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VIDEO: Public reporting of congenital heart disease outcomes should be easily understood
Parents of children with congenital heart disease want more data on survival statistics, surgeon-specific experience, and complication rates.
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Our new year’s resolutions
Resolve to improve your use of electronic health records to make your life easier in the coming year.
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Bortezomib-based regimen led to durable remissions in mantle cell lymphoma
First-line therapy with bortezomib plus modified hyper-CVAD followed by rituximab maintenance induced durable remissions in mantle cell lymphoma...
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Model: Quadrivalent vaccine could cost effectively cut MSM’s HPV-related cancers
Use of a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in men who have sex with men would cost effectively provide herd immunity against anogenital warts and HPV-...
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Everything We Say and Do: Use familiar terminology to allay patients’ fears
It is our responsibility to explain to patients' medical situation(s) to them in plain terms that they can comprehend.
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Cabozantinib shows promise for carcinoid tumors, pNET
Cabozantinib treatment was associated with objective tumor responses and encouraging progression-free survival in advanced carcinoid and...
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In ICU, pair MRSA testing method with isolation protocol
An ICU’s method of testing for MRSA should be paired with its patient isolation policy.
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Capping gestational weight gain didn’t deliver better pregnancy outcomes
Behavioral interventions moderated gestational weight gain, but reduced weight gain wasn’t linked to better pregnancy outcomes.
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After TAVR, 1 in 10 Medicare patients need permanent pacemaker
About 1 in 10 Medicare patients require implantation of a permanent pacemaker following transcatheter aortic valve replacement, results from a...
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Travel ban affects international medical meetings
International medical conference leaders say the travel ban imposed by President Trump that blocks immigrants of seven Muslim countries from...