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ID consult for Candida bloodstream infections can reduce mortality risk
January 12, 2020
More patients survived Candida bloodstream infections when they had ID consultations.
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PACT-HF: Transitional care derives no overall benefit
January 9, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – A trial of a postdischarge transitional care model found no improvement in outcomes overall, but showed that women responded more favorably than men.
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Treating pain with virtual reality
January 7, 2020
It offers more than just distraction.
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New hypertension performance measures boost 130/80 mm Hg target
January 6, 2020
PHILADELPHIA – Hypertension performance and quality measures from the AHA and ACC provide a guide for implementing the 2017 hypertension guideline.
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Farxiga granted Priority Review for treatment of adults with HFrEF
January 6, 2020
The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing dapagliflozin for reducing the risk of cardiovascular death or worsening of heart failure in adults with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction based on DAPA-HF.
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Flu records most active December since 2003
January 3, 2020
The CDC estimates that 6.4 million flu illnesses and 55,000 hospitalizations have occurred so far this season.
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Cultivating patient activation through technology
January 3, 2020
The key to success will likely involve tailoring interventions to individual patients.
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Experts call to revise the Uniform Determination of Death Act
January 3, 2020
A neurologist and her colleagues propose changes with the goal of clarifying and harmonizing procedures for determining death by neurologic criteria.
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Early increase in flu activity shows no signs of slowing
December 27, 2019
Outpatients visits are already higher than at any time last season, and the peak occurs most often in February.
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The measles comeback of 2019
December 26, 2019
Three-quarters of these cases in 2019 were linked to recent outbreaks in New York.