Morning Break: Yelp of Hospitals, Bird Flu in Midwest

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Meet analyticsMD, which launched Wednesday and Time describes as the Yelp of hospitals.

The DEA is wrapping up a major crackdown on prescription drug abuse that includes the arrests of doctors and pharmacists.

Avian flu outbreak accelerates across the Midwest, now with roughly 40 million chickens slaughtered to slow the spread.

Maine is considering a bill to require insurance companies to cover abuse-deterrent opioids.

Just making things worse: probiotics for Celiac disease often contain gluten.

What's the difference between "keeping up" and "falling behind?" On ABIM and the MOC, a hospitalist weighs in.

Reuters reports that South Korea confirmed a third case of the MERS virus.

Ignore the PIED piper of nootropics, says Steven Novella, MD.

Retraction Watch's website crashed after their scoop about how a researcher fabricated data on a widely cited study about changing peoples' attitudes towards sexual orientation attracted more traffic than their servers could handle.

"Suffering from erectile dysfunction?" asks The Telegraph: "... coffee could be the cure." File under survey and correlation vs. causation.

The FDA warned about dosing confusion and errors involving the ceftolozane-tazobactam antibiotic combination sold as Zerbaxa.

Skeptical Scalpel pokes a hole in an acupuncture for pediatric appendicitis pain study.

This Illinois mother found out her 2 year-old had a rare form of cancer by noticing something strange in the photographs she took of him.

Checklists and core metrics -- too much of a good thing?, asks The Incidental Economist.

Before getting a mastectomy, a woman with breast cancer posted a photo of her breast on Facebook to inform others what to look for.

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