Stanford researcher shows flu shot benefits outweigh costs in healthy young adults
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... and his colleagues decided to analyze whether the newer medication had an impact on patient survival. The research team which includes scientists from Fresenius Medical Care North America, based in Lexington, Mass. followed 67,000 hemodialysis patients who started receiving intravenous vitamin D treatm...Treating older adults for flu is cost-effective, but preventing it with a yearly flu shot is better
...treatment, testing for flu before treatment with a newer or an older anti-flu drug, and treating without te...r who were at high risk for complications, using a newer anti-flu drug without first testing for flu was cost-effective. For vaccinated or low-risk patients,...