FDA warns that misuse of antidiarrheal loperamide can cause severe cardiac events
The FDA warns that the antidiarrheal loperamide can lead to serious cardiac events when taken in high doses.
Diagnosis & Disease Information
Additional adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy improves breast cancer outcomes
Extending adjuvant aromatase inhibitor treatment can decrease disease recurrence and increase survival in breast cancer patients.
Skin cancer detection: every clinician’s responsibility
More cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year than of breast, prostate, lung, and colon cancers combined, and early detection is critical.
Most antidepressants may be ineffective for children, adolescents
For children and teens diagnosed with depression, the benefits of the most commonly prescribed antidepressants may not outweigh the risks.
USPSTF recommends widespread screening for syphilis as prevalence increases
As syphilis rates increase, the USPSTF has recommended screening all asymptomatic adults and adolescents for syphilis infection.
Concomitant vaccine administration may increase febrile seizure risk
Children who receive the influenza vaccine at the same time as PCV or a DTaP-containing vaccine have an increased risk for febrile seizure.
ASCO releases clinical practice guideline for pancreatic cancer
A clinical practice guideline offers recommendations on the best course of treatment for patients with potentially treatable pancreatic cancer.
New guidelines support use of metabolic surgery as standard treatment option for type 2 diabetes, obesity
A panel of experts has recommended that metabolic surgery be included as a treatment option for patients with type 2 diabetes and obesity.
Behavioral interventions can provide significant sleep benefits in infants
No adverse stress reactions or long-term effects on parent-child attachment were noted.
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