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Zika Virus Update — What Do Your Patients Need to Know?
Approximately four in 10 (42%) U.S. adults in households in which someone is pregnant or considering becoming pregnant don’t realize the Zika virus can be sexually transmitted, according to results from a new national survey. The poll is part of an ongoing series of surveys focused on the public’s response to public health emergencies by the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Boston-based Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
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FDA Proposes Ban on Electrical Stimulation Devices
Agency targets a Massachusetts group home that still employs questionable behavioral treatment.
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Lawmakers Call for Ban on Powdered Caffeine
This non-FDA approved product has produced deadly outcomes.
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Guess Where a Doctor Hid a Camera to Try to Catch a Thief?
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Acute Ischemic Stroke: Focus on Reperfusion
Time is brain. Neural tissue’s exquisite sensitivity to ischemia indicates the emergency nature of acute stroke care. The faster that definitive stroke treatment is administered following the onset of ischemia, the better the outcomes.
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Feds Greenlight Exploration of Marijuana for PTSD Treatment
The DEA and FDA back clinical trial intended to develop marijuana into a legal prescription drug.
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Suicide Rates Up Across United States
The troubling trend is especially prevalent among young girls and older men.
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Hospital CMS CoPs Made Easy
Sweeping changes to extensive compliance guidelines are nothing to fear -- get the information you need. -
Study Links OTC Meds to Dementia
Researchers say ingesting some popular cold, flu, and allergy medications could increase one’s risk for dementia.
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IRBs Eye Single IRB Mandate With Uncertainty, Grudging Acceptance at AAHRPP conference
One thing is for certain: Like it or not, the new single IRB mandate from Health and Human Services is here to stay. More from the 2016 AAHRPP conference.