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Comorbidity occurs earlier and more commonly with HIV infection

Author:
Terry L. Kamps
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 21, 2018

Increased prevalence of renal, hepatic, and bone diseases seen in patients over age 50 years.

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Measles exacts high toll among Europe’s youngest citizens

Author:
Michele G. Sullivan
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 21, 2018

MADRID –

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Quiz: CDC Guidelines: Prevention of HBV in the United States

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VIDEO: Fix physician burnout? You need more than yoga

Author:
Terry Rudd
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 20, 2018

Physicians looking to renew their professional satisfaction and personal well-being should turn to an unlikely ally.

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MDedge Daily News: A call to push pause on a Medicare payment program

Publish date: April 20, 2018

And are fast food swamps to blame for more type 1 diabetes?

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Federal court puts chill on Maryland drug price-gouging law

Author:
Shefali Luthra, Kaiser Health News
Publish date: April 19, 2018

Similar price-gouging legislation has been introduced in at least 13 states this year, though none of those measures became law.

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Will patients get on board with CMS’s new health data approach?

Author:
Gregory Twachtman
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 19, 2018

CMS Administrator, Seema Verma, wants clinicians who still believe they can deny patients’ access to their own health records to change their...

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Racial Disparities in Invasive MRSA Infections

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MDedge Daily News: Doctors say no to pot for sleep apnea

Publish date: April 19, 2018

And what’s the best antithrombotic therapy after TAVI?

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From the Journals

No increased intussusception risk from rotavirus vaccine in Africa

Author:
Tara Haelle
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 18, 2018

This is reassuring, based on the tremendous health benefits that rotavirus vaccine gives in African countries in countering diarrheal disease.

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Doctors call for a pause to rethink MIPS measures

Author:
Gregory Twachtman
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 18, 2018

“We need a time-out during which to assess and revise our approach to physician performance measurement,” according to experts on the ACP’s...

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MDedge Daily News: Which diabetes drug boosts survival best?

Publish date: April 18, 2018

And there’s new promise in early-stage lung cancer.

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MDedge Daily News: Can a nasal spray reverse suicidality?

Publish date: April 17, 2018

And pain relievers and inflammatory bowel disease? It’s complicated.

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MDedge Daily News: Shingles boosts stroke risk

Publish date: April 16, 2018

And marijuana use may spur change in safety-sensitive industries.

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Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke

Author:
Bruce Jancin
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 13, 2018

ORLANDO – Huge U.K. registry identifies a novel cardiovascular risk factor: hospitalization for UTI or respiratory infection.

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Quiz: Pathogenesis of sepsis and septic shock

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MDedge Daily News: Where doctors stand on Medicaid work requirements

Publish date: April 13, 2018

And asthma is flourishing in a surprising location.

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Herpes zoster boosts short-term stroke, TIA risk

Author:
Bruce Jancin
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 12, 2018

ORLANDO – Risk of stroke and TIA – but not acute MI – is significantly increased with herpes zoster infection.

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Medical marijuana’s ‘Catch-22’: Federal limits on research hinder patients’ relief

Author:
Marisa Taylor, Melissa Bailey, Kaiser Health News
Publish date: April 12, 2018

“Even though medical marijuana is legal, none of my doctors were willing to talk to me about it. . .They just kept telling me to take opioids.”

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MDedge Daily News: Is rosacea a red flag for deeper dangers?

Publish date: April 12, 2018

And why reading aloud to kids can cut hyperactivity.

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Zika virus: Sexual contact risk may be limited to short window

Author:
Andrew D. Bowser
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 11, 2018

Infectious Zika virus in the semen of symptomatic infected men appears to be uncommon and limited to the first few weeks after onset of illness....

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Influenza-Associated Parotitis in the US

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Most physicians support Medicaid work requirements

Author:
Richard Franki
ID Practitioner
Publish date: April 11, 2018

Three states are instituting new policies for able-bodied recipients.

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Clinical Edge

  • Racial Disparities in Invasive MRSA Infections

    April 16, 2018

  • Influenza-Associated Parotitis in the US

    April 16, 2018

  • Antibiotic Stewardship to Improve Treatment of URI and SSTI

    April 16, 2018

  • Depression & All-Cause Mortality in Women with HIV

    April 16, 2018

  • Antibiotic Stewardship Programs in Acute Care

    April 2, 2018

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Conference Coverage

  • Measles exacts high toll among Europe’s youngest citizens
  • VIDEO: Fix physician burnout? You need more than yoga
  • Common infections are potent risk factor for MI, stroke
  • Herpes zoster boosts short-term stroke, TIA risk
  • MedPAC urges CMS to curb low-value care
  • Are higher rifampin doses for pulmonary TB more effective?
  • Time to HIV rebound in infants off ART linked to birth health
  • VIDEO: Women living with HIV have more myocardial steatosis, reduced diastolic function
  • MicroRNAs flag liver damage in HIV-, HCV-infected persons
  • High adverse events with TB prevention in HIV-infected pregnant women
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CDC Guidelines: Prevention of HBV in the United States

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True or False. Hepatitis B virus (HBV) is highly infectious, can be transmitted in the absence of visible blood, and remains viable on environmental surfaces for at least 7 days.

True

False

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