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Portugal Tests 'Panic Buttons' for Doctors and Nurses

News July 16, 2019

With increasing complaints of violence against healthcare professionals, Portugal has launched a pilot project which provides a kind of 'panic button' for doctors and nurses in the country's National Health Service.
Government's School Sports Plan 'Must Be Fully Funded'

News July 16, 2019
Guidance on Medication for Diabetes Patients on Low Carb Diet

News July 15, 2019

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Will This Be the Holy Grail for Sepsis?

Medscape Infectious Diseases July 2, 2019

An effective intervention for severe sepsis and septic shock can't come soon enough.
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Britain Tells Canada and France to Pull Their Weight on Ebola

Reuters Health Information July 16, 2019
Ebola Spread to East Congo's Goma Massively Raises Risk: U.N.

Reuters Health Information July 16, 2019
U.S. Recorded 14 New Cases of Measles

Reuters Health Information July 16, 2019
Collaboration With US Med Schools Helps Rwanda Improve Women's Health Care

Reuters Health Information July 15, 2019
More Breastfeeding Could Save the World $1 Billion Every Day

Reuters Health Information July 15, 2019
Cut Just 300 Calories a Day to Benefit Heart, Even in the Healthy

Medscape Medical News July 15, 2019
Diverting Loop Ileostomy Increasingly Used to Manage Fulminant C Difficile Colitis

Reuters Health Information July 13, 2019
Many Teen Girls Pressured by Partners to Get Pregnant

Reuters Health Information July 12, 2019

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Will This Be the Holy Grail for Sepsis?

Commentary July 2, 2019

An effective intervention for severe sepsis and septic shock can't come soon enough.
Ebola Just 'A Plane Ride Away'

Article July 15, 2019

How ready is the United States to cope with Ebola again? The immediate threat is low, but that can change on a dime.
3 Cool Things to Know About Obesity: ADA 2019 Poster Pearls

Article June 10, 2019
The Week That Wasn't: Trebek 'Near Remission,' Rabid Bats, and CRISPR Babies

Article June 7, 2019

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Ciprofloxacin and Hypoglycemia Risk in Non-diabetic Patients

Journal of Medical Case Reports July 17, 2019
Parenteral Drug Use and HCV Treatment Uptake in HIV Patients

HIV Medicine July 17, 2019
Influenza Virus-Related Critical Illness

Critical Care July 17, 2019
Health-Related Workplace Absenteeism Among Full-Time Workers

Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report July 17, 2019
Impacts of New and Novel Rapid Diagnostics

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases July 16, 2019
Therapeutic Vaccination for Chronic Hepatitis B

Journal of Viral Hepatitis July 16, 2019

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Fast Five Quiz: HIV Pre- and Postexposure Prophylaxis

Interactive Quiz July 15, 2019

Are you familiar with the best strategies for PrEP and PEP? Test your knowledge with this short quiz.
Fast Five Quiz: Cutaneous Manifestations of HIV

Interactive Quiz July 15, 2019
Guillain-Barré Syndrome and Vaccines: Time to Say Yes?

Clinical Case July 2, 2019
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Kaiser Faces Strike Threat From 85,000 Service Workers

Medscape Medical News July 16, 2019

A coalition of unions will vote on a strike soon unless Kaiser Permanente returns to the bargaining table; at issue are outsourcing, robot attendants, and regional wage cuts.
'No Cure, No Pay' Pilot for Expensive Cancer Drugs

Medscape Medical News July 15, 2019
Ohio Hospital System Fires 23, CEO Resigns in Wake of OD Deaths

Medscape Medical News July 12, 2019
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Medscape Business of Medicine July 12, 2019

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