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NewsStudy: Children may outgrow chronic conditions
Chronic conditions may be more fluid than the term "chronic" suggests, according to findings from a February JAMA article. Chronic conditions such as obesity, asthma, diabetes or attention-deficit Read more...
Journal editors propose stricter conflict-of-interest disclosures
A group of medical journal editors has proposed that the industry use a tough new conflict-of-interest disclosure form which asks authors for far more detail than is currently submitted by authors. Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: JAMA loosens rule silencing those alleging conflicts of interest
Traditionally, the Journal of the American Medical Association has had a policy in place demanding that those alleging that study authors had undisclosed financial conflicts keep their mouths Read more...
Leapfrog safe practices survey may have captured 'excessive noise'
A survey of hospital performance conducted by the Leapfrog Group in 2006 may suffer from "excessive noise" according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. The Safe Read more...
Study: Nursing homes unprepared for pandemics
If your hospital is counting on having help from nursing homes when emergencies hit, think again. A new study suggests that more than half of nursing homes won't be prepared to accept hospital Read more...
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