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After years of training that results in physicians and researchers speaking in a way that is at best challenging for patients to understand, they now can learn how to talk like a layperson.
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Research institutions might begin any new or improved compliance program by following the seven elements of an effective compliance program that are part of the Office of Inspector General (OIG) compliance guidance for hospitals, an expert advises.
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The regulatory compliance office at Children's Medical Center of Dallas, TX, has developed a comprehensive, 14-page research compliance checklist that is used to review all studies.
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When initiating or improving a research institution's compliance program, the most efficient place to start is to follow federal guidance on such programs, including compliance program guidance created by the he U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Inspector General (OIG).
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Primary systemic amyloidosis is often complicated by painful, sensory, and autonomic neuropathy.
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Anti-neuronal antibodies can be detected in Sydenham's chorea, but not in PANDAS or Tourette's syndrome.
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The King-Devick test, if validated in future studies, has the potential of becoming a standard sideline method for identifying athletes who have sustained a brain injury.
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Frontal lobe dysfunction may presdispose people to have psychogenic nonepileptic seizures; this dysfunction can be measured by analyzing a brief period of the awake EEG.
