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This review summarizes current understanding of and approaches to autism spectrum disorder and emphasizes that first-line therapy focuses on behavioral interventions.

Compared with enhanced drivers’ education, use of a computerized skills training program in teens learning to drive reduced two-second glances away from the road by 25% and reduced rates of collision or near-collision by 40%. These results persisted in the year after the training.

The updated AAP guidance “recommends programmatic consideration of providing more than 5 consecutive doses of palivizumab depending on the duration of the current RSV surge in a given region of the country.”

These specialties had the highest proportion of doctors still making student loan payments, per the 2022 Medscape report: Emergency Medicine (31%) Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation (31%) Pediatrics (31%) Neurology (28%) Otolaryngology (28%) Family Medicine (28%) For the least debt-burdened: Pulmonary Medicine (10%) Public Health & Preventive Medicine (11%) Rheumatology (12%) Diabetes & Endocrinology (15%) Dermatology (16%) Cardiology (16%)

MDLinx compiled a reading list of captivating books that have nothing to do with medicine—but might just help physicians realize some things about their work — and life.