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High school girls who use long-acting contraception -- such as intrauterine devices or implants -- are less likely to focus on condom use than girls who are taking oral contraceptives

Girls Using IUDs Rather Than OCPs Less Likely to Use Condoms

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Young women need to remember that STIs are still a danger
Late parenteral nutrition is superior to early parenteral nutrition for children in the pediatric intensive care unit

Late Parenteral Nutrition Superior in Pediatric ICU

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Withholding nutrition for one week clinically superior for critically ill children
For individuals with type 1 diabetes

More Variability in Overnight Insulin Requirements in T1DM

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Overnight insulin requirements significantly more variable than daytime, total daily insulin needs
In an effort to reduce burnout among physicians

Mayo Clinic Has Established Model to Help Battle Burnout

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Model considers three factors that physicians need: choice, social connectedness, and excellence
Recommendations have been developed for the diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma-related renal impairment; the guidelines were published online March 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

Recommendations Issued for Myeloma-Tied Renal Impairment

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Practical recommendations developed for diagnosis and management of renal impairment
In U.S. adolescents

Off-Label Use of Metformin Common in U.S. Adolescents

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Analyses of three databases show use for metabolic syndrome, PCOS, and obesity
For subjects at risk of aspirin-associated upper gastrointestinal events

PA32540 Safe for Patients at Risk of Aspirin-Linked Upper GI Events

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Long-term, once-daily enteric-coated aspirin 325 mg and immediate-release omeprazole 40 mg is safe
Tai chi and other traditional Chinese exercises may benefit patients with cardiovascular disease

Practicing Tai Chi Could Improve Cardiovascular Health

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Traditional Chinese exercises might reduce depression, improve quality of life for heart patients
Obese women taking oral contraceptives may be nearly 30 times more likely to develop cerebral venous thrombosis

Cerebral Venous Thrombosis Risk Up in Obese Women on OCPs

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Better counseling of obese women needed, including consideration of non-hormonal contraceptives
Giving one dose of the varicella vaccine at age 1 and a second dose at ages 4 to 6 is nearly 100 percent effective in preventing varicella

Two-Dose Varicella Vaccine Offers Improved Protection

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Adding second inoculation at ages 4 to 6 is almost 100 percent effective