According to a study published Online First by Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, a survey of young women indicates that those who use sunless tanning products spent less time tanning in the sun or under UV lamps, especially those who use sunless tanning products a lot…
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Health professionals may not be telling their teenaged patients enough about the importance of HIV testing, CDC researchers conclude. Medscape Medical News
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The CDC has developed a ’seed virus’ that drug companies can use to make a vaccine in case the new A(H3N2)v strain is found to circulate from person to person on a widespread, sustained basis. Medscape Medical News
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Drinking frequency question is more predictive of alcohol use disorders than are problem-based screens. Medscape Medical News
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(MedPage Today) — Anti-herpetic agents reduce recurrence of herpes simplex-2 (HSV-2) symptoms but do not completely block subclinical shedding of virus, even at high doses, researchers reported.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has issued an order banning some off-label uses of cephalosporins in cattle, swine, and poultry in order to preserve the effectiveness of the antibiotic class in humans.
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(MedPage Today) — A once-promising vaccine against herpes viruses has failed in a large clinical trial, researchers reported.
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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) — The FDA has expanded the label of the C1 esterase inhibitor Berinert to allow for self-treatment of hereditary angioedema during acute attacks and for use in laryngeal attacks.
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(MedPage Today) — Boring playgrounds may be one reason preschoolers aren’t getting enough exercise, researchers found in interviews with childcare providers.
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(MedPage Today) — In light of heightened awareness of the cardiovascular damage from cancer treatments, two echocardiography societies are developing guidelines to optimize the use of the imaging modality before and during cancer treatment to minimize cardiac damage.
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