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#WhiteCoats4BlackLives: A ‘platform for good’
Sporadic protests – with participants in scrubs or white coats kneeling for 8 minutes and 46 seconds in memory of George Floyd – have quickly...
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QI initiative can decrease unnecessary IV treatment of asymptomatic hypertension
How common is treatment of asymptomatic hypertension in the hospital with IV medications and what is the impact of a quality improvement...
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COVID-19-related inflammatory condition more common in black children in small study
It appears any increased risk in black children for developing the multisystem inflammatory syndrome linked to COVID-19 is likely due to social...
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COVID-19 neurologic effects: Does the virus directly attack the brain?
There are neurologic sequelae of COVID-19. “We need to be alert to these, and to try to understand the potential long-term consequences.”
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FDA approves new antibiotic for HABP/VABP treatment
Recarbrio was previously approved by the FDA to treat patients with complicated urinary tract infections and complicated intra-abdominal...
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Pembrolizumab plus EP gives slight PFS edge in ES-SCLC
The KEYNOTE-604 trial showed a small progression-free survival benefit with the addition of pembrolizumab to standard chemotherapy.
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Herpes zoster infection with MS treatment higher in women?
While MS affects more women than men, the fivefold increase in HZV well exceeds the female-male ratio in MS.
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Some biologics may be better than others for averting anterior uveitis
A Swedish cohort study of more than 3,500 patients with ankylosing spondylitis or undifferentiated spondyloarthritis finds that, relative to other...
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Spinning of results common in industry-sponsored interventional cardiovascular trials
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COVID-19: Use these strategies to help parents with and without special needs children
Make everyone in the family a contributor and foster a sense of gratitude, said Dr. Migdalia Miranda Sotir.