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Pandemic Puts Scientists, Medical Groups, Federal Agencies at Odds
Misinformation has been the enemy of truth during a pandemic that now has exceeded two years and taken a million lives, but there also has been genuine scientific disagreement that would seem inevitable given the many variables of the response.
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An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Racial Research in IP & Control
As the first step in an ambitious research agenda to address healthcare racial inequities and hospital infections, Shanina Knighton, PhD, RN, CIC, is starting at ground zero: “hygiene poverty.”
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Feds Seek to Overhaul Nation’s Prescription Drug Model
The White House has directed federal agencies to find ways to lower costs, expand access, and speed delivery.
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IRS Resolves ‘Family Glitch’ in Affordable Care Act
The long-standing blind spot had left many ineligible for marketplace subsidies.
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Reviewing Pediatric Arrhythmias
Although pediatric arrhythmias are uncommon, it is essential to recognize which ones require diagnostic evaluation and therapy and which ones do not. Frequently, there are normal variations on pediatric ECGs that do not require a significant evaluation, but recognizing critical arrhythmias in pediatric patients is a must-know for providers.
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Identifying and Treating Non-COVID Viral Respiratory Infections
These days, it is easy to think every patient with a cough or a runny nose has COVID-19. But it is important to remember that all of the viral respiratory diseases are still circulating and causing significant disease and discomfort. Respiratory viruses can cause a variety of clinical manifestations, from asymptomatic infections to life-threatening illnesses with multi-organ failure.
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National Survey Reveals Critical Need for Patient-Centered Counseling
Contraceptive Technology Update asked a Veterans Affairs researcher about her new study involving data on women veterans and contraceptive counseling.
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Patients Report Positive Experiences with Self-Removal of IUDs
Self-removal of IUDs appears to be popular among many people and may empower women, but research indicates successful self-removal is not guaranteed.
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers Often Deliver Coercive, Inaccurate Information
People seeking help with a pregnancy decision may see ads for a free pregnancy test and ultrasound and believe they are visiting a medical clinic, where all of their options will be explored. Instead, they will soon discover that they are visiting a center with no licensed medical providers that is designed to convince them not to seek an abortion.
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Bias-Free Reproductive Health Counseling Can Improve Patient Autonomy
Counseling patients on their contraception choices has always been difficult, but the stakes are higher now in the post-Roe era. New research about provider bias and empowering women to make their own decisions suggests ways to improve contraception counseling.