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Vitamin D Boosts Quality of Life in Crohn's (CME/CE)

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Patients in remission with Crohn's disease who took vitamin D supplements had clinically meaningful improvements in quality of life, a researcher reported here.

OB-GYNs Are Confused By The Political Fight To Restrict Emergency Contraception

This month, the political fight over emergency contraception has intensified, as the Obama administration continues to resist making the morning after pill available to women of all ages over the...

Suit Alleges Drug Company Paid Doctors to Shill

Swiss pharmaceutical manufacturer Novartis paid doctors to push three of its products by holding educational events on fishing trips and at Hooters restaurants that amounted to little more than...

Early pH Test in GERD May Save Money (CME/CE)

ORLANDO (MedPage Today) -- Early referral of patients with gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) for pH monitoring can help avoid extensive and costly use of proton pump inhibitors (PPIs), a...

SJF Ventures Raises $90M for Third Fund, Tripling Size of Prior Fund

SJF Ventures has held a final close on its $90 million for its third fund, raising more than three times the amount of its second fund, which totaled $28 million, the firm announced Thursday...

State Newsbites: New Long-Term Care Panel Will Probably Flop, Experts Say

Heres a collection of news bites pertaining to the senior housing and long-term care industries, gathered from around the nation. Many of the articles are state-specific, but could eventually have...

Non-evidence based use of IVC filters

Recent paper here in JAMA Internal Medicine. Variability may be driven by the paucity of high level data, variable resources at different hospitals and marked variations in current guidelines....

Concussion: State Laws Ignore Science

(MedPage Today) -- State lawmakers are moving quickly to enact traumatic brain injury legislation aimed at protecting young athletes, but those laws are often a step ahead of the available science...