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Mortality Increased for Infants, Under 5s With HIV Receiving Antiretrovirals

More infants and children aged younger than 5 years with HIV receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART) die compared with those aged 5 years and older receiving ART

Migraine? Reach for Prescription Meds, Not Ibuprofen

Migraine sufferers would do better to talk to their doctor about a prescription drug than reaching for a bottle of ibuprofen, a new study finds. Drugs like trip

More Evidence That Regular Mammograms Save Lives

A woman who gets her regular mammograms as scheduled is much less likely to die from breast cancer than if she skips screenings, a new study shows. Women with b

Deployment History Has Differential Impact on Epilepsy in Veterans With TBI

For veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI), deployment history has a significant differential impact on epilepsy predictors, according to a study published

Levothyroxine Infusion Does Not Increase Heart Transplants Versus Saline Infusion

Intravenous levothyroxine infusion does not result in more hearts being transplanted than saline infusion among hemodynamically unstable brain-dead potential he

Patients Report Positive Outcomes for Nonsurgical Treatment of Thumb OA

At five years, patients report positive outcomes for nonsurgical treatment of thumb carpometacarpal (CMC-1) osteoarthritis (OA), according to a study published

Social Media Use Tied to Higher Health Risk Behavior in Teens

Social media use is associated with adverse health risk behaviors in young people, according to a review published online Nov. 29 in The BMJ. Amrit Kaur Purba,

Air Pollution From Fossil Fuels Tied to 5 Million Excess Deaths Annually

Phasing out fossil fuels might have a greater impact on global deaths than previously thought, according to a study published online Nov. 29 in The BMJ. Jos Lel

U.S. Gun Suicides Keep Rising; Now Make Up Half of All Suicides

The latest national data show that when it comes to suicide, Americans are increasingly resorting to firearms as their method of choice. An analysis by research

Doxycycline Tied to Lower Risk for C. Difficile in Pneumonia Patients

For patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), doxycycline is associated with a reduced risk for Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI), according to a

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