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• Plot, Poison, or Curse? Ebola Rumours Spread in Congo
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Mom's Past Trauma, Altered Stress Response Tied to Low Birthweight in Boys Women who have experienced traumatic stress in their lifetime and have an altered stress response are at increased risk of delivering a low-birthweight baby, new research shows.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Guidelines Recommend Fecal-Microbiota Transplant for Recurrent or Refractory C. Diff New joint guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) and Healthcare Infection Society (HIS) support the use of fecal-microbiota transplant (FMT) as second-line treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection (CDI), but not for any other indications.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• EU Approves Fifth Copy of AbbVie's $18 Bln Drug Humira Europe has approved a fifth copy of AbbVie's $18-billion-a-year biologic drug Humira (adalimumab) – the world's best-selling prescription medicine – ramping up competition among makers of less-expensive biotech drugs.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Primary Liver Transplant May Best Drainage in Infants With Biliary Atresia Primary liver transplantation is associated with better long-term survival than is biliary-enteric drainage (BED) in infants with biliary atresia, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Delaying Parenteral Nutrition May Improve Outcomes in Undernourished Critically Ill Children
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Monitoring of Spitz/Reed Nevi in Children Questioned Authors of a research letter question recent guidelines stating that any spitzoid-looking lesion in children under age 12 should be monitored.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• ERS 2018Decades After Exposure, Air Pollution Linked to Sick Leave Exposure to air pollution can affect people more than 20 years later, which could mean that recommended limits might be too high, researchers report.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• HFSA 2018HF Patient Outcomes Improve as Caregiver Strain Rises If the caregiver reported higher burden, the patient actually had fewer events over time, says a researcher; that suggests a 'potential trade-off' in outcomes for patients and their home caregivers.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Alert FDA Reaffirms Safety of Pimavanserin in PD Psychosis The agency's postmarket review finds no new or unexpected safety risks associated with the antipsychotic, but some prescribing patterns are 'potentially concerning.'
  News Alerts, September 2018
• Europe OKs Brigatinib for ALK+NSCLC, Other Products A positive opinion was granted for brigatinib, as well as mogamulizumab, a generic version of paclitaxel, and three new biosimilar pegfilgrastim products.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Alzheimer's, Related Dementias Predicted to Double by 2060 A new study from the CDC is the first to examine expected increases in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias in older Americans by racial and ethnic group.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• CHMP Backs Galcanezumab for Migraine Prevention The EMA committee has recommended marketing authorization for a second CGRP antagonist for migraine prevention, following its first-in-class approval recommendation for erenumab in May.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Personalized Medicine, Combo Tx, Stops Progression to Diabetes People with prediabetes identified as being at highest risk based on oral glucose testing and treated with 'triple therapy' were less likely to progress in the STOP DIABETES trial.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Pitolisant Continues to Show Promise for Narcolepsy New longer-term data provide more evidence that the investigational drug pitolisant reduces excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) and cataplexy in patients with narcolepsy.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• No Such Thing as Universal 'Black Athlete's Heart' A new study in athletes from around the world debunks the concept of a characteristic "black athlete's heart."
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Value-Based Payment Models May Hit Providers of Sicker Patients Risk adjustments in CMS models are limited, do not account for important patient characteristics, and may be inappropriately penalizing providers and hospitals that care for high-risk patients.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• One in Three Gun-Owning U.S. Veterans Don't Store Weapons Safely A substantial percentage of U.S. military vets store guns loaded and ready to use, according to an American study that could have implications for suicide prevention.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Baby-Boomers Expect Kids to Care for Them When They're Sick Three in four baby-boomers with children expect one of their kids to help care for them when their health fails in old age and they don't have a spouse who can do this, a UK study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• Strap on the Fitbit: John Hancock to Sell Only Interactive Life Insurance John Hancock, one of the oldest and largest North American life insurers, will stop underwriting traditional life insurance and instead sell only interactive policies that track fitness and health data through wearable devices and smartphones, the company said on Wednesday.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018