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CDC Debunks Flu Shot/Pregnancy Misinformation
Fighting off another flu vaccine falsehood, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says it is not recommending that pregnant women get their doctors’ approval before they “get vaccinated at a worksite clinic, pharmacy, or other location outside of their physician’s office.”
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Internet Trolls Fuel Vaccine Misinformation
In the wake of preventable infectious disease outbreaks and the ensuing controversy about vaccination, social media has become a battlefield of divisive rhetoric, some of it posted just to create the illusion of a “debate” and keep people divided.
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Candida auris Reportable Nationally in 2019
Candida auris is reportable nationwide this year, a move that should boost surveillance of an emerging pathogen that has been primarily confined in three states: New York, New Jersey, and Illinois.
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Candida auris Hides in Reservoir Sites, Moves Across Healthcare Continuum
Multidrug-resistant Candida auris continues to threaten national emergence from endemic areas, finding safe harbor in step-down facilities and moving across the continuum to infect other patients.
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Noninvasive Mapping and Ablation of Ventricular Tachycardia: Evidence Builds for Novel Approach
In 19 patients with treatment-refractory episodes of ventricular tachycardia or frequent premature ventricular contractions, stereotactic body radiation therapy was highly effective at reducing arrhythmia burden without acute toxicity.
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Chronic Kidney Disease Discourages Appropriate Use of Angiography and PCI in NSTEMI
This retrospective study of patients presenting with non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction showed higher mortality among patients with chronic kidney disease and lower use of coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention.
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Cardiac MRI for Prognosis in Aortic Stenosis
The authors of a consortium observational study of patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing valve replacement found that a pre-procedure cardiac MRI that detects myocardial fibrosis is predictive of post-procedure mortality and may be useful for making decisions about valve replacement in asymptomatic patients.
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Testing Safety, Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy in Hospitalized Heart Failure Patients
In patients hospitalized for acute decompensated heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, administering sacubitril-valsartan led to more improvement in levels of cardiac biomarkers compared to enalapril, with no adverse safety signals.
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PCSK9 Inhibitors in Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients
Compared to adding placebo, using the proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 9 inhibitor alirocumab in post-acute coronary syndrome patients on maximally tolerated, high-intensity statins with low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels higher than 70 mg/dL lowered LDL and reduced the number of major adverse cardiac events.
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Insulin Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: Social, Psychological, and Clinical Factors