Unprecedented 'Black Mold' Meningitis a Challenge

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The good news: Black mold is treatable with a drug named voriconazole, with far fewer side effects than the older treatment initially recommended when the outbreak began. Still, Kauffman cautioned doctors to carefully monitor patients because …
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Denosumab/Teriparatide Combo Bests Single-Agent Bone Therapy

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News Digital Network. MINNEAPOLIS – Combining the antiresorptive denosumab with the anabolic agent teriparatide increased bone mineral density more than either drug alone in postmenopausal women at high fracture risk in the ongoing DATA study.
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New call for probe of meningitis-linked company on addictive drugs

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And we will see more patients reporting in ill and we'll have to treat many more going forward," Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville said on "CBS This Morning." The Food and Drug …
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Ultrafiltration Fails To Show Benefit In Acute Heart Failure

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UF was inferior to standard pharmacologic therapy as assessed by the primary endpoint of the trial, which was the bivariate change in serum cretinine and weight measured at 96 hours. Weight loss was similar between the groups (5.5 kg in the drug …
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