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For 2 years after C difficile infection, patients under 65 years were at greater risk for gastrointestinal diagnoses compared to uninfected patients.

Obese/overweight patients aged 12 to 25 years old with uncontrolled asthma reported no significant improvements in asthma control compared to patients treated with soy oil control.

The device is being developed to prevent muscle atrophy and reduce days of ventilator support.

ABP 798, a biosimilar candidate for rituximab, met pharmacokinetic, efficacy, and safety endpoints in a trial among participants with rheumatoid arthritis.

The National Pre-Pandemic Influenza Vaccine Stockpile has been storing vaccines for particular pandemic-potential viruses since 2005.

A delay in giving the first dose of an antiepileptic for pediatric status epilepticus is common and associated with increased seizure duration.

Investigators hope their findings will alleviate clinicians’ concerns about choosing between fidaxomicin and oral vancomycin for treatment.

Tobacco farm region physicians face the challenges of culture, law, and education in improving cessation.

For patients in the HSCT group, disease-modifying therapies use was discontinued, followed by variable washout periods before admission for HSCT.

A new test for Mycoplasma genitalium showed near-perfect rates of detection in non-infected patient samples.

This expands the indication of the flu vaccine’s .5 mL dose to this younger age group.

In a recent Spain-based study, patients who received the annual vaccination were 82% less likely to be hospitalized by the flu.

Some of the new subtypes are similar to previously identified ones but show similar prognoses to established subtypes.

Do higher scores alone predict success in medical school, or in clinical practice?

Investigators also discovered that the severity of the mother’s flu plays a role in her baby’s outcome.

A prediction model helps determine the probability of childhood epilepsy in first consultation after a paroxysmal event.

New host-targeting agents might help to overcome challenges in treating hepatitis C that remain, despite success with direct-acting antivirals.

Investigators found the first evidence of a decline in type 1 diabetes incidence following implementation of the oral rotavirus vaccine into a routine immunization schedule.

The FDA will decide this year whether the once-daily Merck therapies can be marketed as a switch-on drug for patients with suppressed HIV-1.

Investigators are now interested in assessing potential benefits of direct-acting antivirals for HCV patients who previously had liver cancer.

While studies suggest buprenorphine may be the optimal pharmaceutical treatment for NAS, nonpharmacological approaches may be just as effective.

The TactiCath Contact Force Ablation Catheter is used for cardiac ablation procedures.

An Investigational New Drug application was approved to clinically assess AMT-130 as the first potential drug marketed for the neurodegenerative disease.

Statins are already a common therapy among patients with type 2 diabetes. Its cholesterol-lowering benefits may help retain patient vision longer.

Among differing genders and races, Columbia University investigators found females and Asian Americans are the most at-risk to have the undiagnosed condition.

Analysis of past studies shows benefit of inactivated influenza vaccine against A/H1N1pdm09 virus in 2- to 17-year-olds.

The surgery restored arm movement and function in children affected by acute flaccid myelitis.

The FDA has approved trastuzumab-dttb (Ontruzant) for the treatment of patients with HER2-overexpressing metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma in combination with cisplatin and capecitabine or 5-fluorouracil.

The FDA has approved Verily’s Study Watch, a wearable medical device that conducts electrocardiograms (ECGs).

Acrolein levels were significantly elevated in urine and serum in patients with multiple sclerosis compared to healthy controls.