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Safety, quality and clinical practice

Nurse practitioner demand eclipses doctors as states lift hurdles | Forbes

Nurse practitioners are the fourth most in-demand healthcare providers, after family physicians, psychiatrists, and internists, according to new data from MerrittHawkins, a trend that reflects the growing ability for patients to directly access nurse practitioners.

Memorial Sloan Kettering and Philips want to upgrade precision oncology | Medcity News

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Philips are partnering to use precision diagnostics to figure out cancer causes are the single-cell level, starting first with pancreatic cancer.

Tele-abortion versus in-person abortion: Is one safer? | Medcity News

Medical abortions that use telemedicine are just as safe as in-person abortions, according to a new study.

Information technology

The man behind San Diego's $26 billion company | San Diego Magazine

A profile of the CEO of genomics company Illumina.

Novartis, IBM Watson collab to optimize care for patients with advanced breast cancer | Drug Delivery Business News

Novartis and IBM Watson Health will work together on advanced breast cancer by analyzing real-world patient data to create customized treatment plans for patients.

Pharmaceuticals

J&J's Zytiga slashes death risk by 38% in earlier-stage prostate cancer patients | Fierce Pharma

Johnson and Johnson's prostate cancer drug Zytiga, when used with other treatments, cut the risk of death in certain cancer patients by 38%. The drug may now be able to be used earlier in the disease.

In other news

Social jet lag is associated with worse mood, poorer health and heart disease | Science Daily

Maintaining a regular sleep schedule, including on weekends, may effectively prevent heart disease and other health problems, according to new research.