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A machine learning system can generate clinically valid alerts for medication errors that might be missed with existing clinical decision support systems

Machine Learning System Makes More Alerts for Med Errors

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68.2 percent of MedAware alerts would not have been generated with clinical decision support system
Among infants breastfed by mothers who are receiving drug therapy for epilepsy

Antiepileptic Drug Exposure Low in Breastfeeding Infants

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Median percentage of infant-to-mother AED concentration ranged from 0.3 to 44.2 percent
Drug interactions between antiretroviral therapy and direct-acting antivirals pose a clinical challenge in patients with HIV/hepatitis C virus coinfection

Nurses Can Help Manage Drug Interactions in HIV/Hep C Treatment

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Administration of simeprevir is more problematic with ART; sofosbuvir has fewest interactions with ART
Fewer than half of California pharmacies provide correct information about disposal of antibiotics and opioids

Few Pharmacies Provide Correct Info on Medication Disposal

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Only 11 percent of California pharmacies reported on-site take-back programs for antibiotic, opioid disposal
The severity of pediatric admissions for acute opioid ingestions

Number of Children With Opioid Poisonings Increasing

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Percentage of critical care admissions and suicidal intent increased in each era
Flu continues to spread throughout the United States and has reached elevated levels in nearly every state

CDC: Cases of Flu Continue to Mount Across America

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Agency says it is still too early to know how severe this year's flu season will be
Automotive assembly plant closures from 1999 to 2016 were associated with increases in opioid overdose mortality

Closures of Automotive Assembly Plants Tied to Opioid OD Deaths

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Increases in opioid overdose mortality largest for non-Hispanic white men aged 18 to 34, 35 to 65 years
Older teens may have similar risk factors for prescription opioid overdose as adults

Prescribing Practices Can Mitigate Opioid Overdose Risk for Teens

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Lowest amount of opioids, short-acting opioids, avoiding concurrent use of opioids and benzodiazepines cut risk
Baseline high body mass index is associated with improved survival in patients with non-small cell lung cancer treated with atezolizumab

BMI, Survival Linked in NSCLC Treated With Atezolizumab

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Overall, progression-free survival improved for patients with high BMI; link strongest with high PD-L1 expression
U.S. women who have received one dose of human papillomavirus vaccine have similar protection as women who have received two or three doses

Protection Similar With Single, Multiple HPV Vaccine Doses

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Infection with HPV 6, 11, 16, 18 less prevalent among women receiving one, two, three doses of HPV vaccine