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Childhood kidney recipients have increased cancer risk

Increased Cancer Risk for Childhood Kidney Recipients

Highest risk for standardized incidence ratios for lymphoproliferative disease and cervical cancer
Inpatient penicillin allergy testing is effective for ruling out penicillin allergy

Ruling Out Penicillin Allergy by Testing Inpatients Saves Money

Inpatient allergy testing led to change in antibiotic selection that was greater in intensive care unit
For postmenopausal women with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Bone, Basal Metabolism Link Depends on Vitamin D Level

Findings in postmenopausal women with T2DM; correlations prominent in those with higher 25(OH)D
Modest changes in diet can address the projected reduction in the availability of freshwater for irrigation in India

Small Dietary Changes Cut Water Use, Can Improve Health

Adoption of optimized diets also accompanied by reductions in greenhouse gas emissions
Racial/ethnic minority groups have a significantly higher prevalence of metabolic abnormality but normal weight than whites

More Metabolic Abnormality Among Normal-Weight Minorities

Higher prevalence of metabolic abnormality but normal weight in racial/ethnic minorities vs whites
Cognitively-average elderly adults have greater annual whole-brain cortical volume loss than adults age 80 years and older with episodic memory ability at least as good as that of average middle-age adults (SuperAgers)

‘SuperAgers’ Have Less Whole-Brain Cortical Volume Loss

Cognitively-average elderly have significantly greater annual percent change compared with SuperAgers
For extremely preterm infants

Hydrocortisone Tx Doesn’t Impair Neurodevelopment in Preemies

No statistically significant difference in neurodevelopment at 2 with hydrocortisone, placebo
In children undergoing adenotonsillectomy for sleep-disordered breathing

Red Cell Distribution Width Predicts Surgical Complications

High pre-op levels tied to respiratory adverse effects after children's adenotonsillectomy

American College of Physicians, March 30 – April 1

The American College of Physicians' Internal Medicine Meeting 2017 The annual meeting of the American College of Physicians (ACP) was held from March...
Many survivors of childhood cancer have mutations in cancer-associated genes

AACR: Genetic Mutations Seen in Many Childhood Cancer Survivors

One in four children who lived through cancer developed another cancer by age 45, researchers say