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ARTICLE: Misanalysis of Urinalysis: A Teachable Moment AUTHORS: Kathryn B. Holroyd, Alexander Rittenberg and Amit Pahwa JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Mar 7. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2016.0067. [Epub ahead of print] A 64-year-old… Read More »Misanalysis of Urinalysis: A Teachable Moment
ARTICLE: Validation of the Instant Blood Pressure Smartphone App AUTHORS: Timothy B. Plante, Bruno Urrea, Zane T. MacFarlane, Roger S. Blumenthal, Edgar R. Miller III, Lawrence J. Appel and Seth S. Martin JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Mar 2. doi:… Read More »Validation of the Instant Blood Pressure Smartphone App
ARTICLE: Use of a Vaginal Ring Containing Dapivirine for HIV-1 Prevention in Women AUTHORS: Jared M. Baeten, Thesla Palanee-Phillips, Elizabeth R. Brown, Katie Schwartz, Lydia E. Soto-Torres, Vaneshree Govender, Nyaradzo M. Mgodi, Flavia… Read More »Use of a Vaginal Ring Containing Dapivirine for HIV-1 Prevention in Women
ARTICLE: Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease AUTHORS: Lazarus B, Chen Y, Wilson FP, Sang Y, Chang AR, Coresh J, Grams ME JOURNAL: JAMA Intern Med. 2016 Feb 1;176(2):238-46. doi:… Read More »Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease
ARTICLE: HIV Salvage Therapy Does Not Require Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial AUTHORS: Karen T. Tashima, Laura M. Smeaton, Carl J. Fichtenbaum, Adriana Andrade,… Read More »HIV Salvage Therapy Does Not Require Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors: A Randomized, Controlled Trial
ARTICLE: From Dancing to Debilitated AUTHORS: Brian A. Houston, P. Elliott Miller, Lisa M. Rooper, Paul J. Scheel, Jr. and Allan C. Gelber JOURNAL: N… Read More »From Dancing to Debilitated
ARTICLE: Quantitative IFN-γ,IL-2 Response and Latent Tuberculosis Test Discordance in HIV-infected Pregnant Women AUTHORS: Jyoti S Mathad, Ramesh Bhosale, Usha Balasubramanian, Savita Kanade, Vidya Mave, Nishi Suryavanshi, Nikhil Gupte, Samir Joshi, Ajay Chandanwale, Kathryn M Dupnik, Vandana… Read More »Quantitative IFN-γ,IL-2 Response and Latent Tuberculosis Test Discordance in HIV-infected Pregnant Women
ARTICLE: Toward Earlier Inclusion of Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Tuberculosis Drug Trials: Consensus Statements From an International Expert Panel AUTHORS: Gupta A, Mathad JS, Abdel-Rahman SM, Albano… Read More »Toward Earlier Inclusion of Pregnant and Postpartum Women in Tuberculosis Drug Trials: Consensus Statements From an International Expert Panel
ARTICLE: Real cost of outrageous drug prices: Column AUTHORS: Leah Dickstein, Rachel Kruzan and Annie Antar JOURNAL: USA Today In 1996, Reva Jones’ daughter, Tonya,… Read More »Real cost of outrageous drug prices: Column
ARTICLE: Pacemaker-induced transient asynchrony suppresses heart failure progression AUTHORS: Kirk JA, Chakir K, Lee KH, Karst E, Holewinski RJ, Pironti G, Tunin RS, Pozios I, Abraham TP, de Tombe P, Rockman HA, Van Eyk JE, Craig R,… Read More »Pacemaker-induced transient asynchrony suppresses heart failure progression