Top stories in health and medicine, October 21, 2013
From MedPage Today:
HIV Dual Therapy Matches Standard Triple Cocktail.A two-drug regimen (lopinavir/ritonavir plus lamivudine) for HIV did as well in controlling the virus as a standard triple-drug cocktail.
Cognitive Therapy Eases Unfounded Health Fears. Patients who worried excessively about their health showed reduced anxiety after cognitive behavioral therapy compared with simple reassurance in a randomized trial.
Formula as Good as Breastmilk for Iodine Levels. Newborns have sufficient iodine levels whether they’re breastfed or formula-fed.
CT, MRI Overused for Headache, Study Finds. Despite current guidelines that recommend against CT or MRI for uncomplicated headaches, primary physicians have been ordering nearly $1 billion worth of scans per year.
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Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - Category: Family Physicians Tags: News Infectious disease Neurology Source Type: blogs
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