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- Washington Week: Insurance, State Actions Top News
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- Several studies highlighting insurance issues were released this week, including one on federal programs for kids and two others focused on employer-provided medical coverage. - FDA Approves New Eye Pressure Drop Formulation
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved a new formulation of the drug bimatoprost (Lumigan) in a 0.01% solution as a first-line treatment to reduce elevated intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension. - Kids on HAART Would Benefit from Revaccinations (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Children with HIV who received standard childhood immunizations before starting on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) could benefit from revaccination, a review suggests. - New Guidelines Out for Pneumococcal Vaccine (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Adults with asthma and those who smoke should receive the 23-valent polysaccharide vaccine to prevent pneumococcal disease, according to new recommendations from the CDC. - OSHA Should Dictate Residents' Hours, Group Says
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The consumer group Public Citizen is urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to regulate the work hours of resident physicians. - Four Factors Increase Risk of Opioid Dependence (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A combination of four factors appears to significantly increase the risk of opioid dependence among patients taking prescription painkillers, researchers have found. - Low IgG Poses Infection Risk With Rituximab (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Certain subgroups of patients with rheumatoid arthritis, particularly those who have low levels of IgG, are at risk for severe infections when treated with rituximab, French investigators found. - ESC: Stockholm Take Home Message -- Watch the 'Not' Warfarins
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- An investigational antiplatelet -- ticagrelor (Brilinta) -- emerged as a big winner from the five-day long European Society of Cardiology congress, but the buzz here focused instead on a trio of investigational oral anticoagulants -- dabigatran, rivaroxaban, and apixaban. - Admitting Clinical Errors Not Always Best Policy
(MedPage Today) -- Wide-scale disclosure of clinical errors seems intuitively to be the ethical choice for hospitals and physicians, but researchers from the University of Washington suggest that disclosure should be decided on a case-by-case basis rather than a one-size-fits-all solution - PTSD May Be Risk Factor for Dementia (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Older veterans with a history of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) are at increased risk for developing dementia, even if they had not been wounded in battle, researchers found. - Employees Pay More and Get Less from Medical Coverage
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- This year workers paid 14% more for their employer-sponsored healthcare coverage than they did last year as a bigger chunk of healthcare costs shifted from employers to employees, according to a new survey. - Room Air Matches Oxygen for Dyspnea Relief (CME/CE, with audio)
(MedPage Today) -- Oxygen therapy isn't any better than regular room air to ease refractory dyspnea at the end of life, a multinational trial showed. - States Buck Parts of Federal Reform Law
WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- A Republican governor and a Democratic senator are both attempting to exempt their respective states from following certain provisions of the new healthcare reform law, signaling what could emerge as a trend of states trying to distance themselves from the Affordable Care Act (ACA). - Cough, Wheezing Raise Risk in Kids' Anesthesia (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Children with a dry cough at night or wheezing during exercise are at elevated risk of respiratory adverse events during and after general anesthesia, researchers reported. - Tigecycline Label to Warn on Increased Death Risk
(MedPage Today) -- A warning that the intravenous antibiotic drug tigecycline (Tygacil) is associated with increased risk of death, compared with other antibiotics, will be added to the product's label, the FDA said. - Metformin Shows Anticancer Potential (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Nondiabetic patients with precancerous rectal lesions had significant histologic improvement after one month of treatment with metformin, data from a small randomized clinical trial showed. - Bisphosphonates Tied to Esophageal Cancer (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- A second look at British registry data indicates that esophageal cancer may be more common after all in patients taking oral bisphosphonate drugs for long periods. - Age No Barrier to Oral Anticoagulants (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Age alone shouldn't deter appropriate oral anticoagulant use in elderly atrial fibrillation patients, according to a review. - For Resistant Asthma, First Check the Basics (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- At least half of children with severe, apparently treatment-resistant asthma can be successfully managed with conventional treatments using a thorough, multidisciplinary approach, researchers suggested. - ESC: In CABG, Two Grafts as Safe as One (CME/CE)
STOCKHOLM (MedPage Today) -- Using two internal mammary arteries instead of one for CABG does not increase mortality, MI, stroke, or revascularization, one-year results of the multicenter randomized Arterial Revascularization Trial (ART) showed.