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More testing of febrile infants at teaching vs. community hospitals, but similar outcomes
TORONTO – Community hospitals do as well as university-affiliated hospitals in treating febrile infants.
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Urgent care and retail clinics fuel inappropriate antibiotic prescribing
Urgent care and retail clinics are “underrecognized” contributors to the ongoing problem of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing.
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Special care advised for HIV-infected patients with diabetes
Unique challenges require adjustments to normal diagnostics and treatment, endocrinologist says
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AGA Clinical Practice Update: Statins are safe, effective, and important for most patients with liver disease and dyslipidemia
With a few exceptions, patients with liver disease should receive lipid-lowering agents at full dose.
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AHRQ National Guideline Clearinghouse shutting down
Although some stakeholders are interested in keeping it going, it’s unclear what that would look like and what role, if any, AHRQ would have.
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Mosaic HIV-1 vaccine stimulates broad antigenicity, enters phase 2b human efficacy trial
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Sweeping reductions to documentation included in Medicare fee schedule proposal
E&M changes alone could save you 51 hours a year, CMS officials estimate.
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Primary efficacy not met by new M. tuberculosis vaccine strategies
“These encouraging findings provide an impetus to reevaluate the use of BCG revaccination of populations that are free of M. tuberculosis...
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Transplanting HCV-infected kidneys in HCV-infected patients showed positive outcomes, costs
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Fluoroquinolones can cause fatal hypoglycemia, FDA warns
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Antibodies to HCV core protein can be expressed in E. coli and silkworms