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SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- An automated BP cuff billed as an in-office substitute for ambulatory monitoring may substantially underestimate pressures, according to one center's experience.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In an otherwise rough week politically for President Obama, the president did score a victory when his latest nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid, and health reform implementation was confirmed by the Senate.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- In an otherwise rough week politically for President Obama, the president did score a victory when his latest nominee to run Medicare, Medicaid, and health reform implementation was confirmed by the Senate.

(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Long work hours for hospitalists led to longer patient stays and unnecessary orders, researchers reported here.

(MedPage Today) -- NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. -- Long work hours for hospitalists led to longer patient stays and unnecessary orders, researchers reported here.

(MedPage Today) -- Synovial volume as measured by MRI is highly predictive of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant failure in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, a study has found.

(MedPage Today) -- Synovial volume as measured by MRI is highly predictive of metal-on-metal (MoM) hip implant failure in both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients, a study has found.

(MedPage Today) -- A new edition of psychiatry's diagnostic guide "will probably lead to substantial false-positive rates and unnecessary treatment,” charged the man who led development of the last version.

(MedPage Today) -- A new edition of psychiatry's diagnostic guide "will probably lead to substantial false-positive rates and unnecessary treatment,” charged the man who led development of the last version.

(MedPage Today) -- An intravenous infusion of endothelial cells improved vascular function in a mouse model of chronic kidney disease, researchers said. Also this week: another reason not to tailgate the car ahead of you.