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Pharmacy retailer CVS Health Corp said on Thursday it is pulling all 22 ounce bottles of Johnson & Johnson's baby powder from its stores and online to comply with the U.S. healthcare conglomerate's recall last week of a lot of 22 oz bottles due to possible asbestos contamination.
Reuters Health Information

How useful is MRI in the early detection of prostate cancer? What advantages might it offer over standard biopsy detection?
Current Opinion in Urology

A patient presents with a boney mass on her right thumb. What did radiographic imaging reveal about this mass and how was it treated?
ePlasty, Open Access Journal of Plastic Surgery

This case highlights the important role ultrasound can play in the diagnosis of lung typical carcinoid tumors.
BMC Pulmonary Medicine

Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
Medscape

A large health survey has that found visual problems are more than twice as common in individuals with Parkinson's compared to the general population.
Medscape Medical News

Errors in diagnostic testing and medication, falls, privacy violations, and disruptive patients top ECRI's list of biggest patient safety concerns in outpatient care settings.
Medscape Medical News

Significant changes in gut bacteria were observed in patients with multiple sclerosis within a month of treatment with ocrelizumab, a small, ongoing study reports.
Medscape Medical News

One care team has launched Good Grief Rounds, using storytelling to debrief emotionally difficult cases, and others are using literature to foster empathy and engagement in the practice of medicine.
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A new analysis shows that the extra step of performing lymph node biopsy has no benefits but may cause harm in older women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS).
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New data highlight the need for more focused efforts to diagnose and treat hypertension and prevent its development in the black population.
Medscape Medical News

With biomarkers for disease severity in neurosarcoidosis lacking, clinical utility may be found with the albumin index, a measure of blood-brain barrier permeability, new research suggests.
Medscape Medical News

Showing a survival advantage for targeted therapy over chemotherapy, this trial has been hailed as practice changing, but it has now also been criticized for lack of detail.
Medscape Medical News

Treatment with non-selective beta blockers in patients with decompensated cirrhosis and ascites remains controversial. What factors might contribute to adverse events?
Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics

An observational study suggests all oral anticoagulants are not created equal: treatment with DOACs was associated with a lower risk for osteoporotic fractures than warfarin.
Medscape Medical News

In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), concentrations of infliximab and adalimumab varied depending on whether they were assessed with the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) or the Homogeneous Mobility Shift Assay (HMSA), researchers found.
Reuters Health Information

Enterovirus is the likely cause of pediatric acute flaccid myelitis, new research suggests. A vaccine against two main suspects could become key in preventing the devastating disorder, experts note.
Medscape Medical News

A new optimized method for revascularizing bioengineered livers provides up to 15 days of continuous perfusion after transplantation into immunosuppressed pigs.
Reuters Health Information

Are primary care physicians underutilizing appropriate antibody testing for patients with suspected rheumatoid arthritis?
Southern Medical Journal

Three medical stories that we didn't cover, explained.
Medscape