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Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is associated with high levels of type 2 diabetes remission at one year

T2DM Initially Remits in Majority Who Undergo Gastric Bypass

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass linked to significantly lower risk for microvascular complications
The percentage of donors from whom hearts were recovered for transplantation who died from drug intoxication increased from 1999 to 2016

Donor Heart Recovery From Drug-Intoxicated Deaths Has Increased

Campaigns promoting organ donation in populations affected by drugs have contributed to increase
Most Americans are concerned about their weight and understand the connection between weight and cardiovascular health

Most Americans Concerned About Weight, Link to Heart Health

But many do not stick with weight-loss plans or talk with doctors about losing weight
Trazodone is not associated with a reduced risk for dementia compared with other antidepressants at the prodromal stage of disease

Trazodone Not Associated With Reduced Risk for Dementia

Study refutes animal studies suggesting trazodone delays dementia in patients at prodromal stage
Lumacaftor/ivacaftor treatment is generally safe and well tolerated for children aged 2 to 5 years with cystic fibrosis homozygous for the F508del-CFTR mutation

Drug Combo Tolerated in Younger Children With Cystic Fibrosis

Lumacaftor/ivacaftor safe in children ages 2 to 5 with cystic fibrosis homozygous for F508del-CFTR
The benefits of postconditioning balloon inflations in patients with ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention may not be apparent immediately

Postconditioning During PCI for STEMI Shows Delayed Benefits

Benefits at one year include reduced microvascular obstruction, improved left ventricular remodeling
Cablivi (caplacizumab-yhdp) injection has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.

FDA Approves Cablivi for Rare Blood-Clotting Disorder

Drug approved to treat adults with acquired thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Preliminary results from a patient being tested for Ebola suggest that the patient has another condition

Patient Tested for Ebola at Philadelphia Hospital

Testing was done out of 'an abundance of caution'
For older adults undergoing surgery

EEG-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Cut Postop Delirium in Seniors

Significantly less median cumulative time found with EEG suppression in EEG-guided group vs. usual care
Recommendations have been updated for tonsillectomy in children; the revised clinical practice guideline was published as a supplement to the February issue of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery.

Recommendations Updated for Tonsillectomy in Children

Strong recommendations presented against administering perioperative antibiotics, codeine after tonsillectomy