CDC Expert Commentary

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CDC Expert Commentary

This special series of commentaries is part of a collaboration between CDC and Medscape and is designed to deliver CDC's authoritative guidance directly to Medscape's physicians, nurses, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals. In this series, experts from CDC offer video commentaries on the current topics important to all practicing clinicians, including H1N1 and seasonal influenza, infection control, travel medicine, and much more.

• Don't Do It: Sharing Insulin Pens Jeopardizes Patients   CDC's Dr. Melissa Schaefer puts to rest the myth that insulin pens can be shared as long as the needle is changed.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 2012
• The Prescription for Wintertime Asthma Control   A few minutes of counseling can help keep your asthma patients healthy all winter.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 2012
• Variant H3N2 Influenza Virus: What You Should Know   Find out when you should be considering infection with this novel influenza virus in your patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, February 2012
• Influenza: It's Not Too Late to Vaccinate!   A recommendation from you is the most important factor in a patient's decision to have a flu shot.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 2012
• Clarifying Meningococcal Booster Dose Recommendations   Dr. Amanda Cohn clears up confusion about when to give the meningococcal booster vaccine and which product to use.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 2012
• Screening for Sexually Transmitted Disease: Who, When, and How   Gail Bolan, MD outlines CDC's guidelines for screening and testing men, women, and adolescents for STDs.
  CDC Expert Commentary, January 2012
• Increasing HPV Vaccine Coverage   Providers can take steps to ensure that cervical cancer does not develop in this generation of girls at the rates of their mothers and grandmothers.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 2011
• NSAIDs and Chronic Kidney Disease   The CDC explains why you should be asking all your patients about NSAID use.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 2011
• Preserving Vision in Patients With Diabetes   The rising prevalence of diabetes will contribute to huge numbers of patients with diabetic retinopathy. Find out how best to preserve vision in these patients.
  CDC Expert Commentary, December 2011
• Hey Doc, When Can I Return to Play?   Managing sports-related concussion involves more than acute care; a step-wise progression must be followed to get the athlete safely back on the field.
  CDC Expert Commentary, November 2011

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