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• New Recombinant Vaccine Most Cost-Effective Alternative for Preventing Herpes Zoster The new recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) is more cost-effective than both the zoster vaccine live (ZVL) and no vaccination for preventing herpes zoster and related complications, according to a model study.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• Clinical Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia Often Disagrees With Published Criteria Many patients with a clinical diagnosis of fibromyalgia do not satisfy published diagnostic criteria, according to findings from rheumatology clinic attendees.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• Expired Drugs May Remain Effective, Safe to Use in a Pinch Even medicines that are years past their expiration date and haven't always been kept in strict climate-controlled conditions may still retain their original potency, a small study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• ERs Often Miss Chance to Set Overdose Survivors on 'Better Path' Fewer than 10% of nonfatal overdose patients in West Virginia ERs received follow-up care, study says. It's a scenario that plays out across the US.
  Kaiser Health News, February 2019
• Childhood Lead Exposure Takes Heavy Toll on Adult Mental Health Childhood lead exposure is associated with lower IQ and behavioral problems. New research suggests its heavy toll on mental health extends into adulthood.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Hospitals Continue to Acquire More Physician Practices A study shows that hospitals acquired 8000 practices and employed 14,000 additional doctors out of private practice from July 2016 to January 2018.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Tau May Explain Greater Frequency of Alzheimer's in Women More women than men are affected by Alzheimer's disease. New research suggests higher levels of tau deposits in women may explain this difference.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Portugal Nurse Protest Leader Goes on Hunger Strike The leader of one of Portugal's main nurses' unions started a hunger strike on Wednesday after prosecutors declared unlawful a crippling three-week-long walkout by surgical nurses and threatened to impose penalties on those still taking part.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• More Evidence Ties Diet Drinks to Greater Stroke Risk More research suggests an association between high consumption of diet drinks and increased stroke, as well as a strong link between higher intake and small vessel occlusions.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Sackler Embraced Plan to Conceal OxyContin's Strength From Doctors Richard Sackler, whose family has reaped billions of dollars from OxyContin, boasted that sales exceeded his 'fondest dreams,' according to a secret court document obtained by ProPublica.
  ProPublica, February 2019
• Most Primary Care Guidelines Low Quality Less than one quarter of clinical practice guidelines reviewed were rated high quality, a study has found.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Measles Outbreak in Canada's British Columbia Province Affects 9 A measles outbreak in Vancouver that has infected nine individuals since Feb. 15 has led officials in the western Canadian city to urge the unvaccinated and under-vaccinated to be immunized.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• Fifth of Gay Brits Who Try to Change Sexuality Attempt Suicide, Survey Says
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• ISC 2019NEUROVISION: Covert Stroke Common After Noncardiac Surgery In a study of more than 1100 participants, perioperative covert stroke occurred in 1 in every 14 patients — and was associated with increased risk for cognitive decline within 1 year postsurgery.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Uninterrupted Sedentary Time Tied to CVD in Older Women Prospective data in older women suggest that both sedentary time and the duration of sedentary bouts increase the risk for cardiovascular disease, the number one killer of women 65 years and older.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Prediction Rule Identifies Febrile Infants at Low Risk for Serious Bacterial Infection Researchers have developed and validated a clinical prediction rule that can help identify febrile infants age 60 days and younger who are at low risk for serious bacterial infection (SBI). The rule is based on urinalysis, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and procalcitonin levels.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• New Soccer Team Gives Hope to Young Cancer Patients in Gaza Fourteen-year-old Moatasem al-Nabeeh suffers from a brain tumor. A new youth soccer team set up in Gaza for young Palestinian cancer patients has given him new hope.
  Reuters Health Information, February 2019
• GUCS 2019Novel Agent Shows Promise in Advanced 'Post-Checkpoint' Bladder Cancer Investigational agent sacituzumab govitecan showed activity in patients with metastatic urothelial cancer, including some previously treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• Infanticide Risk Factors Identified for the First Time For the first time, researchers have identified risk factors for single and repeat neonaticide, revealing that such occurrences are not as rare as previously thought.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019
• SCCM 2019Bag-Mask Ventilation Helps Prevent Hypoxemia 'For every nine critically ill adults undergoing tracheal intubation, providing bag-mask ventilation between induction and laryngoscopy would prevent severe hypoxemia in one patient,' researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, February 2019