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More than 40 percent of health care personnel with influenza-like illness work while ill

Many Health Care Providers Work While Sick

Pharmacists and physicians have the highest frequency of working with influenza-like illness
In patients with progressive glioblastoma

Drug Combo Doesn’t Lengthen Glioblastoma Survival

Lomustine+bevacizumab may increase progression-free, but not overall, survival versus lomustine alone
Virtual reality training is as effective as conventional training for upper extremity rehabilitation after stroke

Virtual Reality Effective for Post-Stroke Upper Extremity Rehab

Functional improvements similar in patients undergoing virtual reality, conventional training
Psychostimulant use during pregnancy is associated with a small increased relative risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth

Psychostimulant Use Tied to Placental Complications

Small increased relative risk of preeclampsia, preterm birth; absolute risk increases are small
HIV-positive individuals treated with combination antiretroviral therapy have poorer neuropsychological test scores than controls but no significant neuropsychological decline over time

Poorer Neuropsychological Test Scores for HIV-Positive

No significant neuropsychological decline during two-year period with combination antiretroviral therapy
For patients who have experienced an atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease event

AHA: Statins Cut Risk of MACE in Patients With ASCVD Event

Reduced frequency of MACE for patients receiving statins, especially high-intensity statins
Although initiation of extended-release naltrexone (XR-NTX) may be more difficult

XR Naltrexone, Sublingual BUP-NX Deemed Equally Effective

Difficulty initiating XR-NTX accounts for difference in relapse rates in intent-to-treat population
Health care experts are supportive of OurNotes

Health Care Experts in Favor of Patient Contribution to Notes

With some cautions, experts are supportive of the OurNotes medical notes intervention
In clinical practice

Outcomes for Atrial Fibrillation Similar With Dabigatran, Warfarin

Ischemic stroke, extracranial bleeding rates similar; lower risk of intracranial bleeding with dabigatran
The presence of multiple LRRK2 risk variants is associated with a younger age at onset of Parkinson's disease

LRRK2 Variants Linked to Lower Age at Onset of Parkinson’s

Participants with three risk variants of LRRK2 have significantly lower age at onset than noncarriers