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Financial incentives can improve adherence to glucose monitoring but not glycemic control among adolescents with type 1 diabetes

Financial Incentives Up Teen Glucose Monitoring Adherence

But no significant difference in hemoglobin A1c levels at three or six months for adolescents
Most U.S. adults do not agree that household firearms increase the risk of suicide

Most in U.S. Don’t Agree That Household Guns Up Suicide Risk

About 30 percent of health care practitioners agree that suicide risk is increased with household firearm
OnabotulinumtoxinA injections are beneficial for pediatric patients with chronic migraine

ASA: Botox Injections Beneficial for Migraine in Children

Statistically significant changes in migraine intensity, frequency, duration from pre- to post-therapy
There appears to be an inverse association between coffee intake and protein markers linked to cardiovascular disease

Inverse Association Seen for Coffee Drinking, Markers of CVD

Leptin, chitinase-3-like protein 1 are linked to CVD, may decrease with higher coffee intake
Opioid-free anesthesia is feasible and well-tolerated

ASA: Opioid-Free Anesthesia Feasible for Surgical Procedures

Only 36 percent of patients request oral opioid meds in PACU despite receiving opioid-free anesthesia
The sodium glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor tofogliflozin is effective for reducing fasting plasma glucose and body weight

Tofogliflozin Most Effective With High Baseline Insulin

These patients have largest improvements in fasting plasma glucose level, insulin secretion index
Regular aerobic exercise may improve regulation of platelet reactivity

Aerobics May Benefit Platelet Reactivity in Menopausal Women

Exercise appears to improve platelet reactivity regulation by increased platelet sensitivity
Higher dietary total fiber and fruit fiber is protective against bone loss at the femoral neck in men

High Dietary Fiber Protects Against Femoral Neck Bone Loss

Higher dietary total fiber and fruit fiber is protective in men, but not in women
Ramucirumab appears to be safe and effective for the treatment of advanced gastric cancer

Ramucirumab Shows Promise in Care of Advanced Gastric Cancer

In two separate trials, hazard ratios for overall survival favor treatment with ramucirumab

September 2017 Briefing – Pharmacy

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Pharmacy for September 2017. This roundup includes the latest...