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Repatha (evolocumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

FDA Approves Repatha for Certain Patients With High Cholesterol

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Approved for patients unable to get LDL cholesterol under control with current treatment options
Many elderly oncology patients use complementary and alternative medications

Many Elderly Oncology Patients Taking Alternative Medicines

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Associated with polypharmacy, vision impairment, and urologic comorbidities
Many health care providers don't follow guidelines meant to reduce the risk of infection from arterial catheter placement in intensive care unit patients

Low Adherence to Guidelines for Prevention of Catheter Infections

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Only 44 percent of health care providers said they follow CDC recommendations
Patients with psoriasis are at higher risk of developing arrhythmia

Psoriasis Patients at Higher Risk for Arrhythmia

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Findings in patients with mild, severe disease and with/without psoriatic arthritis
For patients with type 2 diabetes

Patient Satisfaction Up for Dulaglutide Treatment in T2DM

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Improvement in patient satisfaction, decrease in perceived frequency of hyperglycemia
The risk of death

Sleep Deprived Surgeons Appear to Be Self-Regulating Well

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Review indicates that doctors who operate the night before another surgery do well
For most atrial fibrillation patients taking warfarin who require temporary interruption for a procedure

Periop Bridging Unnecessary for Most A-Fib Patients on Warfarin

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Arterial thromboembolism risk doesn't appear to rise without additional drug treatment
More than nine out of 10 U.S. children entered kindergarten last school year protected with the proper immunizations

CDC: Most U.S. Children Getting Vaccinated

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But some states still have exemption rates that exceed national average
Antiviral drugs may help protect people from developing Ebola after exposure to the virus

Antiviral Rx May Help Prevent Ebola, Small Study Suggests

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Health care workers on antiviral regimen didn't develop disease after exposure
A majority of women who receive false positives on mammography experience distress and anxiety

Most Women Feel Distress With False-Positive Mammogram

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Majority had issues such as anxiety, sleeplessness, often persisting long after being declared cancer-free