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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, March 12-16

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The 2019 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons The annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons was held...
Tecentriq (atezolizumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with extensive-stage small cell lung cancer.

FDA OKs Tecentriq for Extensive-Stage Small Cell Lung Cancer

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Drug now approved as first-line treatment to be used in combination with carboplatin and etoposide
Nutra Pharma Corp. has been warned about illegal marketing of unapproved homeopathic products with claims that they can treat addiction and chronic pain from serious conditions such as cancer

FDA Warns Homeopathic Company About Illegal Product Claims

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Nutra Pharma warned that failure to correct the violations may result in legal action
Oral forms of medications contain an average of 8.8 inactive ingredients

Average of 8.8 Inactive Ingredients Found in Oral Medications

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Overall, 92.8 percent of oral solid medications contain at least one potential allergen
Few patients are optimally adherent to statins

ACC: Adherence to Statins Low Among Patients With ASCVD

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Adherence linked to significantly reduced risk for MACE, but only 6.4 percent had optimal compliance
Most active interventions are more likely than no treatment to improve outcomes for women with either stress or urgency urinary incontinence

Active Interventions Generally Helpful for Urinary Incontinence

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Behavioral therapy, alone or with other interventions, generally more effective than Rx therapies alone
Recommendations have been developed for use of polymyxins

Guidelines Developed for Polymyxin Antibiotic Use

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Polymyxin B recommended for routine use in invasive infections; colistin preferred for lower UTI
Testosterone therapy can prevent progression to type 2 diabetes in men with prediabetes and hypogonadism

Testosterone Therapy in Hypogonadism Can Prevent Progression to T2DM

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Men with prediabetes, hypogonadism achieved normal glucose regulation with TTh
The number of children younger than age 6 years treated at U.S. emergency departments for medicine poisonings has declined in recent years

Young Child Goes to ED for Medicine Poisoning Every 10 Minutes

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Safe medicine storage in the home needs to begin well before infants are on the move
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposal to allow use of the antibiotic streptomycin to treat citrus disease should be withdrawn because it poses a risk to human health and the environment

EPA Proposal Will Allow Antibiotic Spraying of Citrus Crops

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Consumer Reports warns of '26-fold increase in the use of streptomycin in plant agriculture'