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July 30, 2018

Alcohol, Breastfeeding, and Cognitive Function in Children

July 30, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Alcohol, Breastfeeding, and Cognitive Function in Children

A study appearing in the journal Pediatrics suggests that drinking while breastfeeding may affect cognitive outcomes in children.

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breastfeeding, cognition, children, pediatrics, alcohol, positive control


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July 24, 2018

Rapid Treatment of Children with Sepsis Saves Lives

July 24, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Rapid Treatment of Children with Sepsis Saves Lives

A study in the Journal of the American Medical Association Vindicates a Family Who Lost a Loved One to Sepsis.

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July 24, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson/ Comment
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sepsis, children, pediatrics, jama, staunton, rory, regulations, orlaith, mortality, antibiotics, checklist


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July 20, 2018

Parents are Refusing Vitamin K Shots for Their Newborns. It's a Terrible Idea.

July 20, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Parents are Refusing Vitamin K Shots for Their Newborns. It's a Terrible Idea.

A study appearing in the journal Pediatrics suggests that Vitamin K refusal has parallels to other choices parents make that may not be in the best interest of their children.

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vitamin k, phytonadione, vitamin, vaccine, pediatrics, newborn, prophylaxis, vkdb, bleeding, intracranial hemorrhage


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July 19, 2018

In Utero Genetic Editing: Doc-to-Doc with David Stitelman, MD

July 19, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
In Utero Genetic Editing: Doc-to-Doc with David Stitelman, MD

Modern genetic editing technology is making the dreams of science fiction writers a reality by opening the door to editing fetal genomes while they are still the womb.

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July 19, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson/ Comment
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stitelman, genetics, prenatal, thallasemia, crispr, cas, sickle cell, cystic fibrosis, ethics, strange new world


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July 09, 2018

Tecovirimat: A Medication We Hope Never to Use

July 09, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Tecovirimat: A Medication We Hope Never to Use

The p37-inhibitor is likely to be approved for the treatment of smallpox, a disease eradicated in 1980.

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smallpox, tecovirimat, animal rule, monkeypox, rabbitpox, crab-eating macaque, monkey, non-human primate, nejm, bioterror, bioweapon


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July 02, 2018

Study Suggests Drinking Coffee Makes You Live Longer and It's Probably Not True

July 02, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Study Suggests Drinking Coffee Makes You Live Longer and It's Probably Not True

The study of nearly 500,000 individuals found that more coffee drinking was linked to longer life. But it looks like it's not the caffeine that mediates the benefit.

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July 02, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson/ 8 Comments
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coffee, caffeine, jama, internal medicine, uk biobank, dietary, epidemiology, confounding


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June 26, 2018

Ketamine for Depression: Doc-to-Doc with Gerard Sanacora MD PhD

June 26, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Ketamine for Depression: Doc-to-Doc with Gerard Sanacora MD PhD

The studies are early-stage, but the results are compelling: Ketamine may be a highly-effective therapy for depression.

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sanacora, depression, suicide, ketamine, psychiatry


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June 25, 2018

Overdiagnosis of Cancer, Defined

June 25, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Overdiagnosis of Cancer, Defined

Researchers from Dartmouth are pitching a standard definition for "overdiagnosis" in cancer screening. Will it hold up?

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June 25, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson/ 1 Comment
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overdiagnosis, annals of internal medicine, cancer, screening, false-positive, quality of life, survival


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June 19, 2018

Psychological Stress Linked with Autoimmune Disease

June 19, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Psychological Stress Linked with Autoimmune Disease

A Swedish study of more than 1 million individuals suggests that stress disorders like PTSD increase the risk of autoimmune disease later in life.

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stress, ptsd, lupus, autoimmunity, sweden, registry, jama, ssris


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June 11, 2018

Maintenance of Board Certification Linked to Better Doctor Performance

June 11, 2018/ F. Perry Wilson
Maintenance of Board Certification Linked to Better Doctor Performance

The study compared doctors who maintained certification against those who didn't and found the former were better at ordering key screening tests.

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moc, maintenance of certification, abim, American Board of Internal Medicine, Richard Baron, quality


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