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U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reviews Evidence on Newborn Hearing Screening
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) yesterday announced that the available scientific
evidence is insufficient to recommend for or against routine screening of newborns for hearing loss. The USPSTF, a panel of
independent, private-sector experts in prevention and primary care, reached its conclusion based on a report by the
Evidence-based Practice Center (EPC) at Oregon Health & Science University, which is supported by the Agency for
Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Get the full report in today's issue of Vidyya. more
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Respiratory Flutter Syndrome During The First Month Of Life Could Be An Unrecognized Cause Of
Respiratory Failure In Newborns
Respiratory flutter syndrome that occurs during the first month of life could be a more frequent cause
of respiratory failure in newborns than previously recognized. Researchers from Johns Hopkins Hospital describe treatment for
three neonates who had respiratory failure, shortly after birth, associated with respiratory flutter. Their condition required
temporary ventilatory support. more
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Sodium Fluoride With Calcium Citrate And Vitamin D Safely Reduces The Risk For Vertebral
Fractures
Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have found that using sustained-release
sodium fluoride with calcium citrate and vitamin D safely reduces the risk for vertebral fractures while increasing spinal bone
mass in older women with osteoporosis. more
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Strengthening National Preparedness For Smallpox: An Update
Concern that smallpox virus may be used as a biological weapon of mass destruction has prompted
calls for production of additional vaccine and new research into variola virus diagnostics and clinical interventions. Only 15.4
million doses of smallpox vaccine, produced approximately 20 years ago, exist in the United States. While virtually all lots
remain potent, additional vaccine would clearly be needed in a national emergency involving smallpox virus. Global eradication
of natural smallpox disease was declared in 1980; with eradication, most research activities involving the virus ended. Although
the complete genomic sequence of selected isolates of variola virus is known, the diagnosis and treatment of smallpox infection
have not changed in the past two decades. more
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Suspended Animation, The Next Life-Saving Frontier
The ability to actually bring back patients from death after severe trauma or a heart arrest looms in the
not-too-distant future, according to one of the nation's foremost experts in resuscitation medicine. more
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