The updated label states that pioglitazone should not be started in patients with active bladder cancer and should be used with caution in patients with a prior history of bladder cancer. Heartwire
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Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices reviews data underlying the extended age indication for quadrivalent meningococcal conjugate vaccine and the interchangeability of both licensed vaccines. Medscape Medical News
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A 10-country study finds independent links between childhood adversities and early-onset mental disorders and a wide spectrum of chronic physical problems in adulthood. Medscape Medical News
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Despite reduced levels of particulate matter, air cleaners and/or use of a health coach did not reduce levels of exposure to secondhand smoke in inner-city children with asthma. Medscape Medical News
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Docosahexaenoic acid supplementation (400 mg/day) during pregnancy was associated with a reduced occurrence of colds in infants at 1 month and changed illness symptom duration at 1, 3, and 6 months. Medscape Medical News
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Study of school-based programs aimed at preventing eating disorders in adolescent girls suggests they are effective, save healthcare resources, and may be combined with obesity prevention. Medscape Medical News
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Infants with uncomplicated pertussis, as determined from historical information, may be at low risk for the development of respiratory failure, encephalopathy, or death. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — More than half of the 3,013 respondents to this week’s MedPage Today poll said that Republicans should be blamed for the debt ceiling stalemate that came close to cutting off the nation’s credit, but runner-up honors went to “all of the above.”
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(MedPage Today) — The American Psychiatric Association has waded into a court fight over whether Jared Loughner, the man accused of shooting Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) and 18 others in January, can be forced to take antipsychotic drugs while in a federal prison hospital awaiting a trial that may never occur.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has issued a Class I recall of the Arrow NextStep Antegrade Chronic Hemodialysis Catheter because the product’s stylet may break or separate.
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