Clinics are Evolving

(MedPage Today) -- Experimenting with new services to help them stand out from the crowd

ESRD: Medicare Pilot Targets Dialysis Centers

(MedPage Today) -- Program seeks bottom-up improvement

Don't Blame Shkreli -- Blame the System

(MedPage Today) -- Raising a drug's price by 5,500% is a symptom of a larger problem

Love the Robot, Hate the Robot: The General Surgery News Report

(MedPage Today) -- Also, treating uncomplicated appendicitis with antibiotics

IOM Advises on Right and Wrong Diagnoses: Physicians Practice

(MedPage Today) -- Also: last-minute tips on ICD-10

Mixed Reviews for CMS's Final Meaningful Use Rules

(MedPage Today) -- Critics say CMS jumped the gun

Health Policy Experts Fear the Worst With Payer Mergers

(MedPage Today) -- But insurance executives argue competition will still flourish

Opinion Makers: Edmund Funai, MD, on the Future of Academic Medicine

(MedPage Today) -- Academic medicine must be willing to change in order to survive

PCP/Oncology Partnerships Vital for Cancer Care Wave

(MedPage Today) -- Oncologists and PCPs will have to team up to cope with patient influx

'Failure to Communicate' Drives Misdiagnosis

(MedPage Today) -- Electronic medical records also need to be improved, says Mark Graber, MD

Help for Women With Opioid Addiction

(MedPage Today) -- Mothers with opioid dependencies have unmet needs

Depression Adds to Burden of Alzheimer's Caregivers, Study Finds

Title: Depression Adds to Burden of Alzheimer's Caregivers, Study Finds
Category: Health News
Created: 10/1/2015 12:00:00 AM
Last Editorial Review: 10/2/2015 12:00:00 AM

Surgeon Scorecard: Two Views

(MedPage Today) -- It's incomplete and perhaps inaccurate. But the culture may demand it.

Meeting the Challenge of Immunizations

(MedPage Today) -- Planning for flu vaccinations has gotten more complicated