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The use of acid-suppressive medications and antibiotics during the first six months of infancy is tied to subsequent development of allergic disease

Antibiotics, Acid-Suppressive Meds Tied to Allergic Disease

Findings for subsequent allergic disease following infant exposure in the first six months of life
Financial incentives do not increase response rates among patients mailed at-home colorectal cancer screening tests

Financial Incentives Do Not Boost Use of At-Home CRC Screening Tests

$10 incentives used in the study may have been too small to garner a response

Historical Redlining Adversely Impacts Cancer Screening

Historically redlined census tracts significantly less likely to meet breast, colon, cervical cancer screening

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is considering whether it will hear a case that will determine the fate of the state's $750

Court Considering Fate of Noneconomic Damages Cap

Case would decide the fate of Wisconsin's $750,000 cap on noneconomic damages

Gastric Emptying After Light Meal Delayed in Parturients

Parturients not receiving epidural analgesia have significantly lower rate of gastric emptying than those receiving epidural

U.S. health officials say an outbreak of Escherichia coli illness from an unknown source has risen to 96 cases across five Eastern states

CDC: Still No Source As E. Coli Outbreak Grows to 96 Cases

Outbreak affecting five states; no deaths reported, but 11 people have been hospitalized

COVID-19 Pandemic Tied to Burnout in Health Care Professionals

Emotional exhaustion and depersonalization increased as the pandemic wore on in 2020

There is wide variation in the use of telehealth among internal medicine physicians and subspecialists

Telehealth Usage Was Growing Among Internists Prior to COVID-19

Survey conducted prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, which has led to rapid adoption of telehealth

Salmonella Outbreak in 37 States Linked to Imported Onions

So far, there have been 129 hospitalizations, but no deaths

CDC Advisors Recommend Masks in Hospitals Without Naming Type

Health care workers frustrated that the draft recommendation does not specify what kind of mask should be worn