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Adverse Neuropsychiatric Effects of Glucocorticoids

Elevated incidence of suicide attempts, depression, mania, and delirium

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Maternal Obesity May Increase Risk for AutismFree

More evidence that maternal metabolic conditions during pregnancy are associated with neurodevelopmental disorders in children.

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Maternal Benzodiazepine Use Does Not Cause CNS Depression in Breast-Feeding Infants

Mothers who breast-feed while taking lorazepam, clonazepam, or midazolam do not sedate their children.

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Is Urine Odor Associated with UTI?

Parental report of malodorous urine was significantly associated with urinary tract infection in young febrile children.

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Ins and Outs of Transcutaneous Bilirubin Monitoring

Transcutaneous and serum bilirubin measurements reflect different physiological phenomena.

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Biomarker Changes Associated with Physiologic Responses to Air Pollution

A study in healthy individuals during the Beijing Olympics points to a prothrombotic mechanism.

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Among Older Patients with AF, Stroke Risk Is Higher in Women Than in Men

In a population-based cohort, the increase was independent of comorbidities, baseline risk score, or warfarin use.

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Discussion on CardioExchange: A "Brilinta" Theory on Why Ticagrelor Doesn't Work as Well in the U.S.Free

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The Benefits of Contact Investigation for TBFree

Active TB was diagnosed in 1% of contacts within 4 years after exposure; chemoprophylaxis of those with latent infection significantly reduced the risk for active disease.

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Chlorhexidine Reduces the Rate of CVC-Associated BSIs

In a prospective, multicenter trial, daily body cleansing with 2% chlorhexidine was associated with a significant reduction in central venous catheter bloodstream infections.

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Postprocedural Fungal Endophthalmitis

Serious eye infections in 33 patients have been traced to contamination of products used for invasive ophthalmic procedures, compounded by a single laboratory.

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