Low Rate of Recurrence Seen for Serious Reactions to Vaccines
Findings add to evidence of safety of childhood immunizations, pediatricians say
Computed Tomography Useful for Staging Head, Neck Melanoma
CT identifies more metastases, avoids unnecessary sentinel lymph node biopsies
CDC: Not All Newborns Getting Heart Disease, Hearing Loss Tests
Such screens are critical to early intervention efforts, CDC officials say
Hearing Loss Contributing to Patient-Doctor Miscommunication
And may be contributing to increased risk of medical error, researchers say
Nurse-, System-Related Factors Analyzed in Wrong-Patient Events
In 77 percent of wrong-patient incident reports, the process of identifying the patients was not described
Oral Corticosteroids No Benefit for LRI in Non-Asthmatic Adults
No decrease in cough duration, severity for adults without asthma with lower respiratory tract symptom
Literacy Level an Issue in Laryngectomy-Related Patient Ed
Reading difficulty exceeds ability of average U.S. adult; readability negatively tied to understandability
Hours Worked Impacted by Kids for Female, Not Male Doctors
Findings from a national sample of dual-physician couples
Moderate, Severe OSA Linked to Elevated Blood Coagulability
Increases in prothrombin time in seconds and as international normalized ratio for OSA vs controls
Radioiodine Therapy for Thyroid Cancer Doesn’t Up Stroke Risk
I-131 therapy group showed no significantly higher risk of ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke
