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FDA Warns of Rare Stroke Risk With Multiple Sclerosis Drug
Alemtuzumab label will be updated to include the risk for stroke and arterial dissection
Many Patients Withhold Information From Clinicians
Reasons for nondisclosure include not wanting to be judged or lectured, being embarrassed
HHS Issues Draft Strategy for Reducing Health IT Burden
Strategy is open for public comment through Jan. 28, 2019
Younger Patients Account for Increasing Proportion of AMI
Increase especially great among women, who were less likely to receive guideline-based treatment
Risk Scale Predicts Short-Term Serious Outcomes in COPD
Ottawa COPD Risk Scale is valid for predicting short-term serious outcomes for patients in the ED
November 2018 Briefing – Emergency Medicine
Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for November 2018. This roundup includes the...
CDC: Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases Appear to Have Peaked for 2018
As of Nov. 30, 134 cases of AFM have been confirmed in 33 states
Case Description Can Reliably Define Acute Flaccid Myelitis
Differences between patients with AFM, other diagnoses include asymmetry of weakness
Climate Change Ups Heat Deaths, Especially Among Elderly
More people vulnerable to heat exposure, potentially causing heat stress, heart and kidney disease
FDA: Kratom Products Have High Levels of Heavy Metals
New concern added to list of the agency's warnings about the herbal supplement
