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The ability to purchase a product containing a class 3 topical steroid online

Prescription-Strength Steroids Sold Without Prescription

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Case report highlights Funbact-A, available online, which contains prescription-strength betamethasone
Most patients presenting to the emergency department with a primary diagnosis of syncope are discharged and have a favorable prognosis

Favorable Prognosis for Syncope Patients Discharged From ER

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Readmission rates below 1 percent for those hospitalized and those discharged, not hospitalized

October 2017 Briefing – Emergency Medicine

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Emergency Medicine for October 2017. This roundup includes the...
In older adults

Dry Mouth Common Medication Reaction in Older Adults

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In intervention studies, greatest risk of dry mouth found with urological medications
The American College of Cardiology

Updated Guidelines Released for Ventricular Arrhythmias

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Guidelines for VA, sudden cardiac death include evaluation, testing, treatment, prevention strategies
A pneumonia vaccine under development provides the "most comprehensive coverage" to date and alleviates antimicrobial concerns

Promising Pneumonia Vaccine Under Development

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Animal tests showed an immune response to 72 of the 90-plus known strains of S. pneumoniae
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has launched an initiative to examine which provider regulations should be discarded or revamped amid concerns that the regulations are reducing the amount of time that physicians spend with patients

CMS Launches Initiative to Examine Impact of Regulations

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Officials set to travel country gathering information on impact of their regulations on physicians
For former collegiate and professional football players

Football Career Length, Position Affect White Matter Structure

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Career duration, playing position may modify the effects of concussion history in ex-football players
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of the culprit lesion is associated with better 30-day outcomes than immediate multivessel PCI among patients with multivessel coronary artery disease and acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock

Culprit-Lesion-Only PCI Tied to Improved 30-Day Outcomes

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Linked to lower risk of mortality compared to multivessel PCI in patients with acute MI and multivessel CAD
Fentanyl was involved in more than half of opioid overdose deaths reported in the second half of 2016

Fentanyl or Analogs Tied to More Than Half of All Opioid Deaths

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And 57 percent of fentanyl-related deaths also tested positive for other drugs, such as heroin