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U.S. flu activity continues to drop, but still widespread
A third straight week of reduced influenza-like illness (ILI) left the U.S. with no states at the highest level of ILI activity for the first time...
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Tofacitinib succeeds as ulcerative colitis induction therapy
A 10-mg dose of tofacitinib twice daily significantly improved remission, mucosal healing, and clinical response in adults with active ulcerative...
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Sustained-release steroid provides prolonged OA pain relief
Key clinical point: A single intra-articular injection of FX006 provided pain relief for up to 12 weeks. Major finding: The mean daily pain...
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Three things hospitalists ‘do for no reason’... and should stop
Dr. Leonard Feldman, a hospitalist at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, has presented a list of usually unnecessary hospitalist practices for 5...
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Health Information Technology Ramps Up Its Presence
SAN DIEGO — To talk to Nancy Allen, MD, a locum tenens physician who works in Portland, Me., is to get a sense of that head-spinning sensation you...
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New Ideas Showcased in Research at RIV Competition
Standing adjacent Poster 391 in a loud, crowded meeting hall, Monika Wells, MD, MPH, a resident in internal medicine at Virginia Mason Medical...
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Discovery could aid development of new sepsis therapies
antibodies toward SHARPIN (red) and caspase 1 (green). Cell on right showing increase in caspase 1 upon stimulation with LPS and ATP and co-...
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FDA requires labeling changes to metformin-containing drugs
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U.S. sepsis-related mortality rates differ based on data source
Despite challenges in estimating sepsis-related mortality in the United States because of its complex clinical nature and variety of underlying...