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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Primary Care
Examining Medicare Prescribing of Painkillers
According to published data, there has been a 10-fold increase in the misuse of opioid painkillers...
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Making the Case for Increasing DSME/S Use
According to recommendations from the American Diabetes Association, all individuals with diabetes...
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Physical Activity & HF Prevention
Current guidelines from the American Heart Association (AHA) and other groups for adults recommend...
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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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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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Managing Difficult Patients
Regardless of the setting that a physician practices, there is a high likelihood that they will...
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Physician Debt & Compensation: Where Does Your Specialty Fall?
Who is still paying off student loans? Who has suffered loss due to practice issues? Here are the...
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Eliminating Screening Barriers for HCV
Approximately 3.9 million Americans are chronically infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV),...
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Analyzing “Breakthrough Therapy” Perceptions
After an investigational medication is subject to clinical trials but before it is permitted to be...
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Study: Overdiagnosing Infections in Ambulatory Care
Fleming-Dutra and colleagues analyzed cross-sectional data from the Centers for Disease Control...
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An Update on Preventing CVD in Diabetes
Diabetes is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD), which is the most common cause...
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Conference Highlights: AAIC 2016
New research was presented at AAIC 2016, the annual Alzheimer’s Association International...
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Conference Highlights: AIDS 2016
New research was presented at AIDS 2016, the International AIDS Conference, from July 18 to 22 in...
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ACIP votes down use of LAIV for 2016-2017 flu season
CDC has recommended an annual influenza vaccination for everyone ages 6 months and older since...
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ASM Microbe 2016: Conference Highlights
Highlights from ASM Microbe 2016 include PrEP use and racial disparities, new bacteria causing...
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Trends in HIV Care
The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) has provided statistics on the...
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Needle Exchange Cuts HIV Transmission
Research has shown that needle exchange programs can effectively lower the risk of HIV...
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Advances in Managing Multiple Sclerosis
According to recent estimates, about 400,000 people in the United States live with multiple...
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