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Ignore TSH up to 10

Dr KK Aggarwal, 20 May 2019
#Multispeciality

An international panel of experts has concluded that patients with subclinical hypothyroidism should not be routinely offered thyroid hormone replacement therapy.In the recommendations published online this week in the BMJ, the expert panel writes “for adults with subclinical hypothyroidism, thyroid hormones consistently demonstrate no clinically relevant benefits for quality of life or thyr ...more

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CDC Guidelines Reject Annual TB Testing for Most Healthcare Workers
eMediNexus, 19 May 2019
#Emergency Medicine #Hospital Medicine #Infectious Diseases #Pathology and Lab Medicine

Healthcare workers should be tested for tuberculosis (TB) when they are hired and should be retested only after an occupational exposure, suggest new guidelines issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), published online May 17, 2019 in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.The recommendations deviate from the previous CDC guidelines, published in 2005, for preventing Mycobact ...more

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UN observes World Bee Day on May 20
eMediNexus, 19 May 2019
#Public Health

Bees and other pollinators, such as butterflies, bats and hummingbirds, are increasingly under threat from human activities.Pollinators allow many plants, inclu ...more

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Countries move towards elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas disease
eMediNexus, 19 May 2019
#Emergency Medicine #Gastroenterology #Infectious Diseases

Countries are moving towards the elimination of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, syphilis, hepatitis B and Chagas, but progress has been uneven, suggests a ...more

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Final comments invited
eMediNexus, 19 May 2019
#Emergency Medicine #Pediatrics

Dear All, a reminder of the call for any final comments on the draft “Minimum Standards and Recommendations for Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn and Child ...more

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Abortion ban: Republican State ALABAMA passes most restrictive law IN US
Advocate Ira Gupta, 19 May 2019
#Obstetrics and Gynecology

On Tuesday, the Alabama Senate passed the most restrictive abortion bill in the United States, which places a near-total ban on the termination of pregnancy &nd ...more

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                                                    New App Boosts Kids' Asthma Management                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 18 May 2019                                            

                                                #Allergy and Immunology                                            
                                                #Pediatrics                                            
                                                #Public Health                                            
                                                An app called e-AT (for e-Asthma Tracker) helps physicians and families manage childrens asthma, reducing severe attacks and keepi                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Pool Chemical Injuries Lead to Over 4,000 ED Visits Each Year: CDC                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 17 May 2019                                            

                                                #Emergency Medicine                                            
                                                #Hospital Medicine                                            
                                                #Pathology and Lab Medicine                                            
                                                #Pediatrics                                            
                                                #Public Health                                            
                                                Pool chemical injuries led to 4,535 U.S. emergency department visits annually during 2008-2017, revealed a report published in CDC                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    New AHA, ACC, AACVPR Statement on Home-based Cardiac Rehab                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 16 May 2019                                            

                                                #Business And Medicine                                            
                                                #Cardiology                                            
                                                #Internal Medicine                                            
                                                #Pathology and Lab Medicine                                            
                                                #Public Health                                            
                                                For patients who need cardiac rehabilitation (CR) but find it difficult to go to a clinic that offers it, home-based, medically su                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Benzodiazepines in Early Pregnancy Increase Miscarriage Risk                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 16 May 2019                                            

                                                #Obstetrics and Gynecology                                            
                                                #Pharmacist                                            
                                                #Psychiatry                                            
                                                Use of benzodiazepines in early pregnancy is associated with increased risk of spontaneous abortion, revealed a nested case-contro                                                ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Gaps in Diabetes Prevention Advice, Activities                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 15 May 2019                                            

                                                #Business And Medicine                                            
                                                #Diabetes and Endocrinology                                            
                                                #Pathology and Lab Medicine                                            
                                                #Public Health                                            
                                                Diabetes prevention measures are under-utilized in the United States, suggest new data published online in JAMA Network Open.Both                                                 ...MORE
                                            
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                                                    Antibiotics after Assisted Vaginal Delivery Reduce Infections                                                
                                            
                                                eMediNexus, 15 May 2019                                            

                                                #Infectious Diseases                                            
                                                #Internal Medicine                                            
                                                #Obstetrics and Gynecology                                            
                                                #Pathology and Lab Medicine                                            
                                                #Pharmacist                                            
                                                A blinded, randomized, placebo-controlled trial, published online May 13 in The Lancet, suggests that prophylactic antibiotic admi                                                ...MORE
                                            
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Impact of whole grain-based evening meals on mood and cardiometabolic risk factors.
eMediNexus, 08 May 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology #Public Health

Whole grain (WG) intake is known to be associated with reduced risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes (T2D) and card ...MORE

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Incidence of pituitary autoantibodies in idiopathic diabetes insipidus
eMediNexus, 30 April 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology

A new article published in the Central European Journal of Immunology evaluated the occurrence of autoantibodi ...MORE

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Serum Levels of Meteorin-Like (Metrnl) are elevated in Patients with Newly Diagnosed T2DM.
eMediNexus, 02 April 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology

A new study published in dinvestigated the association between serum levels of Meteorin-like (Metrnl) – ...MORE

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Differentiating Basal Insulin Preparations.
eMediNexus, 02 April 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology

A new article published in Advances in Therapy discussed that prandial insulins are designed to have quick tim ...MORE

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Treatment outcomes with sequential use of pegylated interferon alpha-2a and tenofovir in a patient with hepatitis B virus infection
, 15 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Case presentationA 46-year old man presented with abdominal pain from the past 4-5 months. He also mentioned loss of appetite since a long time.HistoryThe pain ...MORE

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Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis without asthma complicating pulmonary tuberculosis
M Gupta, R Roshan, SK Chhabra, , 09 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

AbstractAllergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) is typically associated with asthma. Presence of asthma is one of the minimal essential diagnostic criter ...MORE

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Relapsing Transient Neonatal Diabetes Mellitus due to ABCC8 Mutation
Poovazhagi V, Thangavelu S, 08 May 2019
#Diabetes and Endocrinology

AbstractNeonatal diabetes mellitus with onset in the first six months of life is predominantly monogenic. Genetic evaluation of such infants is mandatory irresp ...MORE

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Atopic Dermatitis in an adult - A case report
Satish DA, Radhika VK, 02 May 2019
#Allergy and Immunology

Satish DA, Radhika VKSkin, Cosmetic & ENT Care Centre, Bangalore.AbstractA 44 year old male presented with Atopic dermatitis (AD) with onset from the age of ...MORE

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Quizzes
eMediNexus, 18 May 2019
#Pharmacist

The extent to which ionization of a drug takes place is dependent upon pKa of the drug and the pH of the solution in which the drug is dissolved. Which of the following statements is not correct? ...MORE

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Quizzes
eMediNexus, 18 May 2019
#Cardiology

Heart rate is stimulated by all of the following except: ...MORE

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Quizzes
eMediNexus, 17 May 2019
#Critical Care

Eddie, a plane crash victim, undergoes endotracheal intubation and positive pressure ventilation. The most immediate nursing intervention for him at this time would be to: ...MORE

38 Answers