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Panel Recommends New Zoster Vaccine as First-Line Treatment

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Advisory committee says Shingrix vaccine should be given to adults aged 50 and older
Adolescents appear to underreport their nonmedical amphetamine use

Many Teenagers Unaware That Adderall Is an Amphetamine

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Discordant responses common; 28.7 percent who reported Adderall use reported no amphetamine use
Higher HER3 expression is associated with improved survival with the addition of panitumumab treatment for patients with RAS wild-type advanced colorectal cancer

HER3 Linked to Improved Survival With Panitumumab

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Addition of panitumumab to irinotecan tied to improved survival in RAS wt advanced colorectal CA
Researchers may have uncovered the mechanism for chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy related to paclitaxel

Mechanism ID’d for Chemo-Related Peripheral Neuropathy

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Paclitaxel triggers CIPN in part by altering IP3 receptor phosphorylation, intracellular calcium flux
Thirty-seven percent of older nursing home residents do not initiate secondary prevention medications after acute myocardial infarction

Secondary Prevention Meds Often Not Started Post-AMI in Seniors

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More than a third of older nursing home residents did not start medication after myocardial infarction
For patients with chronic kidney disease

Vitamin D Supplements Improve Markers of Bone Turnover in CKD

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Cholecalciferol can also correct vitamin D deficiency in patients with chronic kidney disease
A module has been developed to help health care professionals improve vaccination rates among adults

Module Developed to Improve Adult Vaccination Rates

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Team-based adult immunization program includes training, implementation of standard process
Management of type 2 diabetes should include shared decision making

New Clinical Practice Guideline for Management of T2DM

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Individualized management should include education, glycemic management plans, target HbA1c
Undiagnosed diabetes accounts for a relatively small proportion of the total diabetes population in the United States

Undiagnosed Diabetes Accounts for Small Portion of Diabetes

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Undiagnosed cases fell from 16.3 to 10.9 percent of total diabetes from 1988-1994 to 2011-2014

September 2017 Briefing – Pharmacy

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Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...