PDE5i Use Linked to Post-LVAD Right Heart Failure Events
Incidence of severe early right heart failure higher among patients on preimplant PDE5i than controls
Study Confirms Teratogenicity of Valproic Acid, Topiramate
Eight specific types of major congenital malformations associated with prenatal exposure to valproic acid
Chemoradiation Does Not Up Survival in Endometrial Cancer
Distant recurrence more common with chemoradiation versus chemotherapy in stage III, IVA disease
CDC: Wildlife Rabies, Especially in Bats, Poses Risk in U.S.
Seventy percent of rabies infections acquired in the United States attributed to bats
Pertussis Risk Up for Undervaccinated, Unvaccinated Children
However, most pertussis cases occur among vaccinated children further away from last DTaP dose
Diagnostic Testing, Antibiotics Overused in Pediatric CAP
Chest radiography ordered in 43 percent, antibiotics prescribed in 73.9 percent of community-acquired pneumonia visits
Vitamin K Can Up Anticoagulation Stability in Patients on Warfarin
Findings seen in warfarin-treated patients with history of international normalized ratio instability
ADA: Dulaglutide Tied to Decline in Cardiovascular Events in T2DM
Second study shows reduction in renal outcomes with dulaglutide in type 2 diabetes
USPSTF Issues Recommendations on HIV Screening, Prevention
Recommendations support PrEP for those at high HIV risk, screening for teens, adults, in pregnancy
Prescription Opioid Use Up Among Binge Drinkers
More than half of those who misused prescription opioids in 2012 to 2014 were binge drinkers
