Recent CDC advisories, testing updates, and immunization recommendations highlight developments in infectious diseases, immunization, and diagnostic testing relevant to physicians across multiple specialties.
The judgment stemmed from controlled-substance prescriptions issued after William C. Gardner, DDS, no longer held the state licensure required for federal prescribing authority.
Creatine's ATP-buffering trick isn't just for biceps. In mice, it juices up dendritic cells' energy supply, sharpening T-cell priming and shrinking tumors on daily injections. Human DCs got the memo too, at least in a dish. Early days, but a fun plot twist for gym-bag chemistry.
A DOJ settlement resolved allegations involving a cash-pay pain practice in which continued access to controlled-substance prescriptions was tied to recurring payments.
National survey findings suggest many US adults report making health decisions based on social media despite widespread concerns about the accuracy of health information shared to the platforms.
In a survey of 420 Italian adults, psychological distress showed stronger associations than autistic traits with problematic internet and mobile phone use, although both were associated with higher digital-use scores.
From signing bonuses and loan repayment programs to workforce initiatives and physician support resources, these trends reflect some of the strategies organizations are using to recruit and retain physicians in a competitive health care labor market.
Longer initial prescriptions, use of multiple benzodiazepines, and long-acting agents were associated with delayed discontinuation in a retrospective population-based cohort study.