Tag Archives: Times

How many times antibiotics per year

That was simple and it worked! Nowadays STIs spread by bacteria often require a simple trip to the clinic and a course of antibiotics. Because mankind is determined and ingenious. How many times a year is too much for taking antibiotics? That includes surgery of any kind. For all the latest ABC Health content click… Read More »

Results of 1400 Pharmacy Practice Exams are Invalidated in California – Pharmacy Times

Pending results of the California Practice Standards and Jurisprudence Exam (CPJE) have been invalidated for 1400 applicants that recently took the test. According to the California Board of Pharmacy (CBP), these potential pharmacists are being impacted by leak of more than 100 CPJE questions prior to the test being administered.1-4 Some impacted test takers have… Read More »

Doctors significantly over-allocated times to perform joint replacements, study shows

Dive Brief: The physician-led Relative Value Scale Update Committee over-allocated the time required to perform knee replacement surgeries by 23% and hip replacement surgeries by 18%, according to a new Health Affairs study. Time over-allocations were even greater when previously implanted joints were being repaired or replaced. More than 80% of original replacements and more than… Read More »