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Botulinum toxin injections in surgical wound closure immediately after surgery improve facial surgery scars

Botulinum Toxin Injections Improve Facial Surgical Scars

Findings based on a small study of botox injections done immediately after surgical wound closure
Patients with advanced kidney disease face a substantial symptom burden in the last 12 months of life

Patients With CKD Face High Symptom Burden at End of Life

Findings based on a small study tracking patients with chronic kidney disease in the last year of life
Mobile alcohol interventions may help liver transplant candidates with alcoholic liver disease maintain sobriety

Text Message-Based Intervention Helps With Sobriety Maintenance

Findings among liver transplant candidates with alcoholic liver disease
Level of backrest elevation is not associated with changes in tissue integrity among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation

Backrest Elevation Has No Effect on Sacral Tissue Integrity

Findings among critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation
Many factors

Vascular Risk Factors Tied to Increased Incontinence Risk

Previous stroke or TIA, increased BMI are among risk factors for urgency urinary incontinence

American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, March 2-5

The American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting/World Allergy Congress The annual meeting of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma...
For patients with cardiac disease

Pharmacists Play Key Roles in Cardiac Disease Management

Pharmacists have role as part of health care team, as patients transition to discharge, in community
Current tobacco smoke exposure is not associated with airflow obstruction among school-aged children

Current Tobacco Smoke Exposure Doesn’t Obstruct Peds Airflow

However, prenatal smoking is associated with airflow obstruction among children with asthma
From 2005 to 2015

2005 to 2015 Saw Drop in Living Kidney Donation Among Men

Incidence of donation stable in women but decreased among men; income tied to changes in donation
Changes in weight influence the risk of diabetes

Progression of Obesity Influences Risk of Diabetes Over Life Course

If population had maintained normal BMI in 10-year study, 64.2 percent of cases would have been averted