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Plan will allow pharmacist documentation to be available via EHRs, easing transfer of information

Globally, ambient PM_2.5 contributed to about 3.2 million incident cases of diabetes

No evidence of increased risk of spontaneous abortion when inadvertently given before or during pregnancy

Team design, roles, communication, training all affect in-hospital cardiac arrest outcomes

Physicians reporting errors were more likely to also report burnout, fatigue, recent suicidal ideation

Findings based on large study of community-dwelling older adults

Patterns of antibiotic prescribing vary substantially by care setting

Only 44% of parents would definitely go to ER if their child had headache that didn’t improve with meds

Letters accuse consumer of drug violations based on a review of their parcels and social media accounts

0.21-percentage-point reduction in mortality rate per year per function for each new function adopted

No harms-related data reported for 28 percent of trials; safety results not reported for 37 percent

New treatment offers additional option should smallpox ever be used as a bioweapon

Illnesses appear to be caused by Vibrio parahaemolyticus bacteria

Electron micrograph of E. coli. Photo: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention One visitor to the CLIMB Works Zipline Canopy Tour in Gatlinburg tested positive for norovirus and E. coli

Reducing public insurance eligibility limits would raise numbers of ineligible pediatric hospitalizations

Exclusion of women from upper echelons of medicine may have real implications for patient care

Higher proportion of emergency medicine trained clinicians in urban versus rural counties

Regardless of BP levels in young adulthood, blacks have increased hypertension risk versus whites

Pooled analysis finds levels ≥60 ng/mL are most protective among women aged 55 years and older

Metformin alone or after insulin no help in youth with new diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance