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FDA finalizes 1-year blood donor deferral for gay, bisexual men
The FDA issued finalized guidance that cut blood donor deferral by men who have sex with men from indefinitely to 12 months from the most recent...
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Review: Opioid prescriptions are the work of many physicians
Contrary to reports that a relative few physicians prescribe most opioids, many primary care providers and specialists prescribe such painkillers...
Conference Coverage
Study characterizes injury risk in cervical myelopathy patients
Compared with age-matched controls, patients with cervical spondylotic myelopathy had a significantly increased incidence of falls, hip fractures...
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Glial fibrillary acidic protein may help identify youth with TBI
Glial fibrillary acidic protein appears to be a candidate biomarker for detecting traumatic intracranial lesions on head CT after mild to moderate...
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AAP: Return-to-play protocols for teen athletes often neglected
Half of parents and two in five coaches would not follow required return-to-play rules after a child suffers a hard head hit in organized sports,...
Expert Commentary
VIDEO: Use fiduciary duty to set pain medication boundaries
Physicians should use the concept of fiduciary duty to set appropriate boundaries with patients taking pain medications.
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Corpus callosum functioning, structural integrity impaired in some TBI patients
Half of the pediatric TBI patients studied had significantly slower interhemispheric transfer times than the control group.
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Player-to-player contact, not ‘heading,’ is main source of soccer concussions
Head contact with other players, not with the ball, is the main source of concussions among high-school soccer players of both sexes.
Conference Coverage
VIDEO: Anticipatory guidance can reduce chronic postconcussion syndrome
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Idarucizumab reverses dabigatran’s anticoagulant effects
Key clinical point: The investigational monoclonal antibody idarucizumab reversed the anticoagulant effects of dabigatran. Major finding:...
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Decreased physical activity following car accident increases chance of persistent pain in older adults
Older adults who had a decrease in physical activity in the weeks following a motor vehicle collision were more likely to experience moderate to...