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Simple Checklist Can Identify Useful Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Eight-item tool developed for clinicians to identify trustworthy, useful, and relevant guidelines
More than 40 percent of health care personnel with influenza-like illness work while ill

Many Health Care Providers Work While Sick

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Pharmacists and physicians have the highest frequency of working with influenza-like illness
The incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis in Australia decreased from 2012 to 2016 after implementation of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccination program for females aged 12 to 26 years in 2007-2009

HPV Vaccine Tied to Reduced Respiratory Papillomatosis Rate

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Reduction in incidence of juvenile-onset recurrent respiratory papillomatosis from 2012 to 2016
For young children

Peer Review Policy Cuts Atypical Antipsychotic Use in Children

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Reduction in prevalence of atypical antipsychotic use after peer review policy implementation
In patients with progressive glioblastoma

Drug Combo Doesn’t Lengthen Glioblastoma Survival

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Lomustine+bevacizumab may increase progression-free, but not overall, survival versus lomustine alone
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration investigation into the safety of codeine use by children

FDA Investigation Linked to Drop in Codeine Rx for Children

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But 1 in 20 patients undergoing tonsillectomy and/or adenoidectomy still prescribed codeine
Insurance coverage differences account for about half of the disparity in survival rates between black and white patients aged 18 to 64 years with colorectal cancer

Insurance Underlies Black-White Survival Disparity in CRC

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54 percent of excess risk of death in black colorectal cancer patients accounted for by insurance matching
The first drug in the United States with a digital ingestion tracking system has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

FDA Approves Drug With Digital Ingestion Tracking System

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Aripiprazole tablets have embedded sensors so patients, physicians can track medication ingestion
Psychostimulant use during pregnancy is associated with a small increased relative risk of preeclampsia and preterm birth

Psychostimulant Use Tied to Placental Complications

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Small increased relative risk of preeclampsia, preterm birth; absolute risk increases are small
HIV-positive individuals treated with combination antiretroviral therapy have poorer neuropsychological test scores than controls but no significant neuropsychological decline over time

Poorer Neuropsychological Test Scores for HIV-Positive

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No significant neuropsychological decline during two-year period with combination antiretroviral therapy