More Than 78 Percent of Health Care Personnel Receive Flu Shot
But only 53.6 percent of pregnant women received flu shot before/during pregnancy in 2016-2017
Propranolol Use Inversely Linked to Melanoma Recurrence
Patients taking propranolol as off-label adjuvant treatment had reduced risk of recurrence
Cancer Risk Up for RA Patients With Venous Thromboembolism
Risk of cancer increased during the first year after VTE and in longer follow-up period
VA Models Provide Guidance for Care of Hepatitis C Infection
Expansion of treatment capacity and of integrated care to address comorbidities is key
Working With a Scribe Improves Physician Satisfaction
When scribes draft documents, physicians happier with chart quality and accuracy, time with patients
Hereditary Hemochromatosis Patients Can Safely Donate Blood
No data to suggest that nonvoluntary nature of donations compromises safety of blood products
Infusion of Umbilical Cord Stem Cells Safe, Effective in HFrEF
Improvement in left ventricular ejection fraction, NYHA function class, QOL with UC-MSC infusion
Notification Rates of New HIV Diagnoses Up in Older Adults
Significant increase in rates in 16 European countries, clustering in central/eastern nations
Age of Transfused Red Cells Doesn’t Impact Mortality
No significant difference in mortality for critically ill receiving freshest or oldest available red cells
Pneumococcal Vaccine for Only Half With Work-Related Asthma
54 percent of adults with work-related asthma, 35 percent with non-work-related asthma vaccinated
