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• Oklahoma Lawmakers Pass Near-Total Abortion Ban Oklahoma lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to a bill that would ban nearly all abortions and would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps women terminate a pregnancy.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Famotidine Aids in COVID-19 by Helping Limit Inflammation Researchers have discovered just how the antacid famotidine, commonly sold as Pepcid by a Johnson & Johnson unit, was able to help alleviate COVID-19 symptoms in clinical trials.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• CDC Says COVID Hospitalizations to Rise in Most States The forecast, which includes 32 different models across the country, predicts that nearly every US state and territory will see increases in new COVID-19 hospitalizations in the next 2 weeks.
  WebMD Health News, May 20, 2022
• Vitamins, OTC Drugs May Interact With HIV Antiretroviral Therapy OTC medications, food supplements, and other drugs may interact with antiretroviral therapy and harm people living with HIV, researchers in Denmark report.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Fever After a Tropical Trip: A Guide to Differential Diagnosis As people resume vacation travel, clinicians will have patients who present with fever after their trips. A specialist reviews the procedures and questions necessary for differential diagnosis.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Here's How Abortion Clinics Are Preparing for Roe to Fall 'I think at this point, we all know the stark reality that we’re facing in Tennessee. We are going to lose abortion access this year,' said Jennifer Pepper, CEO, Memphis Center for Reproductive Health.
  Associated Press, May 20, 2022
• Failed to Register Your Trial? Don't Use a Another Study's Number The registration number provided by the author for the Chinese Clinical Trial Registry (ChiCTR-IOR-17014122) seems to correspond to a different trial than the one described in the article.
  Retraction Watch, May 20, 2022
• Concerns Over Mandatory Nurse Overtime Increased During Pandemic More than half of states lack legislation prohibiting forced overtime for nurses; organizations urge reform as turnover and burnout create safe staffing challenges.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• France Says First Suspected Case of Monkeypox Detected in Paris Region A first suspected case of the monkeypox virus on French territory has been detected in the Paris/Ile-de-France region, the French Health Ministry said on Thursday, amid signs of the virus' spreading around the world.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Siga Gets Requests for Smallpox Drug in Europe as Monkeypox Spreads Siga Technologies has received requests for the use of its smallpox drug to treat monkeypox, its chief executive officer told Reuters on Thursday, as cases spread in parts of Europe.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Africa Has Contained Monkey Pox Outbreaks During COVID Pandemic: Africa CDC Several outbreaks of monkey pox in Africa have been contained during the COVID pandemic while the world's attention was elsewhere, and outbreaks in Europe and the United States are a concern, Africa's top public health agency said on Thursday.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Montreal Health Officials Investigate 17 Cases of Suspected Monkeypox Montreal public health officials said on Thursday they are investigating 17 suspected cases of monkeypox virus infections, adding to the growing number of cases of the rare virus reported globally.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022
• Erectile Dysfunction in Diabetes May Be Underestimated Erectile dysfunction is common even among men within a year of their diabetes diagnosis. A researcher from the German Diabetes Center discusses what is known about this problem.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• AACE 2022 Debate Continues on Combination Therapy for Hypothyroidism Clinicians shouldn't dismiss patients who complain about residual symptoms despite TSH normalization with levothyroxine, say thyroid experts who have rekindled a long-running debate at the AACE meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Mental Health of Most Kids With Autism Declined in Pandemic Researchers identified parents' mental health difficulties, loss of academic and health services, and material deprivation as risk factors for impaired mental health among children with autism.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• H pylori May Undermine Immunotherapy Response in Gastric Cancer H pylori infection was associated with shorter progression-free and overall survival. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  First Look, May 20, 2022
• A Cup of Cranberries a Day Tied to Better Memory Consuming the equivalent of one cup of cranberries daily may improve memory by increasing blood flow to key areas of the brain that support cognition, new research suggests.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• How a Separation Agreement Could Save Your Career Even if you're not planning to leave your job, it's wise to lock in a separation agreement; it can affect your future career.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• Prostate Cancer Survival: Enzalutamide Edges Out Abiraterone Men with metastatic disease who received enzalutamide demonstrated a small but significant survival benefit. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
  Medscape Medical News, May 20, 2022
• US CDC Says COVID Vaccine-Related Myocarditis Much Lower for Children Than Teens The CDC on Thursday said rates of reported heart inflammation linked to the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been much lower in 5- to 11-year-old boys than in adolescents and young men, and were only slightly elevated above normal.
  Reuters Health Information, May 19, 2022