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DALLAS (MedPage Today) -- Screening older houses that may have lead contamination is an effective way of reducing the exposure of at-risk children, a researcher said here.

SAN DIEGO (MedPage Today) -- Sickle cell patients who need surgery should be offered a transfusion first, a researcher said here.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- An investigational hepatitis C drug was safe and effective in a small randomized trial, a researcher said here.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Intradermal allergen testing adds no useful information when evaluating patients for cat allergies, since the results are usually false when they contradict those of skin-prick testing, a researcher said here.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Oral desensitization therapy for severe peanut allergy is feasible in clinical practice as long as patients are counseled appropriately and precautions are rigorously observed, a researcher said here.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Daily bathing with chlorhexidine reduced the risk of bacteremia in critically ill children by 35%, a researcher said here.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- A study of the oral microbes in healthy and HIV-positive people has led to a new possibility for management of candidiasis, a researcher reported here.

BOSTON (MedPage Today) -- Younger doctors may be slightly less sold on childhood vaccination than their older counterparts, a researcher said here.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- Low-income HIV patients on a single-pill regimen had about a 25% lower risk of hospitalization over time than those taking multiple pills, a researcher said here.

CHICAGO (MedPage Today) -- The proportion of HIV patients whose virus is resistant to at least one drug in each of the three major medication classes appears to be falling, a researcher said here.