Dan Watson

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Don't rule out liver transplant grafts from octogenarians

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: February 7, 2017

Perioperative differences, detailed in the study, between ideal donor and 80-year-old grafts were nonsignificant.

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In ICU, pair MRSA testing method with isolation protocol

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: February 4, 2017

An ICU’s method of testing for MRSA should be paired with its patient isolation policy.

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Researchers find ‘feedback loop’ key to reducing high blood pressure

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: February 1, 2017

Targeting the “feedback loop” between thrombin-driven factor XI and a receptor that helps thrombin propagate on platelets reduced both vascular inf...

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Older women with remitted depression show attention bias for negative information

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: January 28, 2017

A study of postmenopausal women shows those with remitted depression are more likely to process negative information than those with no depression ...

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Don’t delay pneumococcal conjugate vaccine for preterm infants

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: January 25, 2017

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FDA approves Trulance for chronic idiopathic constipation

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: January 24, 2017

Trulance, a once-daily oral medication for chronic idiopathic constipation, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for adult patient...

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VA MRSA Prevention Initiative reports continued health care–associated infection declines

Author:: Dan Watson

Publish date: January 18, 2017

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs MRSA Prevention Initiative has issued a new report detailing continued declines in MRSA health care–associa...