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Standard Antibiotic Ordering Improves With Electronic Prompts in More Settings
(MedPage Today) -- Computerized prompts recommending standard-spectrum empiric antibiotics for low-risk patients in the hospital with either skin and soft tissue or abdominal infection reduced use of
Read MoreAXS-12 Reduces Cataplexy, Sleepiness in Narcolepsy
(MedPage Today) -- SAN DIEGO -- AXS-12 (reboxetine), an investigational treatment for narcolepsy, reduced weekly cataplexy attacks and in some cases provided complete remission, the phase III SYMPH
Read MoreSTAT+: Trump fired the top HHS watchdog. She says the future of health care oversight is grim if partisanship wins out
Before Trump fired her, Christi Grimm's office had recovered $30 billion for taxpayers.
Read MorePig Kidney Removed From Alabama Woman After Organ Rejection
Towana Looney lived with the kidney longer than any other transplant patient had tolerated an organ from a genetically modified animal.
Read MoreOverdiagnosis debate should not ignore social causes of mental illness | Letters
Dr Sebastian Kraemer ponders indifference to the developmental origins of mental disorder, Woody Caan says Labour needs a vision, while Jeremy Seymour says to not work is bad for one’s healthMental
Read MoreCalls for cancer screening shouldn’t just focus on race | Letter
Screening must be grounded in evidence-based policy design rather than ethnicity, says Tanimola MartinsAs a Black man in my mid-40s and a researcher in ethnic inequalities in cancer diagnosis, I read
Read MoreMiami-Dade Mayor Vetoes Plan to Remove Fluoride From Drinking Water
The veto by Mayor Daniella Levine Cava, a Democrat, pushed back on a growing campaign against the mineral, which has been used for decades to prevent cavities.
Read MoreMedPod Today: Inside HHS Cuts; Immigrant HCPs at Risk; Tariffs' Impact on Healthcare
(MedPage Today) -- The following is a transcript of the podcast episode: Rachael Robertson: Hey everybody, welcome to MedPod Today, the podcast series where MedPage Today reporters share deeper insig
Read MoreAblative RT Shows Promise in Technically Resectable Pancreatic Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- The use of ablative radiation therapy (A-RT) led to promising overall survival and effective local tumor control in patients with technically resectable pancreatic ductal adenocarc
Read MoreExperts Doubt Kennedy’s Timetable for Finding the Cause of Autism
The nation’s health secretary announced that he planned to invite scientists to provide answers by September, but specialists consider that target date unrealistic.
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