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USPSTF Endorses TB Screening for High-risk Individuals
Despite the absence of TB screening trials that confirm benefits, since treatment of latent TB prevents progression to active TB, a moderate degree of benefit should be achieved through screening.
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COPD Patients Who May Need Intensified Smoking Cessation
Identifying the characteristics that predict less success with smoking cessation may allow clinicians an opportunity to redouble efforts in these same individuals.
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Early Response to Exercise in Depressed Patients
We may be better able to capture the potential for beneficial effects of exercise in depression by early identification of responders.
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Alternatives to Opioids for Acute Pain Management in the Emergency Department: Part II
As emergency physicians, we want to ensure our patients are not suffering severe pain. But, at the same time, we clearly need to reduce the use of opioids. Balancing these two priorities is difficult but important to our patients and society as a whole.
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Hospital CMS CoPs Made Easy
Part 4Does your hospital have what it takes to comply with CMS Hospital CoPs? -
Will New Device Provide Saving Grace for Type 1 Diabetics?
So-called ‘artificial pancreas’ could lead to better quality of life.
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Updating the Guidance On Women’s Preventive Services
A coalition of national health professional organizations, as well as women’s health consumer and patient advocates, are updating the federal Women’s Preventive Services Guidelines. If the recommendations are adopted by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Health Resources and Services Administration, it will help ensure that women receive a comprehensive set of preventive services without having to pay a copayment, co-insurance, or deductible.
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Federal Agencies Issue More Family Planning Rules
Federal agencies are continuing to issue regulations and guidance with a sense of urgency, and, in several cases, the implications for family planning care may be profound.
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Research Eyes Hormonal Contraceptive Use And Impact on Vitamin D Levels
Women risk having their vitamin D levels fall when they stop using birth control pills or other contraceptives containing estrogen, new research indicates. This finding has clinical implications when counseling women who are planning to conceive and identifying women who may be at risk of deficiency.
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WHO Updates STI Treatment Guidance Due to Growing Antibiotic Resistance
The World Health Organization has issued new guidelines for the treatment of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis in response to the growing threat of antibiotic resistance. According to the international health organization, each year, 131 million people are infected with chlamydia, 78 million are infected with gonorrhea, and 5.6 million are infected with syphilis.