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Brief stress management training helps teens with mental health complaints
TORONTO - A one-time stress management lesson left adolescents feeling better and wanting more.
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Patient adjustments needed for closed-loop insulin delivery
Closed-loop insulin delivery has great potential, but patients and families may need to adjust their expectations first.
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Babies exposed to SSRIs in utero have decreased LV size
TORONTO – Whether these differences make a difference in health or disease susceptibility is not yet known.
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Texas pharmacies restrict access to morning-after pill
TORONTO – Despite federal legislation stating otherwise, almost half of Texas pharmacies restrict access to levonorgestrel based on age and put up...
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Most moms with PPD identified by pediatricians don’t receive mental health care
TORONTO – If you identify a mom with PPD, ensure she gets the mental help services she needs.
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Responsive parenting intervention slows weight gain in infancy
TORONTO - Teaching parents to respond appropriately to their infant's eating and satiety cues results in significantly lower BMI z scores at 3...
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About sex, adults aren’t talking or kids aren’t listening
TORONTO – Almost half of adolescents say their PCPs aren’t talking with them about sex, and parents more often report having “the talk” than teens...
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Reduce referrals: Skip eye chart with automated vision checker for kids
Skipping the eye chart and using an automated handheld photorefractor reduced the numbers of patients referred to specialist eye care.
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FDA’s standards for approving generics are questioned
TORONTO – Investigators found wide variability in the pharmacokinetics of different batches of a drug used to treat asthma.
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ARDS incidence is declining. Is it a preventable syndrome?
TORONTO – Improvements in hospital practices may be the key to success.
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Omalizumab helps asthma COPD overlap patients
Researchers presented the findings of a study of one of the largest observational cohorts to date of patients with asthma COPD overlap (ACO) at...
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Nebulized LABA safe for long-term use in COPD
Formoterol fumarate significantly improved lung function from baseline, according to some spirometry measures.
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Nebulized glycopyrrolate improves lung function in COPD
TORONTO – Glycopyrrolate, a novel nebulized long-acting muscarinic antagonist (LAMA) in development, was well-tolerated and significantly improved...
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IGRA preferred test for latent TB diagnosis
Only one-third of physician respondents to a survey knew that the T-SPOT.TB test had the highest sensitivity for identifying those with latent TB...
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Lung recovery high after ECMO in near-fatal pediatric asthma
Eighty percent of asthma patients treated with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation experienced at least one complication.