25(OH)D Levels Linked to Survival in Pancreatic Cancer
Longer overall survival for patients with sufficient prediagnostic 25-hydroxyvitamin D
Nine-Protein Risk Score May Help Predict CV Events in Stable CHD
Risk score performed better than refit Framingham for predicting cardiovascular events
Daily Steps in Children With T1DM Tied to Early Atherosclerosis
Increase of 1,000 steps per day linked to decrease in mean/maximum aortic IMT
CDC: Alternative Medicine a Booming Business in U.S.
More than $30 billion paid out-of-pocket for acupuncture, yoga, chiropractic care, supplements
Male PCPs Less Likely to Assess CVD Risk in Female Patients
French researchers say search of health records finds gender gap
Striatal D2 Receptors, Age Linked to Sucrose Preference
In subjects without obesity, striatal D2R binding potential, age linked to sucrose preference
Persistent High Spending Common in Year Before Death
Overall, 48.7 percent of older Medicare beneficiaries who died in 2012 had persistent high spending
Long-Term Pioglitazone Safe, Effective for NASH, T2DM
Safe and effective for patients with prediabetes or type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Risk of T1DM Up in Children With Autoantibody Reversion
Risk of type 1 diabetes up for children who reverted from single autoantibody to autoantibody negative
Moderately Low LDL May Be Enough to Ward Off CVD Risk
Researchers find reduction to 70 mg/dL range not associated with additional benefit