Certain Factors Predict Repeat ER Visits for Ureteral Stones
Younger patients, having proximal stones, needing IV narcotics more likely to return
FDA Approves New Treatment for Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Sanctioned for use with doxorubicin in cases that cannot be treated with radiation or surgery
Researchers Find Antidepressant Bupropion Crosses Placenta
Concentrations suggest higher fetal exposure to metabolites than the drug
Financial Toxicity Is a Relevant Cancer Outcome Measure
Health-related quality of life correlated with financial toxicity in cancer patients
Topotecan-Based Therapy Beneficial for Retinoblastoma
Findings show globe salvage with vision for topotecan plus vincristine, carboplatin, focal therapy
Spironolactone Benefits Exercise Tolerance in HFpEF
Improvements in exercise capacity, anaerobic threshold, and oxygen uptake efficiency
Considerable Economic Burden for Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Economic burden estimated at about $9 billion in 2015 for adults ages 19 years and older
HBV, HCV Coinfection Ups Non-Hodgkin Risk in ART-Treated HIV
Increased risk for NHL for HIV-infected patients receiving ART with chronic coinfection with HBV, HCV
Herbal, Dietary Supplements Cause One-Fifth of Hepatotoxicity
Major implicated agents include anabolic steroids, green tea, multi-ingredient nutritional supplements
AHA Urges Awareness of Statin Interaction With Other CV Meds
Lovastatin, simvastatin, pravastatin should not be used with gemfibrozil
