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Predictors of exposure to high-priority drug-drug interactions among non-elderly adults in Quebec, Canada [Prescribing and pharmacotherapeutics]

Annals of Family Medicine

Dataset: A cohort containing a random sample of 5% of the database population of Quebec provincial administrative databases including demographic data, pharmacy claims data, medical consultations, and hospitalizations was used.

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DEA Regs Bulk Up with 2014 Anabolic Steroid Control Law Additions

FDA Law Blog

Houck — Anabolic steroids that include testosterone, methyltestosterone, nandrolone decanoate and oxandrolone are schedule III controlled substances with currently accepted medical uses in the U.S. Implementation of the Designer Anabolic Steroid Control Act of 2014 , 88 Fed. DASCA became law, amending the CSA, on December 18, 2014.

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Psychedelics may help people reinvent themselves

Medical Xpress

Researchers from the University of Cincinnati examined the post-treatment journals kept by participants in a 2014 smoking cessation study that found psychedelics were effective in helping some people quit smoking for years.

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Personalized medicine in a community health system: the Endeavor Health experience [Dissemination and implementation research]

Annals of Family Medicine

In 2014, Endeavor Health (formerly NorthShore University HealthSystem) launched the Center for Personalized Medicine to catalyze the delivery of personalized medicine. The development of a novel bioinformatics platform (FLYPE) enabled the incorporation of genomics data into electronic medical records.

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Empowerment Self-Defense Arms ED Staff Against Rising Workplace Violence

Physician's Weekly

For physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and support staff, workplace violence (WPV) is now a daily hazard, inflicting physical injury, emotional trauma, and eroding the quality of patient care. Current Responses: Necessary but Insufficient Medical organizations have responded with advocacy efforts and public campaigns.

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The Approach to Chest Pain with Dr. Chris Migliore

Louisville Lectures

Chris Migliore earned a Bachelor and Masters of Science, both in Physiology, at Southern Illinois University, and completed a Masters of Arts at Loyola University Chicago in Medical Sciences. He served as an Assistant Professor at Loyola University while completing his MD at Rush Medical College in Chicago, IL, where he graduated in 2014.

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Remembering Holly J. Humphrey, MD, MACP

ABIM

Humphrey, MD, MACP, a nationally renowned leader in medical education and President of the Josiah Macy Jr. She served as the chair of the Board from 2006 to 2007 and chair of the ABIM Foundation Board of Trustees from 2014 to 2016. A Message from Furman S. Foundation, passed yesterday from pancreatic cancer.