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Few child care center directors report having an influenza vaccine requirement for children and adult caregivers

Few Child Care Centers Report Flu Vaccine Requirements

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Having state influenza vaccine law for children predicted child influenza vaccine requirement
A considerable proportion of antibiotics are prescribed without a documented indication

Antibiotics Often Prescribed Without Documented Indication

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Of 130.5 million prescriptions in 2015, 18 percent had no documented indication

Radiological Society of North America, Dec. 1-6

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The 105th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America The annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North...
Facebook should remove "factually inaccurate" ads that "suggest negative health effects" of the HIV-prevention medication Truvada

Facebook Asked to Remove ‘Factually Inaccurate’ Ads About PrEP

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Ads are from law firms seeking litigants for class-action lawsuit against Truvada maker Gilead Sciences
Potentially nephrotoxic medications are prescribed at a higher rate to children with versus without chronic kidney disease

Potentially Nephrotoxic Meds Prescribed to Children With CKD

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Potentially nephrotoxic meds prescribed at higher rate to children with versus without chronic kidney disease
Prescription pain and sleep drug use is significantly associated with an increased incidence of frailty

Use of Pain, Sleep Drugs Ups Risk for Frailty in the Elderly

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Findings show 95 percent increased frailty risk for co-use of sleep, pain drugs
Increases in vaccine-preventable disease outbreaks are associated with an increase in proposed state legislation that would restrict vaccine exemptions

State Legislators React to Preventable Disease Outbreaks

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Outbreaks of preventable diseases linked to increases in proposed legislation to restrict vaccine exemptions
For older patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Factors Examined for Time to First Rx for Biologic DMARD in RA

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Longer time to receipt more likely with older age, male sex, greater distance to nearest rheumatologist
Low-dose aspirin is used less consistently by blacks than whites for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

Fewer Blacks Use Aspirin Therapy for Primary Prevention of CVD

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Low-dose aspirin linked to trend toward reduced risk for ischemic cardiac disease in whites, not blacks
Adding tucatinib to trastuzumab and capecitabine is associated with improved progression-free and overall survival among heavily pretreated patients with human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-positive metastatic breast cancer

SABCS: Addition of Tucatinib Ups Survival in HER2+ Metastatic Breast Cancer

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In heavily pretreated patients, adding tucatinib versus placebo improves overall, progression-free survival