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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. said Wednesday that it is seeking emergency approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an experimental antibody cocktail given to President Donald Trump shortly after he was diagnosed with COVID-19.

Maker of Antibody Cocktail Trump Took Seeks Emergency Use Authorization

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Although effectiveness has not yet been seen in humans, drug has shown promise in treating mild cases of COVID-19
Patients using QT-prolonging drugs have an increased risk for cardiac events in association with azithromycin versus amoxicillin

Some Patients Have Increase in Cardiac Events With Azithromycin

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Risk for cardiac events higher with azithromycin versus amoxicillin in those using QT-prolonging drugs
Intravenous antibiotics do not achieve greater sustained eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in patients with cystic fibrosis compared with oral therapy

IV, Oral Antibiotics Comparable for Treating P. aeruginosa in CF

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Results do not support use of IV antibiotics to eradicate P. aeruginosa in cystic fibrosis, authors say
For patients with acute ischemic stroke undergoing intravenous thrombolysis

Remote Ischemic Postconditioning May Aid Stroke Recovery

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More patients with acute ischemic stroke in RIPC group had excellent recovery at three months
For Black adults

Psychosocial Resilience Linked to Heart Health in Black Adults

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Individual psychosocial resilience independently linked to higher LS7 score in Black adults
Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warnings on antidepressants regarding suicidality risk among youth and the subsequent declines in treatment

Suicide Deaths Up in Youth After Antidepressant Warnings

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After warnings and abrupt decline in treatment, downward trend of suicide deaths was reversed
Neurologic manifestations are common in COVID-19

Neurologic Manifestations Seen in Most Hospitalized With COVID-19

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Encephalopathy, seen in 31.8 percent of hospitalized patients, tied to worse functional outcome, mortality
Catheter ablation is associated with reduced dementia risk compared with medical management in patients with atrial fibrillation

Catheter Ablation for A-Fib Linked to Reduced Dementia Risk

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Significant reduction in risk for dementia seen with ablation success, but not with ablation failure
Increased unemployment is associated with increases in pediatric hospitalizations for four potentially economy-sensitive conditions

Unemployment Linked to Increases in Pediatric Hospitalizations

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Hospitalizations increased for four economy-sensitive conditions, including substance abuse, diabetes
A boil-water notice prompted by a boy's death from brain-eating amoeba has been lifted in Lake Jackson

Lake Jackson, Texas, Lifts Boil-Water Notice Triggered by Parasite

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Notice lifted after disinfectant levels in drinking water were documented to be above the state requirements