NIH-funded researchers: Signs of TB in lungs despite treatment
Patients with active tuberculosis of the lungs, the infectious form of the disease known as...
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Infectious Disease
Zika: Two Billion at Risk in Africa and Asia, Study Says
More than two billion people could be at risk from Zika virus outbreaks in parts of Africa and...
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Should pharmacies sell tobacco?
A new survey released by the CDC finds what percentage of non-smokers and smokers who do not think...
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Capture the Critical Driver of Your Practice’s Financial Success: Physician Time
Pop Quiz: What were you doing during the financial presentation at your last board meeting? A....
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Strategies for Physician Succession & Retirement
Due to the busy nature of many medical practices, planning for future events like physician...
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Managing Adult Respiratory Syncytial Virus
While it is often thought of as a disease in children, respiratory syncytial virus (RSV)...
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New virus gets official name, influenza D
The executive committee of the International Committee of Taxonomy of Viruses approved naming a...
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Biomarker Outperforms Gold Standard to Detect Brain Shunt Infections
In a study of children with brain shunts at Children’s of Alabama, a University of Alabama at...
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Breaking News: FDA advises testing for Zika virus in all donated blood
As a further safety measure against the emerging Zika virus outbreak, today the U.S. Food and Drug...
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A Program to Rapidly Test for Hepatitis C
An ED screening and diagnostic testing program found a high prevalence of hepatitis C. Results...
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Why can’t more doctors apologize for mistakes?
“The unintended consequences of these seemingly well-intentioned laws are doctors who can’t...
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CDC August Update: Zika Case Counts in the U.S.
Laboratory-confirmed Zika virus disease cases reported to ArboNET by state or territory (as of...
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Post-Operative Clostridium difficile Infection Among Veterans Health Administration Patients
Recent research has shown that Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is a growing cause of...
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ACIP Immunization Practices: 2016–17 Influenza Season
There are 4 primary changes and updates in the recommendations for this influenza season. Find out...
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Updated IDSA Guideline on Valley Fever Published in CID
Every year, an estimated 150,000 people are infected with coccidioidomycosis, originally nicknamed...
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Yale Team discovers how Zika virus causes fetal brain damage
The findings suggest that Zika virus might be susceptible to existing antiviral drugs that may...
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Managing Difficult Patients
Regardless of the setting that a physician practices, there is a high likelihood that they will...
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Very low transmission of HIV within couples receiving both ART, PrEP
Jared Baeten of the University of Washington and colleagues conducted a prospective implementation...
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Donor Fecal Transplant More Effective Than From Self
The results of a study analyzing the efficacy of fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from a...
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Are HIV-Infected Adults with Depression at Higher Risk for Heart Attack?
There is an urgent need to identify novel risk factors and primary prevention approaches for CVD...
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