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• Patients say primary care video visits are convenient, high quality

  patients thought video visits integrated into their existing primary care practice were convenient, provided high-quality care, and strengthened their relationship with their provider, results of a recent survey show.[[{\"fid\":\"245017\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Doctor and patient in a telemedicine session\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"verbaska_studio/Getty Images\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Doctor and patient in a telemedicine session\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"verbaska_studio/Getty ......(full story)

• Long-term antibiotic use may heighten stroke, CHD risk

  middle-aged and older women, 2 or more months’ exposure to antibiotics is associated with an increased risk of coronary heart disease or stroke, according to a study in the European Heart Journal.[[{\"fid\":\"244975\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_full_text\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_full_text\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Risk of cardiovascular disease according to duration of antibiotic use in ......(full story)

• Soft bedding most common source of accidental suffocation in infants

  two-thirds of sudden unexpected infant deaths classified as accidental suffocation were attributed to airway obstruction by soft bedding, according to research published in Pediatrics.[[{\"fid\":\"201597\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Baby in supine position\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"FamVeld/Thinkstock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Baby in supine position\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"FamVeld/Thinkstock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"}},\"attributes\":{\"alt\":\"Baby in supine position\",\"class\":\"media-element file-medstat-image-flush-left\",\"data-delta\":\"1\"}}]]Alexa B. Erck Lambert, MPH, of DB Consulting Group ......(full story)

• Hydroxychloroquine adherence in SLE: worse than you thought

  FRANCISCO – Routine office measurement of hydroxychloroquine blood levels in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients accomplishes two major objectives, Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, MD, asserted at an international congress on systemic lupus erythematosus.[[{\"fid\":\"244564\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_left\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau, professor of rheumatology at Paris Descartes University\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"Bruce Jancin/MDedge News\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"Dr. ......(full story)

• Changing attitudes, perceived norms promote safe sleep in mothers

  health information videos via text or email to mothers successfully promoted safe sleep behaviors among mothers by changing their attitudes and perceived social norms related to these practices, according to a new study.[[{\"fid\":\"244558\",\"view_mode\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"fields\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Newborn baby sleeping in parents\' bedroom\",\"field_file_image_credit[und][0][value]\":\"monkeybusinessimages/Thinkstock\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][value]\":\"\",\"field_file_image_caption[und][0][format]\":\"filtered_html\"},\"type\":\"media\",\"field_deltas\":{\"1\":{\"format\":\"medstat_image_flush_right\",\"field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]\":\"Newborn baby sleeping in parents\' ......(full story)

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CLICK for Credit articles are peer-reviewed by Lisa Joan Pfitzer, MD, Assistant Professor, University of Louisville School of Medicine and Chair, University of Louisville Continuing Medical Education Advisory Committee. Dr. Pfitzer has no relevant financial relationships with any commercial interests. Whitney McKnight has no relevant financial relationship with any commercial interests.

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