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Intercourse at the Time of Implantation Confers Lower Chance of Conception
Couples attempting natural conception were found to have a lower chance of success per cycle when intercourse took place at or around the time of implantation. -
Weight Gain with Contraception
In this prospective cohort study, perceived weight gain was found to be an adequate predictor of actual weight gain. Depot medroxyprogesterone acetate and the contraceptive implant were associated with more weight gain than the copper IUD. -
Enterovirus D68 a prime suspect, but CDC still investigating cause of paralytic syndrome in kids
With more than 100 children in 34 states still suffering from a mysterious flaccid paralysis syndrome that coincided with a national outbreak last fall of Enterovirus D68, the CDC looks for answers.
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CMS publically reporting hospital flu vac rates
Public reporting is raising the stakes for HCW flu vaccinations.
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FDA says it’s time to inform patients about risk as CRE outbreaks linked to endoscopes continue
An upper endoscopy procedure performed on some half million U.S. patients annually poses a risk of transmission of practically untreatable carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE), FDA warns.
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Comic assent/informed consent for biobanking is accessible
As IRBs continue to evaluate informed consent (IC) and youth assent forms according to regulatory guidelines and readability, researchers have come up with a format that engages, informs, and even entertains people being asked to participate in biobanking: comic assent.
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How do IRBs or PIs Rate the Risk of Ordinary Life Experiences?
What might bring emotional distress to one person could be a shoulder-shrug to another.
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Study: Clinical trial site violations not reported in peer-reviewed literature
A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine in February found that serious violations of good clinical practice discovered by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) at clinical trial sites are not mentioned in peer-reviewed publications in which the trial results are published.
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Here’s what a certification study group program looks like
The only thing better than forming an in-house IRB certification study group is forming a multi-institutional IRB certification group, according to a pair of IRB managers who found good results with their three-institution CIP study group.
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Certification testing can be more successful, less stressful with study group method
As IRB professionals increasingly invest in their careers and seek certification, they sometimes find that taking the certification test can be stressful and all-consuming.