Organizational Changes Encouraged for Safer Prescribing
Doctors describe swimming against tide of patient expectations, Rx culture, organizational constraints
Opioids Often Overprescribed in Patients Undergoing Surgery
Significant variation in opioid prescribing practices for each of 25 common elective procedures
Maternal Uncontrolled Asthma Ups Risk of Asthma in Offspring
Association seen for early-onset persistent and transient asthma in children
Stem Cell Educator Therapy May Help Fight Diabetes
Stem cell therapy provided at least 4 years' benefit for some people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
Parents May Be Unclear on Teens’ Vaccination Needs
More than one in three don't know when their teen's next vaccination is due, survey finds
Bismuth-Based Quad Tx Doesn’t Top Levofloxacin Triple Tx
Addition of bismuth subcitrate to levofloxacin-based triple tx no more effective for H. pylori infection
Resistance Training Improves Microvascular Blood Flow in T2DM
Muscle MBF response to the OGC increased after resistance training, and glycemic control improved
Early Career Burnout Can Be Contagious Via Social Networks
One-unit increase in mean social network members' burnout levels tied to 0.21-unit increase in burnout
Meds + Risk Factors Contribute to QTc Interval Lengthening
Combined with risk factors, QT prolonging meds tied to greater QTc lengthening than QTPM alone
After Sunburn, High-Dose Vitamin D Cuts Inflammatory Mediators
Participants with higher vitamin D3 after treatment had increased arginase-1 expression