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AAP Outlines Appropriate Pediatric Nephrology Testing
Five evidence-based recommendations list tests, procedures that doctors, patients should question
Review Addresses Cell-Free DNA Sequencing in Pregnancy
cfDNA testing for trisomy 21, 18, 13 recommended in pregnancy; no FDA oversight for testing
Lumpectomy + Radiation May Cut Breast Cancer Mortality in DCIS
Lumpectomy, radiotherapy tied to reduction in breast cancer mortality versus lumpectomy, mastectomy
Novel hs-cTnT Protocol Better Rules Out Myocardial Infarction
High-sensitivity troponin T rules out AMI in emergency department patients sooner than existing protocol
Many Children With Asthma Do Not Have Medications Ready
Low-income urban preschoolers with asthma may not meet home medication readiness criteria
FDA Permits Marketing of Brain Stimulation Device for OCD
FDA previously approved transcranial magnetic stimulation for major depression, certain migraines
Comments Open on End of NIH Review for Gene Therapy Studies
NIH oversight panel no longer plans to review all applications for gene therapy experiments
U.S. Measles Outbreak Hits 107 Cases in 21 States, D.C.
Outbreak on track to exceed last year's; most of the people who got measles weren't vaccinated
Psych Screening Beneficial in Pediatric Abdominal Pain
Children with abdominal pain commonly had clinically significant anxiety, moderate disability, pain
EHR Review Can Measure Diagnostic Uncertainty
For more than 70 percent of visits to a primary care clinic, reviewers identified diagnostic uncertainty
