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  Medscape Medical News, January 23, 2020
• Pediatric Influenza Vaccinations and Antibiotic Resistance Have pediatric influenza vaccines resulted in a reduction in antibiotic utilization and resistance?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 22, 2020
• Cost-effectiveness of HCV Testing in Community Pharmacies Is pharmacy-based targeted testing for HCV a cost-effective approach?
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• PCPs' Perceived Barriers to Optimal Dementia Care Primary care physicians have a key role in providing care for people with dementia, but this study indicates that they perceive a range of barriers to optimal dementia diagnosis and management.
  The Gerontologist, January 17, 2020
• Switching to Degludec Reduces Hypoglycemia Rates Insulin-treated diabetes patients who switched to degludec realized lower rates of hypoglycemia and improved glycemic control.
  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, January 17, 2020
• Dermatitis After 2-Octyl Cyanoacrylate Exposure Cyanoacrylate-based adhesives are commonly used in wound closure, but cases of contact dermatitis associated with the use of these products have been reported.
  Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, January 17, 2020
• CES 2020Touchless Patient Monitoring in the Works If technical, ethical, and infrastructure challenges can be overcome, no-contact patient monitoring could be the way of the future, both in the hospital and in the home.
  Medscape Medical News, January 16, 2020
• Three Simple Things to Improve Cancer Care A breast cancer surgeon developed breast cancer — and a vision of what patients need from clinicians.
  Medscape Medical News, January 15, 2020
• Tick-Borne Encephalitis Virus, United Kingdom What have we learned about the spread of tick-borne encephalitis virus in the United Kingdom, and what are the public health implications?
  Emerging Infectious Diseases, January 15, 2020
• Treatment of HF With Preserved EF Is a Work in Progress How to best treat patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction and diabetes remains a challenge.
  Medscape Medical News, January 14, 2020
• Mortality Rate Lower in Older People Who Engage With Arts Older people who frequent art galleries and museums, attend the theater and concerts may live longer than those who don't, a study in England suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, January 10, 2020
• First Direct Comparison of Stem Cells vs Drugs in MS Underway The first trial that will directly compare the safety and efficacy of stem cell transplantation to the best available drugs in the treatment of relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis has launched.
  Medscape Medical News, January 10, 2020
• First-time Marathon Training May Reverse Aortic Aging The study emphasizes the importance of lifestyle to modify the aging process, particularly as benefits were greatest in older, slower runners.
  Medscape Medical News, January 09, 2020
• Digital Healthcare Provider KRY Raises $155 Million for Expansion Swedish digital healthcare provider KRY has raised $155 million in a funding round led by Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan to support plans for further expansion in Europe, the company said on Tuesday.
  Reuters Health Information, January 07, 2020
• Study Finds Google System Could Improve Breast Cancer Detection A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at predicting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in the United States and Britain reported.
  Reuters Health Information, January 01, 2020
• The Role of Autoantibodies in Complex Regional Pain Syndrome This animal study examined the cellular basis of pain in complex regional pain syndrome using behavioral and electrophysiological methods.
  Pain, January 01, 2020
• Filter Coffee Tied to Lower Diabetes Risk in Metabolomics Study Could a coffee filter be removing harmful metabolites, which might explain why drinking filtered, but not boiled, coffee was associated with a lower risk for type 2 diabetes in a Swedish study?
  Medscape Medical News, December 31, 2019
• Regular Cannabis Use Linked to Cardiac Abnormalities In an observational study, those reporting regular use of cannabis showed potentially adverse features in cardiac structure and function on cardiac imaging. One observer, though, is not convinced.
  Medscape Medical News, December 30, 2019
• The Week That Wasn't: Burst Esophagus, Clinical Superstition, Vaccination Record Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
  Medscape, December 27, 2019
• 'Bad News': Adjuvant Denosumab Disappoints in Early Breast Cancer Adjuvant denosumab failed to show any clinical benefit on bone metastasis or disease recurrence in high-risk, early breast cancer in the phase 3 D-CARE trial.
  Medscape Medical News, December 27, 2019