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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE SAFE FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA

Children with asthma and recurrent wheezing can safely receive the nasal spray influenza vaccine, a large study found. Medscape Medical...
Vaccination, Flu, Asthma, Infectious Diseases, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISTURBANCES MAY BE AN ALZHEIMER'S MARKER

Circadian rhythm disturbances in older adults may be markers of Alzheimer disease and its progression, new research suggests. Medscape...
Alzheimer, Neurology & Neurosurgery, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
WOMEN AS LIKELY TO GET HIV ON DMPA AS OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES

After 30 years, physicians can finally speak with confidence to women about long-acting contraception and HIV risk. Medscape Medical...
Contraception, HIV, AIDS, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
KIDS' BEHAVIOR TIED TO PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EPILEPSY DRUGS

While almost a third of children exposed prenatally to valproate have clinically relevant problem behaviors at age 6 or 7 years, exposure...
Drugs, Neurology & Neurosurgery, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
IMAGING CAN MISLEAD IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS

Tests can help clinicians assess patients with suspected inflammatory arthritis, but 'it shouldn't drive' treatment, an expert reminds...
Arthritis, Rheumatology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
NOVEL DRUG COULD BE 'DISEASE MODIFYING' IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

An investigational agent, the first-in-class drug voxelotor, is seen as potentially ‘disease-modifying' as it targets mechanisms that...
Drugs, Hematology-Oncology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
DARATUMUMAB BOOSTS OUTCOMES IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA

The monoclonal antibody shows evidence of improving outcomes and is being proposed as offering a 'new standard of care' for patients...
Myeloma, Hematology-Oncology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
DIROXIMEL FUMARATE SHOWS LOW GI ADVERSE EVENTS IN MS

The novel drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis is designed to reduce gastrointestinal events compared to dimethyl fumarate. Medscape...
Drugs, Neurology & Neurosurgery, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
CV BENEFIT OF NEWER TYPE 2 DIABETES DRUGS NOT SEEN IN BLACKS

In cardiovascular outcomes trials for type 2 diabetes drugs, data weren't significant for benefit among the small number of black and...
Drugs, Diabetes, Diabetes & Endocrinology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
CAUSAL EFFECT OF LP ON CVD NOT MODIFIED BY LDL

Lipoprotein is a common and strong risk factor for CVD, and the relationship isn't modified by LDL levels, gender, or antiplatelet...
Cardiology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
TELEHEALTH ABORTION PROVES SAFE IN US TEST, RESEARCHERS SAY

A TelAbortion approach can safely help women obtain medical abortions in states where the procedure is legal but have few clinics that...
Abortion, Ob, Gyn & Women's Health, News
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By Medscape - Jun 17, 2019
RECOMMENDATIONS TO REFORM USMLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT

Preliminary recommendations on the "complex" issues related to USMLE score reporting are now available online for comment through July...
Med Students, News
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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
FATHER'S SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY TIED TO ASTHMA IN KIDS

Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke from their fathers while they're in the womb may be more likely than those who are not to...
Tobacco, Pregnancy, Asthma, Medscape Today, News
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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS MAY ALTER PATIENTS' DNR DECISIONS

Communication interventions such as pamphlets, discussions, videos about cardiopulmonary resuscitation , handouts about advanced directives...
Regard, Medscape Today, News
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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
BURNOUT NATION: HOW COMPANIES ARE DE-STRESSING WORKFORCES

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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
EBOLA NOT KNOWN TO BE SPREADING IN UGANDA - WHO

There has been no known person-to-person spread of Ebola in Uganda despite the deaths of two people there who arrived with the disease...
Medscape Today, News
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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
MANY EPINEPHRINE SELF-INJECTORS STILL POTENT LONG AFTER EXPIRATION DATE

EpiPens and other autoinjectors filled with epinephrine to treat severe allergic reactions may still be potent enough to work many...
Medscape Today, News
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By Medscape - Jun 15, 2019
OROFACIAL CLEFTS LINKED TO WORSE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES

Children with orofacial clefts have worse neurodevelopmental and academic outcomes than their peers, from infancy through adolescence,...
Adolescence, Medscape Today, News
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By Medscape - Jun 14, 2019
NOVEL ASSAY IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR KIDNEY INJURY

A urinary biomarker identifies patients at high risk for acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, but that risk can be reversed with...
Nephrology, News
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By Medscape - Jun 14, 2019
MICHIGAN DOC ACCUSED OF USING DIRTY DEVICES; HIV, HEPATITIS RISK

The Michigan Licensing Department filed a formal complaint against Dr Roger Beyer for allegedly telling staff to re-use anorectal manometers...
Hepatitis, Infectious Diseases, News
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NASAL SPRAY FLU VACCINE SAFE FOR CHILDREN WITH ASTHMA

Children with asthma and recurrent wheezing can safely receive the nasal spray influenza vaccine, a large study found. Medscape Medical...

CIRCADIAN RHYTHM DISTURBANCES MAY BE AN ALZHEIMER'S MARKER

Circadian rhythm disturbances in older adults may be markers of Alzheimer disease and its progression, new research suggests. Medscape...

WOMEN AS LIKELY TO GET HIV ON DMPA AS OTHER CONTRACEPTIVES

After 30 years, physicians can finally speak with confidence to women about long-acting contraception and HIV risk. Medscape Medical...

KIDS' BEHAVIOR TIED TO PRENATAL EXPOSURE TO EPILEPSY DRUGS

While almost a third of children exposed prenatally to valproate have clinically relevant problem behaviors at age 6 or 7 years, exposure...

IMAGING CAN MISLEAD IN INFLAMMATORY ARTHRITIS

Tests can help clinicians assess patients with suspected inflammatory arthritis, but 'it shouldn't drive' treatment, an expert reminds...

NOVEL DRUG COULD BE 'DISEASE MODIFYING' IN SICKLE CELL DISEASE

An investigational agent, the first-in-class drug voxelotor, is seen as potentially ‘disease-modifying' as it targets mechanisms that...

DARATUMUMAB BOOSTS OUTCOMES IN NEWLY DIAGNOSED MULTIPLE MYELOMA

The monoclonal antibody shows evidence of improving outcomes and is being proposed as offering a 'new standard of care' for patients...

DIROXIMEL FUMARATE SHOWS LOW GI ADVERSE EVENTS IN MS

The novel drug for relapsing multiple sclerosis is designed to reduce gastrointestinal events compared to dimethyl fumarate. Medscape...

CV BENEFIT OF NEWER TYPE 2 DIABETES DRUGS NOT SEEN IN BLACKS

In cardiovascular outcomes trials for type 2 diabetes drugs, data weren't significant for benefit among the small number of black and...

CAUSAL EFFECT OF LP ON CVD NOT MODIFIED BY LDL

Lipoprotein is a common and strong risk factor for CVD, and the relationship isn't modified by LDL levels, gender, or antiplatelet...

TELEHEALTH ABORTION PROVES SAFE IN US TEST, RESEARCHERS SAY

A TelAbortion approach can safely help women obtain medical abortions in states where the procedure is legal but have few clinics that...

RECOMMENDATIONS TO REFORM USMLE NOW AVAILABLE FOR COMMENT

Preliminary recommendations on the "complex" issues related to USMLE score reporting are now available online for comment through July...

FATHER'S SMOKING DURING PREGNANCY TIED TO ASTHMA IN KIDS

Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke from their fathers while they're in the womb may be more likely than those who are not to...

COMMUNICATION INTERVENTIONS MAY ALTER PATIENTS' DNR DECISIONS

Communication interventions such as pamphlets, discussions, videos about cardiopulmonary resuscitation , handouts about advanced directives...

BURNOUT NATION: HOW COMPANIES ARE DE-STRESSING WORKFORCES

Reuters Health Information

EBOLA NOT KNOWN TO BE SPREADING IN UGANDA - WHO

There has been no known person-to-person spread of Ebola in Uganda despite the deaths of two people there who arrived with the disease...

MANY EPINEPHRINE SELF-INJECTORS STILL POTENT LONG AFTER EXPIRATION DATE

EpiPens and other autoinjectors filled with epinephrine to treat severe allergic reactions may still be potent enough to work many...

OROFACIAL CLEFTS LINKED TO WORSE NEURODEVELOPMENTAL, ACADEMIC OUTCOMES

Children with orofacial clefts have worse neurodevelopmental and academic outcomes than their peers, from infancy through adolescence,...

NOVEL ASSAY IDENTIFIES PATIENTS AT HIGH RISK FOR KIDNEY INJURY

A urinary biomarker identifies patients at high risk for acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery, but that risk can be reversed with...

MICHIGAN DOC ACCUSED OF USING DIRTY DEVICES; HIV, HEPATITIS RISK

The Michigan Licensing Department filed a formal complaint against Dr Roger Beyer for allegedly telling staff to re-use anorectal manometers...

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All Of The CUTEST Father's Day Instagram Posts From Celebs

Celebs went all out with sweet Father's Day Instagram posts including touching messages and adorable photos Yesterday was the day to celebrate all the great dads in our lives...

Lung damage can now be measured with a sensor almost as thin a human HAIR

The probe, which is just 0.2mm in diameter, contains 19 sensors that pick up on abnormal acidity and oxygen levels deep in the lungs. It was created by scientists at the...

A personalized diet can reduce the risk of diabetes

The number of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes each year continues to increase. There can be little doubt that the standard American diet - high in junk food and sugary...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to file lawsuits against New York State for repealing...

Back in April, the bureaucrats of New York State decided that it's within their jurisdictional purview to eliminate the right of parents to opt their children out of mandatory...

Immune System to Slow Degenerative Retinitis Pigmentosa

Complement system found to play a vital role to slow retinal degeneration in a mouse model of retinitis pigmentosa.

Nanoparticle-based Test for Early Detection of Diseases Identified

Building on new insights about nanoparticles, investigators developed a test for early detection of diseases, including different types of cancer.

Scientists Convert Type A Blood to Type O Blood

Scientists have discovered two enzymes produced by gut bacteria that can convert type A into type O blood (which can be given to persons of all blood types). This finding could...

Blood Pressure Drug Found Useful for Alzheimer's Disease

Hypertension drug may hold promise for Alzheimer's disease, according to Hypertension journal report.

1 Piece of Equipment You Need to Maximize Your Home Workouts

I'm a firm believer that, with the right mindset and an open space, you can accomplish a good workout pretty much anywhere. Do bodyweight HIIT in your bedroom! Pick up some...

Hepatitis C Transmission can be Prevented from Mothers to Babies: Study

Hepatitis C virus transmission can largely be prevented from mothers to babies if screening for HCV in pregnancy is done prior, reveals a new study.